The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-05
By CHARLES McGU1RK

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UTHEN the baby was born
w and it's sex revealed, John
Sutherland determined on the
name. 1t was Angela because,
as John put it, she was a little
angel from heaven loaned to
him and Martha.
John Sutherland was a farmer
in the northern part Of the west
ern State. He was q big, atfable
man with a ready smile, and, In
evitably as If he were q Jim Far
ley, he drifted-or was driven BY
his friends-into politics.
MAJOR EVENTS
When Angela was eighteen he
was elected sheriff OF Wayne
county.
She and her father were Chris.
tians, real Christians, not Sunday
ones. They lived according to the
laws laid down in the New Tesla
ment, They believed firmly In the
command, Love thy neighbUr as
myself"
"AIl men and women" Johr
would point out, "are brothers anc
sisters. No matter whether they
are white or black or brown Of
yellow, they are closely akin ont
to another because they are al
children of God"
That summer, after she was
graduated, Angela stayed home
and kept house for her father anc
did the cooking for whatever priS
oners might be confined to tnt
jail.
It was late in July that Johr
Sutherland brought Ed Lawtor
and Claude Wiltshire to the Wayne
county jail. Lawton was awaiting
execution for the murder OF hi
grandfather. Wiltshire was await
ing trial for highway robbery:
When they arrived, manacled
Angela hardly noticed them be
cause, by now, she was used to jail
prisoners. But Ed Lawton notec
her Immediately.
"There," he told Wiltshire, I'll
our only way out Of this can"
''Where?" Wiltshire asked.
"That young doll standing or
the back porch" Lawton explain
ed impatiently. "She's got a nice
face and dolls with nice faces arr
my meat.
Wiltshire, q heavy-set man o.
thirty with q low forehead, close
set eyes and not much intelli
gence, took q long look at Lawton
In the second week Of theil
incarceration, the regular JaileI
was called away and as her father
the sheriff, was out Of town
Angela brought the dinner and the
supper to the two prisoners. She
passed Wiltshire his food without
a second look but her eyes lin
gered on Lawton.
She did not realize she was in
love with him. She insisted, from
that day on, on carrying the meals
to the prisoners herself and she
would pause q moment or two to
talk to Lawton. She would tel
him what was happening on the
outside. Wiltshire got a great kick
out Of 1t.
THE BREAK .
would you go straight If
helped you out of here?" she asked
Lawton. Would you try and re.
form and lead a good ufe?"
eyes ma'am!" Lawton said sin
cerely. II would"
"An right" Angela said. Come
on. Both OF you" She swung back
the cell door. You'll find a re.
volver in the office. And my car is
in the jail yard. God bless you"
Wiltshire took the gun and they
got in the car and drove away,
BY nightfall, they were out of the
State and headed west. There
had been no alarm. It was two
days later that Lawton, picking
UP a newspaper on the roadside,
learned that Angela had admitted
to her father that she had allowed
both prisoners to escape.
The newspaper made much of
her statement that she had done
it because she regarded both men
as her brothers because Christ
had said that all men are
brothers. The reason her father
had locked her up was that a
highwayman had shot and killed
man in an automobile for re-
fusing to give him a lift. The
highwayman, the newspaper said,
was Lawton.
Were going back" Lawton told
Wiltshire. I'm going to get the
guy that did that killing"
mot me-" Wiltshire refused.
Here's where get out"
He got out and Lawton drove
the several hundred miles back
to the scene Of the murder. He
struck into the nearest big town
and got in touch with the under
world connections he had made
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