Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-14
WOMAN ESCAPE
PLANNED To RIDE
ACROSS BORDER
Pretty Josephine Barger
Mapped Trip to Safety
Fraught With Many Hard
ships.

To buy horse and ride into Mex
leo was Miss Josephine Barger's hardy
plan 10 complete her escape, accord
ing 70 her statement upon her return
to the county Jail al old Town last
nigh. She escaped election day night
By climbing over the high fence
around the Jail From that time un-
til she was captured Thursday. at Re
serve. 10 miles west OF Magdalena.
she was at liberty
Miss Bareer wanted to avoid Dem
Ing and El Paso. through which the
only rail routes 10 the border pass
Her mother lives at the former town
and practically every one there knows
her At FL Paso she is wanted as a
witness In an alleged white slave"
case and II was to dodge that sorv-
lee that she left III Paso and came
here.
1T seems good 10 get back said
the young woman at the Jail. II
won't leave again until am told to
go. | had the feeling that / was fol-
lowed. thought every man met
was an officer come to arrest me.
I'm here to STAY this time"
lid IN Restaurant.
After her getaway officers traced
her from the time she went over the
Jail fence until she reached Third
street and Silver avenue in cab. She
dismissed the cab there. Last night
she supplied the missing links In her
journey.
She went TO a restaurant short
distance from the corner. She said
She asked man whom she believed
to be the proprietor to hide her In
the back room. She remained there
two days and two nights. Thursday
she gave II little girl money and told
her TO buy a hat and suit. When she
got away she wore only her skirt and
shirtwaist.
Then. dyeing her hair black and
dressed In "A gray suit, she left here
at 1890 o'clock Friday morning on
Santa Pc train So. 500. She got off at
Soeorro. but left there the same morn
ing for Magdalena. She stayed there
several days She was recognized
there.
Nearly Caught In Magdalcna.
Under Sheriff Dick Lewis was no
tilted, but when he wired directions
back to arrest her she had gone. She
was traced TO Reserve. a small town
in the Mogollon mountains. where she
was planning 20 put the Mexican bor-
der between herself and her pursuers.
Deputy Sheriff Cox of socorro
county found her there Thursday aft
ernoon. lie showed her photograph
of herself In Indian costume.
Does that look like your he
asked
Il don't think It does she coun-
tered.
Cox thought 1t did. so he notified
Under Sheriff George Cook at Socorro
and he In turn wired to Under Sheriff
Lewis Lewis sent Deputy Sheriff
Gregorio Romero to socorro yesterday
morning and he came back last night
with Miss Barger.
The young woman appeared chiefly
interested In correcting the descrip-
ton sent out by officers She called
attention TO the fact that her eyes
We're not brown. She saw the photo
graph and read the description while
she was out. She did not think the
picture was good. She wanted the
card Under Sheriff Lewis had.
Locked In Cell Now.
Il might need II again" said Lewis
That is improbable. The jailer is
taking no more chances With Miss
Barger She was allowed the free
dom OF the women's quarters before
her escape, but last night she was in
"a cell
The young woman was reticent
about her hiding place iii this city.
She did not know directions here
when asked what way the restaurant
was from Third street and Silver ave-
nue. whore she left the cab. She
talked freely, however, about her trip
TO Soeorro and Magdalena.
She said her meals were brought
10 her In the rear room of the res
taurant. II had been used as a bed
room previously and she found a bed
there. She did not venture out OF
the place once from Tuesday night.
when she reached the place. until
Thursday night. when she went to the
Santa Fe station.
Officers Believe Her Story.
Speaking Of her plans had she not
been caught the young woman said
she wanted to reach Mexico City. She
spoke of riding horseback from the
Mogollons, over rugged country and
across the border at sparsely settled
point. MS IL 1t were a little jaunt Of
q few blocks In view of her daring
escape. dressed in only a light waist
and skirt on cold night. and the
fact that she is the daughter of pio-
neer parents, the officers were not in
clinod 10 doubt that she would have
made he attempt.
Best Cough Medicine for Children.
Three years ago when ! was liv-
ing in Pittsburgh one of my children