The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-04-25
THE WOMANCAPTURED
MAMIE QUINETrE AND WILSON chill
DREN AT EVANSVILLE.
Police Follow the Kfdnapper Over
the State-Intended to
Join q Circus.


kidnapping the Wilson girls, Roza and Arr
IONA, was arrested in Evansville yesterday.
and last night Superintendent Colbert sent
detective Jerry Kinney to that city to
bring the woman and girls here. They will
arrive this evening at z o'clock. The woman
was only captured after a lively chase of
two days. Wednesday Superintendent Col
bert received Information that the woman
and girls were in Sheridan, and detective
Kinney was sent there at once. When he
arrived in Sheridan Kinney learned from a
farmer who had visited Noblesville Monday
that he had picked up a woman and two
girls on his return who answered the de-
scriptions Of the Quinette woman and the
missing girls. They were walking towards
Cicero n asked permission to ride that
far. The farmer consented to haul them
to Cicero, but before that village was
reached the woman signifed her Intention
of going to Sheridan, informing him that
she wanted to visit relatives of the little
girls living north of Sheridan. Kinney
learned that the women and girls had spent
Monday night in Sheridan at the only hotel
In the place. and that the next morning
they had appealed to the farmer to take
them back to Cicero. He refused to accom-
tnCAis III tlcy lcII the place., the
woman declaring that she would take the
girls to Cicero that day. After q drive
across the country from Sheridan to Cicero,
Kinney learned that the woman had not
been seen at that village. and he concluded
that she had declared that she was going
there as a blind to throw the police of the
scent.
Kinney returned to Sheridan. and, after
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an and children had been seen walking over
the pike towards Terhune and Kirkland,
north Of Sheridan. in the direction of
Kinney drove to kirkland and
there learned that the trio boarded a
Monon train. and the woman, by impos-
ing upon the conductor. succeeded In get
ting free transportation to Frankfort. He
drove to the latter place, and there learned
that the woman had represented herself as
Mrs. Wilson, the mother of the children.
and secured tickets from the township
trustee to Terre Haute. He at once tele-
phoned the results of his Investigation to
the superintendent, who directed him to re-
meantime telegpaphed to Terre Haute, but
ms message was a trihe too late, as the
woman had again succeeded in getting
cennes. Friday night he telegraphed to
Vincennes, and yesterday found that the
woman had got out of that town by
app.ying to the township trustee, who fur
nished her transportation to Evansville.
where she and the girls were finally located
and taken IN custody yesterday afternoon.
Now that the woman Is in custody, the
police believe that she will make confess
sions duplicating her accomplices.
AN ANONYMOUS LETTER.
The superintendent received an anony-
nous letter signed "A CRATER" intimating
that If he would look closely into the
actions of Ben Irwin and others he would
probably locate the children. The letter
stated that Irwin, Osborne and the woman
were all interested in Lent's circus, and
that the children were kidnapped for the
benefit Of that circus. 1t was stated that
1t was the intention Of the parties to have
the woman and children join the circus
after 1t got outside this State. The police
Deileve tnat the entire West Washington
street crowd know something about the
EFFORTS made to get away with the little
girls, and 1t Is hoped that cases can be
made against some Of the men who have
protested that they knew nothing about the
borne, the former manager Of the Nickel
odeon Theater, who was bound over to the
grand jury on the kidnapping charge
Early sunday morning the police depart
ment received Information indicating that
the woman and children were in Kokomo.
Later 1t was learned that the woman had
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a horse and buggy, but that the proprietor
of the livery stable refused to hire the con-
veyance without a driver from his stable.
AS the first information of the woman's
movements received after Sunday seems to
indicate that she was In Noblesville, it is
believed that she went to Noblesville from
Sunday. BY doubling back on her route 1t
Is plain that she hoped to throw the police
off the track. in the hopes of getting the
children out of the. State. In a few more
hours she W0ll6 hnva haan arrnnnoc(ny ~
getting across into Kentucky, when it is
extremely doubtful IL she could have been
captured. as 1t is understood there would
have been plenty Of money at her disposal
IL she could have reached Cincinnati. The
anonymous letter received by the superin-
tendent advised him to have the house of a
interest in the circus. Swallowed. as the
woman would either turn UP there or at
Ben Twins house in this city.
The superintendent expects to make every
effort to secure convictions In the kidnaping
case, and he hopes to rid the city of several
OF the gang who are mixed up in the affair,
and VINO nave caused the department a
A letter received by the police from A. p.
Shafstall. of Sheridan, yesterday, says that
hotel-keeper after stopping there Monday
night and that she went away from town
without paying her hotel bill.
Kinney deserves great credit for the skill
with which he followed up the woman and
children: They had a two days start, and
but for his prompt and ready action would
James Wilson, father of the little girls,
sent a message TO the superintendent last
night from Danville. Ill, saying: Want
kidnapped" In reply the superintendent
sent a message saying that the children
would be here to-day and requesting the
fail. Joe Wilson, fifteen years old, brother
Of the little girls. said last week that his
being cared for by his wife. 1t is presumed
hat no word was sent to Wilson and that
he knew nothing of the case until reading
OF II in the public prints. The superintend-
ent has refrained from communicative with
the parents until the children could be To-
Gated.