Today in 1889, SF teen Mary Fitzgerald was arrested among "opium fiends and fast women" in a Mason St. brothel, and the @sfexaminer predicted she would be sentenced to the Magdalen Asylum. Mary hoped a "rich friend at the Palace Hotel" would bail her out before that happened. pic.twitter.com/xjfZ4yOhn2
— Beth Winegarner (@bethwinegarner) July 29, 2022