Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-09-15
ANTSHERDAUGHTER
Mrs. Fred Fitzsimmons Asks That
She May See Her Child.
THE LITTLE GIRL COMFORTS HER.
To-Day Is the Anniversary of Her Hus-
bands Escape From Jail.
THE MEMORY OF 1T MAKES HER GLOOMY

Mrs. Frederick Carrollton Fitzsimmons
Yesterday asked Warden Mexican, of the
Western Penitentiary, to let her see her
child. She still grieves for her husband, but
now finds solace in her little daughter. Her
wish will be granted. She has
served but few months of her
seven years sentence to the penitentiary for
the completely in her husbands crimes
She was more healthy looking
woman yesterday than she was two months
ago. Now cheered up by the thought of an
early pardon she is taking firmer grasp on
life and now wants to live for
her little daughters sake.
The tragic death of her husband told
heavily upon her, and the life of the mur.
derer's wife was despaired of for while.
Now she has become resigned to his death,
and her old health is returning. Prison life
is beginning to agree with her. She has
great hopes for pardon, and earnestly be-
lieves that the dying wish of Fitzsmmons
will be carried out by his friends. If it
isn't she is willing to be firm and live out
her sentence that she may again be allowed
to join all that is in life for her now-her
little girl.
The Anniversary OF FitzsImmons' Escape.
Yesterday she was rather gloomy, but
there was a reason for it. With the dawn
ing of the day come the memories of her
dead husband. 1t was on the 18th of Sep
tember, one year ago that Frederick Car
Iollton Fitzsimmons, the famous murderer,
made his escape from the Pittsburg Jail. A
year ago this morning, between the hours
of midnight and 2 A. NJ, this noted crim-
inal bade farewell to his prison
cell. His eacape was re-
markable one, and from the time he scaled
the prison wall until his body was buried
in Louisiana soil this man figured more
prominently before the people of the world
Early in 1891 Fitzsimmons shot and
killed Detective David Gilkinson and
wounded Detective Murphy while those
officers were trying to arrest him. Both he
and his wife were arrested, she being
charged with completely in the affair. They
were confined IN the county Jail, and Fitz-
simmons was to have been tried for his
crime on Monday, September 20, 1891
Aided by friends he was able to gain his
liberty five days before the case came up.
His Tragic End in the South.
From the 18th of September nothing
definite was heard of Fitzsimmous until
February l. 1892. 1t was on that night he
was picked up on the streets of New Or
leans by Detective Finney, of Pittsburg.
In that city Fitzsimmons had, in the guise
of peddler, eluded the officers for several
months. But as time wore on his old long
ing to write letters came back to him and
he wrote one too many.
The capture of Fitzsimmons was the talk
of the land, and Pittsburg police circles
were anxiously awaiting his return to this
city. Before all arrangements could be
made for bringing the murderer back, he
had forever toiled their plans. Rather
than return to Pittsburg he cut his throat.
This was on February T. The next day he
died. The remains of Frederick Carrollton
Fitzsimmons were laid to rest in that South
ern soil without even one mourner to wit
ness the plain sad rites