Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1918 — WOLCOTT GIRL ATTEMPTS TO JOIN LOVER IN OKLAHOMA [ARTICLE]

WOLCOTT GIRL ATTEMPTS TO JOIN LOVER IN OKLAHOMA

A Wolcott girl’s infatuation for a soldier is said to be the cause of ler running away from home. Ethel Slackwood, aged sixteen years, was taken into custody at Lafayette by Marshal James Pemberton, of Wolcott. Monday afternoon and returned to her parents, who had gone to that city for her. The girl left her home Saturday morning and went to the home of V. G. Grimes, three miles west of Purdue, where she stayed until Monday. Sunday morning her parents notified the authorities at Wolcott of her disappearance and search was instituted for the missing girl. When she appeared in Lafayette she was recognized and Marshal Pemberton was notified. He sent word to her parents and the girl was taken back to her home. The soldier, with whom she is said to be in love is now in training in Oklahoma.