Evening star., 1924-09-07
JAIL DOOR OPEN,
MADAME X FLEES
Accused Beauty's Action
May Bring Ban on Pris-
0nerS' Baths.
Special Dispatch TO The Star,

LAW Ky. September
e.-While the Middle West and South
have been combed for Madame N
passer of bad checks, it is probable
Jailer T. Siers may put ban on bath
ing in prison unless strong
armed guard is near. Because Mad
anne "" allowed by the pailer to
enter the Jail kitchen for that pur-
pose. calmly opened another door and
disappeared.
Il could hear the water running in
the BASIN" says Sier, but she had
been there SO long / thought l had
better see about her. Thinks to my
self, | am going to take a look" The
Jailer's taking a chance with his eye
was unfruitful. however, because his
mysterious involuntary lodger appar-
entity had walked out of rear door
and down the steps to the street.
Siers admits the door had not been
locked
1t is believed her escape had been
Planned and that a confederate. pos
sibly 5. Il. Williams. who is said to be
her husband. recently released from
custody in Bowling Green, Ky, who,
authorities say, was believed to be an
accomplice in the alleged check game,
was waiting for her and took her
away in an automobile.
Has Many Aliases.
The woman. who had many aliases,
had been granted unusual freedom
about the Jail Investigation dis
closes she had been permitted to
leave her cell and go into the living
quarters of the jailer, where she had
been seen by various persons Off
Gals who had demonstrated with the
jailer were told You couldn't run
her Off But she left the morning
she was to have been placed on trial.
She had just received a letter ad-
dressed in care of Miss Sadie Sers,
daughter of the jailer. When
Madame X saw the missive, she
snatched it from Miss Siers, who told
her prisoners mail was supposed to
be examined, but did not take back
the letter.
Lester Walls, another prisoner.
said the woman read the letter, ex-
pressed satisfaction over its con-
tents, tore it into bits and stuffed the
fragments into a crack. The letter
was written on stationery of Louis
vile hotel
Received Phone Call.
During the same day Madame X'
received long distance telephone
call, was allowed to use the tele-
phone, but somehow there is no rec
who might desire to take the trail
after her.
Ihe woman. young, pretty, digni-
fled. with blond bobbed hair. was ar
rested at Harrodsturg, KY, and
brought here to answer charges of
passing alleged bad checks. 1t is re-
ported she was wanted at various
other towns. She steadfastly refused
TO answer questions concerning her
self, declined to give her name. tell
where she was from. or yield any
other information which might let
the world know who she was. Then
she was called Madame X" After
she was brought to Jail here. she
passed the time by teaching a young
man in an adjoining cell to read and
write and he was the principal "sor-
rover" when she escaped
Minister to Pay Losses.
A man giving the name of Rev.
Mr.. Quiesenberry, saying he was
from Mississippi. appeared here
shortly before she fed and intro
duced himself as a relative of the
woman. He said the family wanted
to pay off the $500 to $1,000 repre-
sented as the checks alleged passed
by the woman. but before arrange
ments had been made the woman had
left. The minister said the woman
was a member of an excellent family
in Mississippi.
The woman declared the man
thought to be her husband had no
part in passing any of the checks,
and made an affidavit to that effect.
In the meantime, Madame XII has
not been located and Jailer Siers is
worried.