Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-05-22 | Page 1 | Holds up Auto to Escape Her Mother

HOLDS UP AUTO TO ESCAPE HER MOTHER Viola Eims of Plains, Kansas, Forces Omaha Chauffeur to Take Her to Suburb. OMAHA. Nob., Maj- 21. It became known today that Viola Blms, a 19-yca.r-old Klrl of Plains. Kan., lost nlfjht held up (lie chauffeur of a passing automobile automo-bile In the downtown district and forced him to drive to u miburb In order that she might escape from her mother. Jtlss Elms came to Omaha recently to escape, she declared, from her .stepfather. .stepfath-er. Sho was placed In the Good Shepherd Shep-herd home hero until her mother could reach the city. Last evening the mother moth-er went to the home, and the daughter fltarted with her to tho station, apparently appar-ently FHllafled. When they reached Thlrtoenth and Dodge Btreets. the young woman ran Into the street, stopped the driver of an automobile, at tho point of a revolver, and Jumped Into tho car. She held the revolver at the chauffeur's back until they reached Fiftieth and Dodge streets, whore he loft tho automobile and escaped. Although the polico havo been search--Ing for the young woman sinco last night, no trace of her has been found.