Evening star., 1952-11-30
Mrs. Judd Captured
In Guardian S Home
After Telephone Tip
BY the Associoted Press

Winnie Ruth Judd, the crafty
killer who broke out of the Ari-
zona State Hospital for the In
sane on a chill Thanksgiving Day
evening. was captured here to-
night after As hours of freedom.
Willy Winnie, red-haired mur-
deresS Of 81 years ago, was found
hiding in closet at the home
of her guardian. Mrs. Fay Harvey.
She has escaped from the hospital
six times.
Mrs. Harvey was appointed her
guardian to look after her estate
after Mrs. Judd's husband died.
She had no other living relatives
except her mother. who also is an
inmate at the State hospital.
Vic Soule and Gene Geiger,
Phoenix detectives. found Mrs.
Judd covering under pile of
clothes, her legs pulled in under
her. her back against the wall.
Tired of Being Locked Up.
why don't you leave me
alone?" she begged as the clothes
were snatched away.
Please let me stay for awhile.
I want to get a job and see some
people. I'm tired of being locked
up
Mrs. Judd. who was committed
to the State Hospital in 1888, COM
planned bitterly as the two men
helped her off the floor, but &C
companied them without resist
ance.
I've been locked up long
enough" she moaned, as the de-
tectives placed her in a car and
took her to the city jail. 81 should
be turned loose and allowed to
lead normal life again."
Received Telephone Tip.
Mr.. Soule. who said he received
a telephone tip that Mrs. Judd
might be at the Harvey residence.
reported that the 49-year-old
trunk killer wrung her hands and
tore her handkerchief as they rode
to the Jail. But otherwise she was
submissive and followed their di-
rectionS readily.
She was still wearing the same
green skirt and green sweater she
had on when last seen at the hos
pital Thursday night.
Sobbing and trembling, Mrs.
Judd tonight said hospital pa
tients and attendants alike had
helped her escape.
A remark by questioner at the
Jail that DR.. M. w. Conway, hos
pltal superintendent, had said she
was a troublemaker set excitable
Winnie off into tirade.
Il don't quarrel with other pa.
tients," she snapped.
They've helped me escape.
Nurses have hidden me on the
grounds until could get away.
Attendants have hidden me in
their homes-f1ve of them helped
hide me in their homes last time
escaped.
Would they do this if I were
dangerous? Would they have kept
me in their homes? Would some
of the best people of Phoenix have
entertained me?"
Used to Get Days Off.
Winnie said she used to get days
off from the hospital before DR..
Conway took over direction of the
hospital.
In former days. she said, she
had dined at some of the best
cafes in the city.
How did you do that?" news
men who had gathered at the Jail
asked.
II have friends"
Winnie. running her hands
through her red hair, snorted that
DR.. Conway Lied if he said he
examined that window Through
which she escaped) a day before
got out. The screen bulged so
bad any one could have seen it.
The chewing gum kept popping
out"
Mrs. Judd wiggled through
15-inch square hole sawed in
heavy mesh window screen. The
saving. apparently done over a
long period of time, had been
concealed with chewing gum.
Wants Sanity Hearing.
Mrs. Judd, tumbling out the
words of her story in frantic
haste before being returned to
the hospital, said:
Il want to get out want a
sanity hearing.
Il had fight 20 years ago. But
didn't kill any one in the COM
mission of a crime"
Mr.. Soule said he was not free
to say too much about the infor-
nation that led to Mrs. Judd'sI
capture.
Some one called and said al
friend of mine wanted to see me
at 2342 North 18th street (the
Harvey home)', he said. I caught
on right away"
Mr.. Soule said there appeared
to be no one at the house when
they arrived and let themselves
in with a pass key. The Harveys
were away for the week end.
Found Her In Closet.
1--WE began a systematic search
and had finished all but two bed
rooms when we found her." he
said.
I'VE opened the closet door and
saw the clothes piled up in the
corner. We could tell there was
some one underneath. We moved
and there she was"
Mrs. Judd was convicted of kill
ing Agnes Ann lie Roi and He'd
wig Samuelson on October 16,
1881, dismembering their bodies
and sending them to Los Angeles
in a trunk and suitcases.
She was condemned to hang,
kYrt M o~Naal