Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-24
WIFE IN BOY 5 CLOTHES
Disguised as a Boy. Mrs. Plum.
mer Aided Husband 10
Escape Jail.
Then With Stolen Team and
Buggy the Couple Drove
to Minneapolis.
Both We're Captured There and
Taken Back to Sioux
City.
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Sioux City, June 24.-The capture of
William Plummer, who escaped from
Sioux City Jail two weeks ago. in Min
neapolis Friday reveals story CT un-
usual interest His wife, 1t develops was
largely responsible for his escape from
the Jail and she was caught with him at
Minneapolis dressed in boys clothes.
When arrested she was leisurely smok-
ing a cigaret which she herself had
made only few moments before.
Twelve days ago this bold little wom-
an drove out of Sioux City with her
husband, who had few minutes be-
fore held Tailor Chris Krege at the point
OF a revolver she had given him, and es-
capped into an alley. A week before she
hired livery rig and hauled food and
clothing to the county, where they were
secreted in preparation for the escape of
| her husband.
The story she told the Minneapolis po-
| lie was as follows:
Nearly three months ago my hus-
charge of highway robbery" she began.
But he wasn't guilty He never COM
mitted the robbery But the evidence
against him was so strong that he
pleaded guilty on the afternoon OF June
10, and was sentenced to five years In
the penitentiary the same day"
And where We're you?"
II went to livery stable and hired a
L a of. Q.pn
| night and drove to the Jail. / begged to
have a farewell talk with my husband,
and got it. They took him out into the
office of the Jail. The jailer, turnkey and
janitor We're all present when he came
in. l pulled a gun out of my dress and
stuck up the three men. called to
Bill to jump into the buggy and mold it
for me. i backed out of the office point
ing the revolver at the three men.
covered them till had climbed Into the
rig and we drove away
The woman's face flushed with excite
the braggadoclo of professional GRIM
inal.
We'll. go on
I'VE drove out into the country; it
must have been about three miles. In
|
| barbed wire fence, and the horses We're
| crippled, and we We're both cut up
| I'VE left the horses and walked seven
4 miles across fields and hid in the grass
for two days.
| Mrs. Plunmer is a small woman with
dark eyes and black hair. AT this
point little smile crept across her feat
| ures. Pride in what she was about to
| tell was written in every feature. She
loked an Intriguing Spanish sonora
"Bill cut my hair short while we were
| lying in the grass" she went on. Then
he gave ME one of his suits and put
| it on. 1 crawled out of the field and
walked into Sioux City. guess my dis
suise was pretty good. cause passed
several cops on the street. Some of
EN- were talking about our escape, but
/ none of them recognized me.
II went to another livery stable and
hired team of horses. drove out of
town and picked up Bill and went on
away"
did you drive clear to Minneapolis
in that rig 2"
NO. we were afraid they would rec
ognize the team, and besides the horses
4 We're getting little tired. So we let
4
4 team and buggy from barn there. We
came right on into Minneapolis with
that rig, and, if you hadn't caught me
i in the depot we would soon have been
clear away"
/ The sheriff has filed an information
i against Mrs Plummer for prostitution
and assisting prisoner to escape. He
i expects to be able to hold her ON one
4 count or the other.
The story of the escape of Plummer,
as told by his Wife to the Minneapolis
police, was distorted one Her nus
/ 70 one was called into the office. Mrs.
Plummer was not seen after she talked
] with her husband an hour before his
4 escape, and at which time she gave him
the revolver that enabled him to hold
the jailor at bay.
4 Plutnmer and his wife, Madge Tay-
lor. as she called herself, drove into
Minneapolis yesterday with stolen
Ihave been captured had it not been for
clothes. She appeared In the mems
waiting room at the Milwaukee station,
dressed as sixteen-year-old boy and
SiiohiiiS sSlSaiStS. .Soe'slAs ier lethiiilHe
4 appearance, the matter was reported to
4 Detectives Fairbairn and Harvey. They
held her as a suspect. and when her
husband. not noticing or recognizing the
plain clothes officers. oined her, he was
promptly arrested.
Plummer tried to rid himself of a
pocketbook while on the way to police
HEADQUARTERS. In 1t the officers found
the couples marriage certificate A
newspaper clipping found in the pocket
book was used as the basis of question
ling about Plummer which led Mrs.
Plummer to admit that he was an es-
capped convict. She told the whole
story.
B. u. SHARK INDICTED.