The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-11-18
SHE ESCAPED IN A TR UNK.
Take. Away BEFORE the Eyes OF the Oneers
who Were Looking for Her.
Hom the Pittsburgh Dispatch.

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After successfully outwitting an Alderman,
one or two constables, an amateur detective,
and several police officials, all OF whom had been
making u diligent search for her for two weeks.
Ada Hamlin. alias Burt, quietly left the city
yesterday morning over the Baltimore and Ohio
Hamlin was arrested at her house on Robinson
street. The charge was selling liquor on Sunday,
w waiHSo mm a tiseni TO- f i"ii 70 for m triaI in dee dSfn MGpa OF
$1,000 bail. The next evening. bail. was pro-
cured. Mrs; Louisa McCourt signed the bail
bond. but after q day or two, when n number Of
friends had told her Of the great risk she was
running. she became frightened and secured the
services Of a constable to go after Miss Hamlin
The constable Immediately went to the house.
800 Robinson street. but found II vacant. He
inquired Of the neighbors the whereabouts Of
Miss Hamlin, but all the information he could
CLEAR, was that she had moved away early that
morning. Two days afterward, on Nov. 1, Mrs.
McCourt received a letter from the missing wo-
man. apprising her that she had moved to 2l7
Second avenue, this city.
In the mean time, however. the Hamlin wo-
man had grown rather cautious. and every time
any one rang the door bell she would run and
hide. fearing 1t was some officer to take her back
to the lookup. On the evening Of Nov. 3 Alder
man Wordsworth Of Allegheny, accompanied by
one of his Constables, came to arrest her. The
woman adopted rather heroic measures, and,
unpacking q large Saratoga trunk, she got in
to allow the officers to enter the next time they
rang, she lowered the lid of the trunk and
utes the Alderman and constable returned.
They were furnished with a lamp, and, after
uillgent search declared they were satisfied
that the fugitive was not there. Notwithstand
ing this declaration. however. they went away
dissatisfied. and their dissatisfaction was great
ly increased when some Of the neighbUrs in
formed them tina; the woman they wanted was
still In the house.
The woman in the mean time had sent out for
an expresslnan to carry n trunk from the house.
But before the eNpressman arrived the constable
returned accompanied by "A city detective. He
again demanded an entrance. which was as
sented to-. Again he made n thorough search Of
the premtses, and. on more than ono occasion
brushed against the trunk containing the anx-
ious and much-sought-after victim.
After the two officers had again left the house
and were discussing the situation on the pave
ment. tho expressman arrived. He was shown
the trunk he was To carry containing the living
freight, but when he asked its destination he
was told that q man would company him and
show hun. This did not excite his suspicious in
the least, and while he laid hold of one end Of
the trunk a friend of the Hamlin woman. who
had been called in for that purpose, took hold of
the other end and II was carried down stairs.
avoid any undue suspicion from officers outside.
The exprcssman was told TO drive down on
Duquesne way near Fifth street, which he did.
lie was stopped in front of q certain house
here the woman. when she learned the truth,
refused IL admittRnce. The trunk, however,
was set on tho pavement, unlocked. and its &C.
cupant released. The expressman watched
lie saw a woman arise from the depths Of the
trunk he nearly fell over. The trunk was i'm
mediately returned to the wagon ana the driver
was directed to take 10 TO the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad depot and leave II there until
called for.
After this Ada Hamlin went over to Allegheny
and went out on the Brighton road, where she
remained in hiding at n house of an acquaint-
ance until yesterday morning. when she came
over to Pittsburgh and boarded a train for Chi
cagO,