The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23
Girl ISONER
CRIMINAL ENIGMA
Though only Fifteen. Kathleen
Simon is already Convict
ed of Murder.

EDMONEQN, AIberta, SdS -.
murderess at fifteen. sen1enceo - rs
years IN the peniteuttaTy, . aoes 800
paro1ed to a childrens ao1e ~.
where she ESCAPED and was ree LOT ZOE
,aarJv three wears, and now fetuKneo
70 nIson Is part OF the lie story OF
Kathleen Olga Simon s-.-.,-a.
mis- and her other adventures
since being sentenced 10 ten years
;-esrfeonmen1 three years ago, sound
a lnpl-S fs1.a q 11,rid dime novel or an
-,ncensored motion picture story, than
-SsI life. Nevertheless fact has once
more outpointed fiction when It comes
to sraugeneSs, and; the young girl
appeared In the limehght last week
when the authorities once more placed
her under arrest.
Coming from Austria she left her
parents and took a position as nurse
girl at Prince Albert Though still
in her early teens, Olga was stout.
well developed girl and In charge OF
9-year-old girl
In a ftof angersone day Olga killed
the child With shovel She was
placed on trial at Prince Albert and
found guilty OF manslaughter, but
owing to her youth, was not given the
extreme penalty. Instead she was
sentenced to serve ten years In pris-
on. A yearalater she was paroled to
tn ch1ldren.s home in Winnipeg. One
day while out walking with the mat
ron. Olga escaped and though search
OF the city WAS made she eluded all
her pursuers-
Three Months in Hiding.
How She, lonely. penniless young
girl. With always the fear of arrest
upon her. lived In the great city for
the next three months is not known.
But one day family living on the
outskirts Of the city found her in
fainttng condition upon their door
steps. The girl was nearly dead from
starvation and cold. as the winter
had come on and her clothes were In
rags. Olga was fortunate TIE
house to which she had come was oc-
cupied by kindly old couple who
took the wan to their hearts and
made home for her.
ConcealnS her identity with prec-
ctous arHrIness Olga Lived with them
for some time Always. the fear OF
errest must have hung heayy over her
in city where she knew 50 many
would be looking for her. She began
to persuade her rescuerS to allow her
to go to the country where the old
couples son lived on farm some
ninety miles north OF WINNIPEG On
willingly they consented
The move was the girls undotng.
for she had hardly been there month
when one day visitor from Prince
Albert saw her and wrote the author
ties az Ottawa An Official vas sent
from the east TO the farm and notified
the girl she was under arresA Olga
was coolness personihed. she ap-
peared to accept the circumstances
phiIosophicalIy. II viii go and get my
+,inrs. she Informed the official and
disappeared up the stairs TO aer
room
Little dreamtng that he had
clever and resourcefu1 person 20 deal
With n this young girl. who looked
but mere child the Official sat down
to wait her return. But Olga did not
reform. Climbing out OF her WINDOW,
She made this and from there down
Of the kitchen, climbed over the
caves and let herself hang down. then
dropped the rest OF the way to the
ground, a distance of several feet
The barn nearby offered access with
out view from where the othctal sat
She made thsf and from there down
into a woodlot beyond
Five days and nights this Wild little
creature. who had fought 50 hard ana
so long for her liberty. eraded the
posses That secured the country tor
her. but hunger eventually drove her
TO a farmhouse and she was held
mere. Now she is back IN the Man
ftoba Jail waiting word from Ottawa
as to what shall be done with her
The people whom she lived with.
and who have come TO love her as
fheir- own. have made a strong plea
70 -he minister of justice to again
allow the child her liberty on parole
HOME GROWN ASPARAGUS
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