Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1915 — Some Say “Higher Ups" Helped Mrs. Peterson Escape. [ARTICLE]

Some Say “Higher Ups" Helped Mrs. Peterson Escape.

Information from Roselawn, where Mrs. Peterson and “Battle Ax” Gibbons made their sensational escape from right under the eyes of the constable Thursday night, is to the effect that the couple has not been apprehended. It is suggested that Mrs. Peterson was so anxious to tell “all she knew" that a number thought it desirable for them to be hastened out of town and that their escape was not of their own planning but that some of the “higher ups" provided for it. It is reported that Justice Whitton Friday levied on some property belonging to Gibbons and Mrs. Peterson, to satisfy some debts. The property secured is said to be an old white mule, a blind horse and three little dogs. The only regret the Roselawn people have is that they desired to hear the “whole story” and expected Mrs. Peterson to talk quite freely when her case was called in Kentland.