The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-30

Escaped from a New York stasce re-i fornatorv. three young women wear- ing part of the black and white striped uniforms that they had worn while ,,nf,ey restraint. arrived in this city Wednesday after tramptng more than SO miles through swamps and brush and over back roads. They are being held at police headquarters, as resule of their arrest on technical charge this morning on Middle street, Wnefe they have been staying
 The girls are Ida Oakley. aged "A. Connecticut woman whose married name is Mrs Matthew Winslowss Mil dred Doyle, aged q. tans stra1zlng stIg brunette Of New York and Alice Al- Brooklyn and who has 8 child and mother there
 one of the girls was committed for tendency to be, attracted to spark linz vfntages and the others ara dope" users.
 man who was formerly superiutend- ent Of a Torrfn ngton, Conn, brass shop btat she hasn.t lived with him for sew eral years She was committed to the iBedford Hills Refornnatory for Wo- men and she later escaped She was caught and recomHftted
 Mildred Doyle was committed be- cause she was addicted to using nar- eoticss Alice KiEcoyne went to the in- stdfution for the same thing- She says her husband taught her the vice, but she says she's cured Eo is Mildred, she saws. She says she has sband and a child, and also a mother whe win. come and get her., if allowed
 The girls were '..trusties in the in- stftution aa q result of tE1e1r good be- havior during the last few weeks bns last week they were put under the reg ular strict rules for some minor in- fractions of discipline. They were not given hearing by Miss Moore, the head of tho institution, and they de- manded one. When 1t was refused. they c0nntved to escape
 They did escape leaving the institu- ton inr their reformatory gArb. Though swamp land. marshes brush and woods, they made their way into Connecticut and toward Bridgeport On the way they picked up various ar ticIes Of clothing, which they say were given them, and arrived here We'd nesday, one wearing part of 9 man S suit and the others wearing combina tions of the Teformatory and the new ly-acquired garments
 They went to hotel on Middle street, where they were made the ob- ject Of police surveillance. This morn ing Policeman Edward Wheeler and Sergeant James Ramsey arrested then on technical charge of breach of the N
 Alice Kileoyne said this morning that she'd rather serve 10 years r Connecticut than three months in New York. The trio stiH have three years to serve.
 The institution was communicated with on the telephone this morning bs detectives and Miss doore, the heat of the place. urged the girls to com. back. They won't go. however. with out extra adition. Each one told Mis- Moore that she was willing to go, bu the others weren't
 The officials of the institution hay, been notified that they must forwars sxtradition papers within 24 hours, eo the girls will be released from custody
 One of the girls called Captain George H Arnold Daddy this morn ing and she thought him nice olc man. They told him that Bloodhound had been put their track by off cials of the institution, but that i taken as an effervescence resu1tin, from the last "s1ot of dope