Cincinnati Commercial • December 14, 1865

Beulah McKeown Escapes Asylum


Escapes from Asylum, Captured, Beulah McKeown, 40 years old, escaped from the Eastern Michigan Asylum in Pontiac, friday morning, and went straight to her home, No 212 National Ave., whence an alarm was sent to the police and Detective Holland and the flyer form Grand River station brought her to the police headquarters. a Few minutes later, the police received a telegram telling of her escape. Asylum guards came to take her back.--Detroit Time, Jun 1912. Fire at Pontiac, Michigan; Disastrous fire at Pontiac, Michigan, this morning, Neld & Co., druggist, loss 15,000;insured, 2,500l J. Seligman, Clothing. loss 10,000; not insured; J. P. Wilson, druggist, loss 8,000; insured 3,000; other losses make a total of about 40,000