The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-05-27
Bereft Of Husband and Parents in
New Mexico and Almost PEN
niless, is Wearily Walk
ing to Virginia
TAKEN In CUSTODY
BUT IS RELEASED
Six Shooter Excites Suspicion But
Recital Of Her Sorrows Soon
Arouses Sympathy As
sisted by Officers

Released this morning from the GUS
tody of the county officials after an
investigation, was q haggard, worn
women who gave her name as Mrs.
Loney who, according to her story, is
walking, of necessity, from New Mexi-
co to Honaker, Va, where she says
relatives reside.
Reports came yesterday to the Of
ficers, stating that the woman was sus-
pected of being insane, but such
charges were entirely banished today
after an examination by the county Of
| ficials, their belief being that she is
simply worn out from exposure and
hardships and that little rest is all
that is needed to transform her into
almost different being.
She was first heard of in this coun
ty at Rush Springs. 1t was there that
her case was first investigated The
town officials found that in a small
bundle that she carried was hidden a
six-shooter fully loaded. This fact ex-
cited suspicious, but she was allowed
to leave town. She arrived in Chick.
asha yesterday.
Located at the Rock Island depot,
officers were sent to bring her to the
county jail She came without trouble
and after a good nights rest and two
substantial meals she told her story
this morning to the officers.
Her mother and father and her hus-
band had died at their home in New
Mexico, according to her story. Her
only relatives then. were two cousins
living in Honaker, Va. The death of
her people in New Mexico left her
nothing but sorrow and in the absence
of funds, there was nothing left for
her to do but to get to Virginia the
best possible way, which so far has
been manly walking.
Sickness attacked her on the way
and she was laid up At what point
or for how long she does not know.
Apparently half starved, but recently
recovered from illness, overwhelmed
by the greatest sorrows to which the
human family fall heir, it is no,
thought strange that she has lost ac-
count of the length of time she has
been on the way
Fifty cents is the amount she has
left out of the few, the very few dol
| lars that constituted her financial re-
| sources for the long trip, to what she
hopes will be peaceful home in Vir-
| ginia That she was accustomed to
meet difficulties as they arose, was
| evidenced by her willingness to pro-
ceed on her journey and relieve the
| Chickasha officials of all trouble. She
offered to buy a ticket as far as her
lone fifty cent piece would admit and
trust to her own resources thereafter.
The report was circulated that whe,l
approached by certain officials, she
made a. gun play with the weapon
wrapped in her bundle. The presence
of the gun might suggest that she was
female bank robber, adventures
aud few other things. Yes, it might
but the story told by the woman is at
least woven of different thread.
Carefully wrapped in cloths and en-
bedded in the center of little bun
die, was the gun. Thoroughly oiled
and cared for it was. Where did the
gun come from? 1t was the property
of her dead husband, she said. Who
knows but that it was the only article
} in her possession that belonged &
him? If that be the case, it is prob
ably in accordance with the natura
course of events that she keep it ant
care for 1t properly.
She was released from Jail and ac
! Quilted Of all suspicious after a hear
} ing this morning. More than that, tn,
officials have taken up a collection o
3 a few dollars to help her along th
2 way.
1t so happens that among the inves