The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-09
HUNTED BY HOUNDS.
TOL KING, THE FAMOUS FEMALE
OUTLAW, BREAKS JAIL AGAIN.
The Canadian County Authorities Will
Put Bloodhounds on Her Trail and
Desperate and Exciting
Chase is Looked for.
Her Record.
atom King has escaped."

"Tom King has escaped"
| Such was the startling" information
| brought up from Ell Reno last night by
| passengers on the Rock Island train.
Tom King is not what the name in
dictates. Tom is II woman. She WAS in
the Canadian county jail for horse steal.
ing.
Some months ago she was in the Guth-
| RE Jail and broke that one night and
escaped to her haunts in the Indian reser-
vations 1t seems that there is no Jail in
the ter ritory that can hold her. Even the
Oklahoma City Jail, which is considered
the strongest in Oklahoma, yielded bef orc
her magic art Of getting out, whatever
that art is.
The Canadian county officers have ar
rived at a point that no mercy shall be
shown her on account of her sex. After
her escape last evening messengers were
sent at post haste to Yonkon for some
bloodhounds that are there, and they will
be put On her trail at once.
The romance and reality of the west can
be searched in vain for more daring
horse thief than this woman King. or
whatever her true name is. Her passion
is horse stealing; she finds the same de-
light in it that other women would in
playing croqust or reading novels or darn
ing stockings Her ambition is to be the
most famous horse thief of her genera
ton, and it is said that she
has taken more of them than any man in
the history of the southwest. 1t is not
the money that is in the business which
she covets. for it is said that she dsposes
of her booty on many occasions for mere
song 1t is her passion and that is all
there is to it.
Tom King dresses in mems
clothes, -cewbOy costume. She is an ele-
CANT rider and while she is said to be very
daring. she has never yet resisted the Off
GERS who pursued her. She does her best
to elude them aud that is all. At this lat
ter art she is said to be very cunning and
clever. She has friends ia the Indian res
ervations on the east side of Oklahoma and
while there she is perfectly secure. She is
of a nervous disposition, however, and
cannot remain in one place very long;
in other words, her mania is SO steal horses
and she is not content to remain out of the
business more than few weeks at time.
When she ventures out Of her retreat the
vigilant officers usually get her; but get.
ting her does not seem to be Of much effect
in curing her of the manis which afdicts
her. for she generally breaks Jail whenever
she pleases and escapes.
1t is doubtful whether the bloodhounds
can run her down unless they get her off
her saddle. She usually rides feet cow
boy pony that has endurance. and it is said
that she rode $50 miles once
before an armed posse OF marshals
without dismounting and finally eluded
them. She goes armed all the time and
as she is fine shot, il is hardly possibly
that the bloodhounds can accomplish
their task. The most that is expected OF
them is to define her trail and thus aid
the officers and citizens along the route of
her journey to intercept her.
The chase will be watched with interest,
no doubt. although it is very unnatural to
see woman pursued by hounds. 1t re-
calls slavery days and brings to mind the
sad story of Eliza Harris so beautifully
told in Mrs. Stoves Uncle Toms Cabin"