Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-22
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l Few women at 25 have had the ex- 1 perience of Annie Sisson. so known in 1 Pawcatuck. before her marriage to a western man. the sparkinE being journal; her marriage at Fishers Isl- and: her arrest for bigamy: commit ment to Windham county jail at Brooklyn pending hearing; her escape from the Day Kimball hospital while being treated as prisoner patient, and her final escape from the Brooklyn jail last Tuesday. She was found by Deputy Sheriff William H. Casey in Pawcatuc< Thursday morning and left for Brooklyn in the afternoon in. cuS- tody of JaiIer Fields.
 The woman says prison locks open easy for her, but she declined to say
 just how the lock of her cell in the
 Brooklyn jail opened at her bidding.
 She says she left the cell and went to in that jail. do the mending of the men prisoners working clothes. She donned 8 complete suit of khaki and secured a Panama hat. Thus attired, she es- Steve Brodie try and succeeded with
 the daring of an unarmed Jesse James. She entered the jail once from the cell room, where the turnkey 45 degrees. reading a newspaper. As she passed he just gave her the once over and she passed out. slamming the door behind her.
 She walked leisurely out of the prison yard and made her way to Danielson. On the outskirts of that place she told a woman that she had been on long hike and would like to tering thickly settled population. She was given clothing and a hat and then went on her way.
 Shortly after she met a friend with ar ton Mai s1r hrr4 fwf~x <l did not have anything to do with her escape from jail. In Danielson in a congested street the machine she was in was compelled to pass close to the looked sharply at Annie. she says. but failed to recognize her. She said she did not intend to stay in that jail very long and would have no trouble in after her escape from the hospital she was told she could not escape from the jail. but she said that fellow was talking through his hat.''
 She said putting her in the dungeon and feeding her on bread and water would not tend to make her content to remain in that institution. She said she had enough on the man that caused her incarceration to put him behind the bars for long time. She made the trip from Danielson to Paw catuck in an automobile. she says. but she was not telling who gave her the
 
 prisoner to escap pc, and he is innocent ,of any such action.
 She, told of the matron locking her cell door at night. leaving the key in the lock from the outside, and finding the door unlocked in the morning Then she locked the door md took the key away. but Annie said that door was unlocked just the same when the matron called next morning. In con cluSion Annie said: Yes. I've had some experience, and I'm going to have some more, believe me"
 Jailer Fields stated that the woman n complained that she was sick and in consequence was given some liberty: of this. she took advantage and made ! her esca pc.
 Dr. George L. Salisbury, dr., racing | secretary of the Washington county l fair expects good sized fields in all | of the classes for the four-day pro- | gram of horse racing. the entries i, closing on Saturday of next week. The 1 free for all pacers is scheduled for the fourth day and there is expectation | that the track record of 2-11 1-4. which | was made by Percy Burnham's St.l several years ago. will be broken.
 total of $500 is hung up for trot- tcrs and pacers and the classes an- are: First day Sept. 9-2.25 | pace, 2.30 trot; second day-2.22 trot ] 2.19 pace: third day-2.1S trot, 2.16 pace; fourth day-trot and free for | all.
 The Veteran Firemens association l of South Kingston has appointed a | committee of seven members to ar range for competitive squirt in the | near future. The vamp have eonfi- | dence in their tub Aberdeen and be- | lieve there is no better in the class. A | challenge will soon be issued to the Westerly Veteran Firemen's associa- tion, as the Star of Westerly and the are closely matched, as shown in former tournaments.
 The Narragansett Veteran Firemen's | association has issued challenge to the | Pawtuxet veterans to play the | Washington against the Fire King. the winner in the New England muster | last Saturday at Wickford. No date l is assigned for the contest. i
 Major Cyril L. D. Wells, former ca ptain of the old Fourth company, C. A. C. Rhode Island National guard, | later the 18th company in active ser vice, addressed the Fourth company veterans in the state armory in Provi- dence Wednesday night. He extended