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theater to renew their giggling. Apparently, my sad situation was much better to be seen than the movie they had paid to view!

In the police car I could control myself no longer. I cried. I could feel the hot tears streaming down my face and, because of the handcuffs, I had no way to wipe them.

After what seemed ages, we reached the dingy police station and I had to endure the torment of being stared and giggled at all over again. I was led to a large room and was interrogated by three policemen who wrote notes as I spoke. I tried again to explain that I was not a homosexual, as they no doubt thought, that I was married and the father of three children. The police- men found this very hard to believe until they found my wallet while going through my purse. They actually passed it around looking at my collection of family photos and my membership cards to several professional organizations. The atmosphere became less hostile then and one of the policemen showed his sympathy by unlocking the handcuffs.

Nonetheless, I was photographed both with and without my wig, fingerprinted and booked for violating the city morals code. I was taken to an office where a detective read me my rights, just like you see on television, and asked if I would cooperate by signing a confession which had been prepared from my ear- lier discussion with the three policemen. I signed! I was then told that I would remain in jail overnight and go to court the next day

For the second time that night, I actually begged. The ex- posure would have totally ruined me. I asked, with tears again flowing down my face, if there was any alternative.

The detective looked at me for a long time and finally said that if I could pay a $100.00 bond and could get transpo- tation back to my own car, which was still in the theater parking lot, I could go. I did have $100.00 in cash and the checkbook was in the motel room. The policeman gave me the telephone number of a local bondsman and, having no choice, Icalled him. He agreed to come and pay the $100.00 bond in return for a check to him for $150.00.

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