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Evansville woman faked insanity to avoid prison
Annie Williams, 18, from Pleasantville, feigned insanity to escape a term in the Woman’s Prison at Indianapolis. She was committed to the Hospital for the Insane at Woodmere and has lived among inmates for five years, while doctors warn she may lose her sanity if released. Police backed by the Associated Charities recovered her after she fled Evansville.
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Hospital For the Insane
Woodmere
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Associated Charities
Indianapolis
Pleasantville
Annie
Laughlin
Insane Hospital
Kenosha Sessions
Salvation Army
Steele
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State Board of Charities
Annies Williams
Arthur D. Martin
Joe R. Crowder
George W. Higbee
Evansville Courier
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