The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-11-03
Harry Schwaris, Of the Hub, Has Known
Mrs. Clark Since She Was a
Little Girl
PRISONER HAS
ALL PRIVILEGES
Is Not confined in Cell Owing to Danger
Of Charge Of False Imprisonment
Of Babe

Denying that she had passed the
worthless checks but stating that she
had passed through Chickasha less
than three months ago and had spent
the night here, Mrs l.. f. Clark, now
in custody of county officers, gave an
interview to a Daily Express reporter
in the sheriffs office yesterday after
noon
The prisoner with her ten-months-
old babe is given the freedom OF the
Jail and jailer's and sheriff's offices.
She spends much time on the grounds
outside the building and is being
treated more as a guest than as pris-
on inmate The reason for this con
sideration is not desire to show more
Difference to Mrs. Clark than to any
other woman prisoner but rather
determination not to implicate mat
ters by imprisoning her babe and thus
probably subject the sheriffs office to
the charge of false imprisonment.
Therefore, while the reception room
adjoining the sheriff's office had been
prepared for the deserted young wife
1t was not used when it was found
that she was still accompanied by her
child.
Mrs Clark shows no sign Of de-
preston and is evidently contented
with her present surroundings At
night she occupies the jury room which
is not in the category of cell and
therefore clears the officers of any
suspicion Of imp, !soning the child
Though having been seen but TWEEN
ty summers Mrs. Clark has had an
eventful life. She had worked at Nor
man and Lexington and it was at the
latter place that she fell in love with
and married man whom she had not
known but six weeks and who, accord
ing to her statement, proved to be a
loafer who could not or would not sup
port her What he ever did for a Iiv-
ing she appeared not TO know That
the officers OF the law are on his trail
for wife desertion and maybe other
things" she declared to the newsman.
Does your paper go down into Tex
as?" she asked, for if it does maybe
we had better not say anything about
this for he is down there and he is
smooth in getting away"
The prisoner stated that she was in
Gainesville, Texas, on October 8, when
she was arrested and brought back to
Pauls Valley to answer to the charge
of passing worthless checks signed by
Mrs. John O'Connor, the same as were
those which were passed in chicka-
sha. She gave $1,000 bond there, be
lieving that Pauls Valley people sign
ed as sureties though she expressed
on this point as she was
in Norman when she was notified OF
her release under bond. After being
placed under an additional $1,000 bond
here yesterday by Judge Fuller she
told members of the sheriff's force
that the Pauls Valley bond should
serve for both places and that she
should be released That she antici-
pated early freedom and an early job |
was indicated in the interview yester-
day when she propounded the query, |
"You don't know of anything now. do
you?"
Mrs. Clark's married life was spent
at Lexington and Mayesville.
Mrs. Clark has been identified by
Harry Schwartz, credit man at the
Hub. as the same person who present
ed and passed the checks on septem-
Der 3 at the Hub clothing store. Mr.
Schwartz has known the woman since
she was a child