Farmer's Arrest: Seattle P-I, 1/13/43

On January 13, 1943, Frances Farmer was arrested for violation of her probation and failure to pay the remainder of her drunken driving charge.  The Seattle P-I ran a short article the day of her arrest, describing how Farmer asked the police permission to bathe before being jailed, then emerged from the bathroom without clothes in the presence of the officer.  Rather than emphasizing the actress' outstanding fees or her violation of probation, the article focuses on her 'scandalous' behavior of appearing naked before a man, "a tirade he won't forget for some time."

The Seattle Times did not detail the nature of Farmer's arrest until the following day, when they covered both her arrest and her trial.