Stilwell - Dora - House of illrepute
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly
Journal 25 Aug 1899 p 3
There has been much complaint about a gilded palace of sin
run by a woman named Dora Stilwell in the north end and Wednesday night the
police swooped down on the inmates and took them in. They caught a country girl
and the Stilwell woman and an aged gentleman from the north part of the county.
The party appeared before the mayor on Thursday and were all fined the limit.
The girl is the daughter of a wealthy farmer and figured in a sensation here
last fall at the Junction. She could have a home of ease if she desired it, but
prefers a life of debauchery instead. Her companion last fall and Wednesday was
the same man and is a man in good circumstances aged about 60 years and father
of 11 children. His escapades with the girl have been the talk of the north
part of the county for some time and he has scandalized several of the small
towns of the county with his sprees in company with this woman