The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-11-19
JENNIE HOOKER HOME
Caught in Arkansas City At
ter a Hard Chase.
DOWN THE FIRE ESCAPE
She Escaped from the Hotel
Yesterday.

| Miss Jennie Hooker, the pretty daughter
| OF Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Hooker, who reside
on North Water street. mas been caught
Detective Park Massey learned of bel
Whereabouts and notified iler father, who
went TO Arkansas City yesterday morn
ing and after an exciting chase of several
miles caught his daughter and brought
her TO Wichita last night on the $50 train.
She was taken to the county jail, where
she will remain until some settlement or
| disposition of the trouble is made. She
is only Is years OF age. but looks to be
al least Is.
Miss Hooker left nome nearly week
ago. No one knew where she had gone.
So skillfully did she cover her tracks that
not the slightest clue was obtainab BILE by
the detectievs. However, by inquiries
made by the detectives, It was learned
from the police at Arkansas City that a
young lady answering her description was
working in the Gladstone hotel at Ar
kansas City. As she was known to the
Arkansas City officials as a runaway,
she was not arrested but kept under sur
veillance, awaiting the arrival of some
officer or relative, who would bring her
back to Wichita. She az that time did
not know any one knew of her being in
Arkansas City. When it became known
here that she was working in a hotel
there, a friend notified her by telegraph
and she was prepared to expect an officer
or her father.
MI Hooker went Co the Gladstone hotel
three times and could not find her in the
house. The last time ne made a search
of the whole house, going into every room
She managed to elude them by lodging
into a room which they had already
searched. At last the scent became so
keen that she raised the window and
got out of the house by going down the
fire escape. AS soon as she had her feet
Oh the ground she ran out the back gate,
up the alley 20 a livery stable, where she
obtained horse and buggy. Miss Hooker
then drove into the country. 1t was not
long until Mayor Stark and the city mar
shall of Arkansas City were after her in
a buggy. The drive was exciting for both
pursued and pursuer. Miss Hooker. when
some five miles in the country, saw that
it was only a question of time when she
would be overtaken. She deded the Off
GERS, telling them that they had no au-
thority to arrest her as she was outside
of their jurisdiction. They turned about
and drove toward Arkansas City and
Miss Hooker drove down an old forsaken
lane, between two cornhelds, and there
hid for three hours. Continuing her jour
ney, she went six miles further on In
the meantime her father, with three po-
licemen, came on in a hack. They, too,
caught up with her and her father brought
her into Arkansas City and took the train
for Wichita, arriving here last night
She was taken to the county Jail, where
she was locked up in the woman's depart
ment. She told a representative of the
along with her step-mother and that she
would rather go TO reformatory than
live with her.
Miss Hooker claims that she was adopt
ed when 10 years OF age by Mr.. and Mrs.
Joe Hooker. They say she Is their own
daughter and is incorrigible. Two or
three weeks ago she ran away from
home. intending to get married, but was
forestalled by the detectives. At that
time she was taken to the county jail
Judge Haymaker. The difficulty was adj
justed and she was not sent to the reform
school. She will probably be sent there
now. The first time her mother was the
cornDlainant