Arizona republican., 1916-09-15
DETENTION HUME.
 GIRLS ESCAPE

Cutting the wires of the telephone so that the matron would De unable to give an alarm and timing their de- parture so that considerable time would elapse before their absence would be discovered, Stella Langford and Ruth Patterson, two pretty young girls held in delinquency cases. made d sensational escape from the county detention home, 1t51 East Van Buren street, early last evening. When word was finally sent to the police de\lrt- ment and the sheriffs office, the girls had had abundant opportunity to make a getaway.
 Two hours after the girls had made their escape, Stella Langford walked into. the sheriff s office and | announced tkat she was ready to give herself up. She said that neither she nor the Patterson girl hau had out side assistance in leaving the home; that their summary departure was only in the nature of an escapade. She said she was sorry if the incl dent had caused the authorities any trouble, and said that if she were re- turned to the home. she would make no further effort to escape Until late hour no trace of the Patterson girl had been secured. although the sheriff's office believed the officers would be able to locate her shortly i Both the Langford girl and the Patterson girl have recently figured | in the most widely talkedsof juvenile court cases of recent months. The | former had but recently been brought 1 back from Eugene. Ore. where she ] is alleged to have been sent by Drs. ] l.. and Rosa Boido, after escaping from the Florence Crittenden Home, | l. lrsa fl,s. prosecuting witness in a case involv- ! ing young Roido, who disappeared
 about the time the girl was taken in custody. For several weeks the authorities had no information as co ! Stella Langford's whereabouts, but search finally located her in the Ore 1 gon city She had dyed her hair and { otherwise changed her appearance. in I the hope of preventing recognition by officers who might be searching for Ter
 1 On the way back to Phoenix. in custody of Detective Layne and Su { perintendent Chrissie Gilchrist of the 1 PhOenix Associated Charities. who in i terested herself in the young girls ease. Stella took very i'll aboard the . train and was taken to hospital in ! San sJose Believing she was in ! danger of dying. she is alleged to ' have made a deposition in which she
 charged that the Drs. Roido aided k her to leave Phoenix and gave her money to make her way to the home \ Of daughter of Dr. Rosa Boido Since her return to Phoenix. both the \ Drs. Boido have been arrested or .i charges of procuring the absence Of
 witness from the state. The case
 is set for hearing next Monday.
 
 old and, like Stella Bangford. quite
 pretty. recently charged Carlton
 Williams with having taken her in an automobile on a ride into thr desert. where he mistreated her. Will
 Hams was arrested and later released
 under $500 bail for hearing set for
 next Monday morning al 10 o'clock \ in Justice DeSouza's court
 II Both the girls had been living with their parents. the Langford family living on East Monroe street and the
 Pattersons a short distance out of the
 city The Patterson. girl had beer ! employed at Donofrio's, but later had
 secured employment at the Sugar Bowl. The disappearance of some
 articles of wearing apparel beioneinr
 to other girls at Donofrio's led to the
 suspicion that she had taken them ]
 broke down and told her story of her
 relations with Williams
 Last evening both girls had been enga ged in washing the supper dishes
 at the detention home. The matror
 had been engaged about other duties
 at the front of the big house. When
 the absence of the girls was dis
 covered word was telephoned tc
 Probation Officer W. J. osborn. who
 lives five or six miles out in the country and he came to town as quickly as possible to aid in tho
 search Tn the meantime however
 the police and the sheriffs offices had : made pretty thorough search of tho city without securing Q, single trace ,, cf the whereabouts of the youne , girls That the escape had been care fully planned was indicated by th' cutting of the telephone wires and LN the selection of a time when th'
 matron might reasonably suppose they
 were engaged about the household ! duties of the home