The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-06

CAUGHT ON A FARM
Mrs. Schumacher and Sadie
Dornbush Captured.
EVANS TAKEN IN MORNING
They Were Planning to Take
Train for Oklahoma.

Mrs. Maud Schumacher and Sadie Dorm
bush. the two women who escaped from
the city Jail Tuesday morning. were cap
tured late yesterday afternoon at a farm
house four and one-half miles north Of
Clearwater after a chase Of several min
utes Charles Evans. accomplice, was
captured early in the morning and is
now lodged in the city jail. charged with
horse stealing
Evans took the two women and drove
towards Sedgwick from this city Their
plan was to catch an early morning
train for the south. passing directly
through Wichita and expecting to escape
the officers here They missed the train,
however. and then started southwest,
driving the greater part of the day. In
the evening they stopped a a farm house
and asked 10 stay all night. Evans in
troduced himself and stated that Mrs.
Schumacher was his wife and Sadie Dorm
bush was his sister The unsuspecting
farmer took them in and kept them over
night. This happens quite often in the
rural districts and the farmer had no
reason 10 suspicion his guests.
Yesterday morning Evans drove to
Clearwater They told the farmer that
they intended to go direct 10 Guthrie and
went to town TO see about the train and
tickets The two women were left at
the house. The Clearwater officers had
been notified 10 look out for Evans ana
the rig and he was arrested Immediately
on entering the town.
The officers here were notified and De
tectives Sutton and Stevens went 10
Clearwater. accompanied by one of the
employees of the Sturgeon and Lyman
barn. where the horse and buggy be-
longed. When satisfied OF Evans ar
rest the two started out to find the Wo-
men They were located during the mid
die of the afternoon and when they
saw the officers coming both ran out Of
the house for a corn field The officers
saw the move and gave chase. Both
women were captured after a short run
through the field and the three were
brought to Wichita last night.
They are locked in the eity Jail. this
time behind steel barred windows and
heavy steel doors and pair Of wire
nippers viii not allow them to crawl
through a window. The Topeka officers
were notified last night that their pris-
oner was captured and it is expected
that an officer will reach Wichita this
morning. and Chief Burt last night guar
anteed that the woman would be here.
The officers were kind to the two wo-
men Monday night and gave them a nice
room with first class furniture, the room
finished for the use of the police matron
as a detention room. The two slept on
hunks in cells last night.
Mrs Schumacher is charged with OBJ
tanning goods under false pretenses from
the Zandition company at Topeka. Yes
terday Chief Burt settled the bill Of the
Collum Commerce company. Mrs. Schu-
macher had purchased some goods Of
this company and made partial pay
ments The goods were returned to the
company.
Sadie Dornbush is charged with incor-
rigibility and was arrested by Mrs. Shields
on a warrant sworn out before the pro-
bate court
Charles Evans is charged with horse
stealing. as ne hired the rig from the
livery stable and hauled the two women
nav with il