From the Richmond Dispatch, 7/27/1864, p.1, c 5
Police Arrest. – An old white woman named Mary Debell was arrested yesterday by officers Jenkins and Davis, on the charge of stealing a cloak from Isabell Strant, abusing and spitting in her face, threatening to take her windows down, and attempting to kick her out of doors. She was committed to the upper station house to await a hearing before the Mayor this morning