The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-05-11
TIE SlIERIFF'S DAUGHTER.
FURTHER DETAILS or THAT QUEER
WISCONSIN, ELOIKMENT
The Youuu Indy who Let Out One of Hev
Fathers Prisoners, Ran Awny with him.
and was InEIorIousIy Brought Back Home,

The Yovun Indy who Let out One or Her
Fathers Prisoners, Ran Away with him,
and ras InEIoriousIy Brought Back Homo,
Prom NE Hadi.oa CWi. Journal
The escape Of the Kilbourn burglar John
Wood, from the Columbia County Jail ut Port
age City. night before last together with the CO.
incident disappearance OF Shcrin. Qonklins
young daughter OF H. were recorded yester-
day. As supposed ut the time. subscuuent
events have proved thatit was "A genuine elopo-
m aihe,s T prisd gr had issq in 1--we With her
night. mud dressed M boy. had II d south with
m ~ i aonE lhe railway Ms far M the woode two
terday. they were captured
A. appcafs TINT little hcioro 70 o'clock Thurs
dny night sheriff Conkln who lives nj The CO.
lumbia County Jail thought he heard n noise
bolow he being in bod in the second story. ON
rising ana going down sinirs he found the
front door open. He had. on going to bed nj
about 10 o'clock. locked st. leaving tho kcv ~,
the lnsidc Of the door. He also found ths 1--WE
prisoner. John Wood (who had been arrested in
kilbourn in January laHt on charge Of bur:
unlocked. aud that Wood wus gone. He aso
found that his second daughter. girl OF about
n yrars.who had bcsn sleeping when he went 10
bed, In n room on the first floor adjoining the
parlor. had wlcHied her room. and that tho
window OF her bedroom was open. The
hail una the coli had been lot the even.
ing before in thoir usual place IN n small locked
closet which Ind been opened ana the keys
clothes were missing excerpt an old dr,Fe. a pair
Of shoes. and small shawl. and there we're
some circumstances from which II was chart
tably bclicycl that she had been forced 70 yield
M The keys and been herself epirited away.
But on further investigation il was found that
one OF her best DIR oescs. her best shoes. and her
host hat were gone. II had been also found that
Thursday oven my she purchased at one OF the
stores n small suit NJ mons clothes. too small
for Wool. with Il blue shirt. snyinG that hor
father was going TO- give the clothes 20 n boy
who had worked ior him, and that tho shirt was
for q prisoner. Tracks show that she got out OF
the bedroom window. and n woman's track boz
side mans track pointed nway from tho Jail.
ToleRrHma were sent out IN oil directions. und
descriptive postal cnrds muilcd 10y every mora
ing train. In the latter the father described his
daughter as follows:
~ daueh,er Is II 'eSrs old, tell ant slim. dark hair
bpteg Cd dfcss snd sloc- Ne yesterday Hnd lie
nirhufoss she had On last night
Wood Ia u handsome young fellow the benu
ideal Of the average stage robbing. dime-novel
horo. and he doubtless smOtr the pretty, ro-
Sheriff said his daughter VIA never known TO
have had any communication with him, but tho
result proves that MIR. Conklin has not kept IA
good watch OF his daughter ms he has Of hia
prisoners. II now turns ont that decidedly
amorons messages passed between Wood aud
the girl. the notes being hidden In The specially
prepared food. Wood was general favoritn.
and WIS. apparently assisted 10y the other pris-
Oners who now assert that they hive all along
been cognigant OF tho progress of events: and
Il Is hinted !hat me Glrl hnd lnnde arrang1 ,,
delivery that night. II being only frustrated by
the Sheriff being awakened.
Sheriff Conkhn and MIR. A. Thompson started
in pursuit tho first thing In tho morning down
the Madison road. short distance this side of
Arlington they found where her hnir had been
cut and burned. and they had break fnsted. A
little way further on Mr.. Thompson discovered
two men trying to escape observation IN a smHH
ravine. He started toward them, when they
broke into n run but were soon overtaken. aud
ordered TO brow up their hands at the point OF
n revolver. Wood. who was nj once recognized
~ one Of them. said that there was no uso in
that rs he was unarmed. The other person
turned out to be Miss Conklin. dressed In n suit
OF mans clothes. When the oilirer ordered
them to stop or he would shoot. she sud-
Shoot!" They wero brought to Portage with
a team last evening. and both placed in coniine-
ment. When locking Wood uD last night. the
slamming Of the door Jared outn section Of tho
grating, which he Ind pulled out and placed
bAck. Afurher examination brought TO light
two cascknives made into flies, some black
paint and two skeleton keys.