The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-02-15
EW7TCHZWG 81 OWy EXPERT DIAMOND
WHO LAUGHS At LOCKS, PUZZLES -FOUR STATES

49, re-
a5Arars oht .vtal huuWn fus $ 1eN D.tN ie
.oaoedei Us llituns tate autlni@e -
H.. most ttouulesun4e pofa9n ~Lez 'Ner
CROSSED the stile Inc nom aus dii't't9'
~ any tsmo
.Ils, how large "a cayl4 loues Jlc illinois
stat. troa4ury. TO-DAY nlsItt be wtW}t 70
advance could " ne assured OF lteftha
deportation forever beyohd Nc eontlA's
of Illinois Is something d.ffloatt OF "sN
mat,. tMt ii l. certain ,llat IN The asS
luiu4 for the insane Al ktnk'tif"e f-lelhF
and perhaps liartonville. and IN 1Ae
state pen!tuntiary at Joliet thcr" are al
,endants ON salaries who woui! make per
sonal contributions to help swcil ihc i's
hthle fund
Ne, "Fninting Rertha" I.obe,Nc Is one
OF the prcttiest. blomdest, most delicate
handed Mttle bits OF well Developed fem
,miiiity that ever made a marked success
IN DECKING people of both sexes and all
conditions I'm pubic, a%fterw;trd d'oelNiiis
officials of tails, asylu1ns and penitenti-
ares until bars and gates and fro"nins
walls were as cobwebs before her. In
Sioux City she has done her celebrated
stunt of %fainting TO conceal a clever THEFT
and the S5oux city ia held her no longer
thsu amy other.
Sleeps All Day.
Gates of steel never have held her IN
JAIN or asylum. In the might!cr %peniten-
tiaries she has made herself such am ui-
controlled fury by notwithstanding calmly
all day long and resting for the next
seance-that penilentiary gates have
opened for her IN the hope of having her
maintained as an asylum ward. After
which "Fa.ntimg Bertha" has secured keys
to asylum doors and gone her nntraln-
meled way straight back to a police rec
ORD which for years has shown her TO he
o1.c of the most rcrlarllahle r'ckpockcts.
diamond catchcrs and skoplifters of her
time.
Making such a nuisance of herself in
the pcn!tentialv as no longer to he toler-
atel in a refined convict community which
Isn't allowed to- get OCT az! away, she
proves her madness. In the locked, barred
asyium she proves her cunning at escape.
And once more at liberty the abandon
with which she goes after personal PROP
erty IN any form, at amy time, and under
any C. "reminiscences. proves her skill as q
thief and her ambulance In the get away.
There is her cscape from the asylum at
Elsin on the night OF december -, Christ
mas eve she had tainted in the arms Of
an attendant and IN the scurrying which
followed had secured the keys TO the
gates. or the night OF Christmas she
went ont of the Elg.n asylum, boarded
an electric car for Aurora. and from Au-
rora bought a railroad ticket for Peoria.
Stole $1,000 in Two Days.
ON the way 10 Peoria she relieved the
conductor of So IN bills. secreting them in
her hat. In Peoria. within forty-eight
"VpiS' NV ''s'.' sto4't d 'i""9aiH' 'P''g'' >
worth of goods from stores. registered at
three hotels under assumed names. and
was IN a chair car with a ticket for oma-
ma "teh inc itof-a ponce ma" ioltoWen
hef easy TRACKS through the c.S. g
maps me pF@aees', flost easny iaeh'IleD
,iaek was 'lat MiIich enc !e;e IA d o%i.
Der Siol' IA ne ->atioilai hp'ei' Mhtif SHs
appeared for an egg shampoo. Two eggs
haa peeh pfoke' INTO hef sH!hS h%' VIZ.
6eftha pioh4p'IS Ialiile" ana '"lieu ou'
% me t'aif- as u count "l sitoP equil'
mn sioMta lo,hIhe missing AN hoa'
@'e ~ NJ, -, mop was d " . as
'.s ppl.gse IL 'i'e Ia.il..
! " s'ilssn 800 i. "@An.a'' =, 'lte 'a
i.it "',l 9N'' W 80 "tN -
A.. ,i lev sn o "'sil n>eer % %%r r aI'e ~ sb,
~ p.hN = % e%Si.S ~ lis, lhee az SUI
80 lN Wv, - 1870 o,3 ,,,"" " wv Wv I.n NV sas W. "
ns.rnfator 80. 'rb@ra is' mo- arrs,,e 5' +" > a
iS9NHl''et, Helc - no tNeIlvSS %
81 II. :. ~ - w..
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nv, 60 40. n,nrao,o ~ ,,a. ~ o. 1865 1900,
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t559 ~ ="
ut+b 49,. 10 H. ~
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Kept Without Locks.
Or. George \. ZclIer. superintendent q
the asylum for the incurahle insane /:
South Rartonvile, having fought for IN
cart OF Bertha in his Institutions. purpose
TO make her a tractablc patent and viii
..B - iell.li. ne mas rne history OF n
~" y w. . w ~ W ~ U"o'
af -, - - n ~ y : 80 F0'0' Noi'
IdAt mourning 1A yam DN- iAInttngr AT Il