The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1904-07-01
RETURNS TO BUTTE WITH MALE
COMPANION.
is AN ALLEGED BURGLAR
Must Answer Charge Of Robbing
House Of Benefactress-Har-
dened Little Creature.

Jennie Morrison and Ed Clark were
taken back to Butte yesterday by
Sheriff Quinn of Silver Bow county,
and a deputy. Mr.. Quinn arrived
alone the day before, but concluded to
send for an assistant, as it was con-
sidered advisable to keep the two
prisoners separate to prevent them
| from Matching a story. The charge
against them at Butte is burglary
| Are Unique Pair.
The man and woman were arrested
here several weeks ago for vagrancy.
When searched at police headquarters
large revolver was found on each
and they were fined $50 and in default
sent to the county Jail.
The woman was dressed in male
attire and claimed to be brother OF
her companion. She gave her name
as Frank Williams" and the man
that of "Bert Williams" Stained with
the dust of travel, tanned by exposure
and wearing her unusual garments
with all the ease of one to whom
they were natural, the girl deceived
the officer who arrested her, as we'll
as those at the station by whom she
was searched. So well did she carry
out her part of boy that her sex
was not discovered until after her
incarceration in the county Jail, the
following day.
The two asked to be permitted to
share the same cell, but Jailer Hard.
| ing suspected that something was
| wrong because of the insistence OF
their request and locked them in
separate compartments.
| There was that about Frank the
more youthful of the two, that caused
the other prisoners to think that in
stead of boy, it was girl who was
added to their number. This suspicion
on their part, was increased when the
supposed brother was heard to call
out to the boy to be sure and not
disrobe when gong to sleep. No
sooner had they heard this than they
began to make an investigation and in
so Going adopted methods that speed.
lily brought forth a series of lusty
screams from the alleged boy for help
from the jailer. Mr.. Harding re
sponded and to him the ''boy'' con
fessed that she was not the real ar
ticle, and was placed in the woman's
department. There she remained un
til removed yesterday.
Recognized at Butte.
The news of the arrest of the pail
was sent to Butte and the authorities
there at once recognized them a.
Ed Clark and Jennie Morrison, who
had been in Jail there for severa
weeks, having been arrested for vag
rancy and subsequently held on sus
picion that they were wanted in
Oregon for a more serious offense
Like in Billings, the girl wore boys
clothing when taken into custody
Her sex was speedily discovered and
she said that she and the man haG
been travelling together for a lons
time and that she had made the tril
across the continent a number o
times. What she told the sheriff
officers concerning her companion
caused his detention, as it was believ
ed he was an escaped convict from
the Oregon penitentiary.
Learning her story, some of thu
good women of Butte undertook thu
reclamation of the girl. She wa
given a home with a family and sup
piled with suitable clothes. While
apparently grateful for what was be
ing done for her, the girl remained
loyal to ED" and said that she love-
him and would never desert him
When he was released from Jail h
went to the house where the girl wa
stopping and attempted to speak t
her. He was ordered off the premise
and day or two afterward both h
and the girl disappeared. C0inciden
with their disappearance was that o
some money, revolver and othe
things that had been in the hous
which had sheltered the girl. Tn