The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-26
TIGER WOMAN
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him Immediately after she walked
out of the hospital, leaving cum
ningly contrived dummy in her bed
presumably, she would now seek to
see her husband. From the Los An
geles hospital, he appealed to her to
either surrender to authorities OF
communicate with him at once
They were estrangled in 1881 when
she killed Agnes Anne lie Roi and
Hedvig Samuelson in a cottage they
shared here, dissected their bodies
and shipped the parts in trunk to
Los Angeles.
Her note, which was addressed to
no one but which her parents be-
lieved was intended for Gov. Jones
revealed the symptoms of her men
tai disease. 1t revealed decisions Of
persecution and limited at months
perhaps years, of interpretive and
morbid brooding.
Authorities were well aware that
should she encounter any person
who she suspected of prosecuting
her, his life would not be safe. This
intensified the search for her, gave
1t its frenzied urgency.
Terms OF Surrender
In her note, she laid down one
condition to her surrender.
II will surrender to you, on con-
dition you promise me that DR.. Sake
CDR. Louis SAKE, superintendent of
the hospital) will be forced to leave
me alone"
Her mother, Mrs. H. ]. McKinnell,
took the note to Gov. Jones and was
scolded by the governor for not not
flying the authorities at once Of her
daughters escape. She said that
both she and her husband, the Rev
McKinnell, had urged her to sur
render. Winnie Ruth left her par
ents' home after IS minutes, without
saying where she was going or what
she planned, her mother said.
Mrs. McKinnell was questioned
by the governor after she had been
interviewed by Deputy Sheriff
James Wallace, who said she had
refused to tell him Everything"
I'VE haven't had a fair deal all
along" she told him. "And I don't
see why I should tell you"
Husband Appeals To Her
DR.. Judd, whose frail health was
impaired by the notoriety in which
his murderou5 estrangled wife in
volved him, issued sympathetic If
not tender appeal to her. He said:
II fervently hope that Winnie
Ruth will give herself up. She can
gain nothing by her escape.
IF my words can reach her, this
Is what say:
Communicate with me, or sur
render to the nearest officers Of the
law. It will be much better to re-
turn on your own free will than to
have them hunt you down."
Psychiatrists found the symptoms
Of her mental malady-progressive
and insurable dementia praecox in
her note. Written in pencil, unad-
dressed, and unsigned, 1t follows in
full:
Has Several Complaints
IT am only going to see my father
and husband. I have a right to.
"My husband coaxed me to sur
render to the police. I did and look
what happens. DR.. SAKE tortures me.
Even Hitler would not torture his
prisoners when they surrender. I
was not overcome so I had to sur
render only a coward would torture
one helpless. I am helpless because
I trusted fairness do not get 1t.
"Dr. SAKE says have no privi-
leges. I did have until he came
here. He took them away. For 10
months I have yard parole, could
sit on the yard alone or with my
family. I never abused a privilege
or broke a trust. DR.. SAKE took my
privileges because he hates me.
II am prosecuted by the Catholics.
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"a page apparently missing.)
Him $40 to come on. apparent
ly referring to her husband DR.. w.
G. judd but he can only stay one
day. $40 just to see him two or
three hours. Two hundred hours
work to see him two or three hours,
and now they have ordered him
have to visit him in Mrs. Easton,s
"a matron) presence, my bitter
enemy. I will not, tonight I am
running away. hate everyone who
has forced me to do 1t. May God
punish them. ! want to be a good
patient. ] like you. hope you may
be governor again. You have been
kind to me and I do not want to do
anything ever to hurt you.
II am desperate to see my father.
I am going to see him tonight then
somehow see my husband and I will
surrender to you on condition you
promise me DR.. SAKE will be forced
to leave me alone.
II will not run away. I do not
want my freedom illegal"
She was pronounced insane and
incarcerated in the state hospital
two miles west Of here, In 1892.
Earlier she had been convicted Of
murder and sentenced to hang.
Shot Her Friends
She shot her friends during q
quarrel over q man. She checked
the trunk containing their bodies on
her railroad ticket to Los Angeles.
A station agent there noticed blood
trickling out Of the trunk and, ever
her protest, insisted upon opening
1t. She said she would get the key
and disappeared. She was the OBJ