The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-22
Mother Secretes Son Between
LathS and Outside Wall
Of House.
THEN BARRICADES HERSELF
AND BOY IN RESIDENCE
Officers Find Escaped Prisoner
From Detention Home Only
After Long Search.

In a desperate effort 10 prevent her
fourt cen year-old son from being taken
hack 20 the detention home from which
he escaped Sunday. Mrs. Hannah Ed .
wards strongly bcrricadCG herself and
! the boy in her homo at 90 Pear street.
Thursday. and dcned the Juvenile court
officials FOR several hours. While the
officers were trying to gain entrance 10
tho house Mrs. Edwards was busy &c
creting the lad between tn" lnths and
tho outside wall in The attic nf the
house. and after the officers finally got
Into The house they had long search
before they found tho hiding place OF
the youuCstcr. After all kinds 0f strategy
and threats had been employed the
woman told where her son was s"crctcd
and he WAS taken back 10 the detention
home.
Sunday Young Edwards and several
other boys In the detention homo Wore
given permission To 80 for a walk. I'D .
wards and another lad about his age did
not return and had been missing ever
since. Wednesday tho mother Of the
other boy took him back 10 tho juvenile
court and II WAS then learned that
young Edwards had also gone home.
Officers on Trail.
Probation officers Gusrdello Brown
Edwards home but apparently thero was
no one there. They returned Thursday
morning and again found the house
locked and apparently unoccupied. They
ard back doors, but received no re-
sPonse. They then tried all tho win
dows. but found them securely fastened
down. FINALLY n window was removed
from the kitchen. and the officers on
tered TN" house, only to find that the
door loading into tho remainder OF the
house also was locked.
The officers repeated their knocking
and made every effort TO open the door.
but got no response from within. Officer
Brown then declared in loud voice that
the door down This immediately
brought AN answer from Mrs. Edwards.
who implored them not 10 break tho
door. as she would let them in. The
woman declared emphatically that her
son was not I'm the house at all and
gave the officers permission 10 make a
thorough search
Search Of House Begun
Every room In the house was searched
and the officers even went into the
but no boy was found. They then de-
cided TO try the attic. Mrs Edwards
accompanied them and they were again
unsuccessful in their efforts. Finally
Oihcer Sperry suggested that they pull
off some Of the laths. az he might be
behind them. Mrs Edwards then de-
clded that sic bad better reveal the
boys hiding place so she told them TINT
she would find him. She went over 10
the wall and pulled off few laths, and
the lad stepped out.
1he oincers were stunned AT the in
scnuity OF the woman I'm trying to secrete
her son. but soon recovered and took the
boy back TO the detention home, where
nc VIII he watched closer I'm the future.
lie has run away from the home on sew
sral previous occasions. and the officers
claim that every time he has been taken |
~ again after committing some petty
theft or burglary, so they will try 10 |
prevent his escape In tho future. They
irc of the belief that Mrs Edwards in !
tended 10 secrcte her son until she was |
tble TO send him out Of the state, beyond |
ne jurisdiction Of the juvenile court.