June 28th, 1969.

Almost seven years of freedom for Mrs. Winnie Ruth Judd, 65, the Arizona trunk murderous of the 1930s,

ended yesterday with her arrest in Martinez, California, near

Oakland. Mrs. Judd, using the name of Marion Lane and working as a housekeeper in Danville,

California, was identified through fingerprints a half hour after being brought to Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office.

She had made her seventh escape from the Arizona State Hospital on October 8,

1962, and had avoided suspicion until three weeks ago when Contra Costa County Sheriff Sergeant David Gardella

talked to her during the investigation of another murder.

She was very pleasant yesterday, but a little bit concerned when we told her who we thought she was, said Lieutenant Robert, saying.

She didn't want to come in, but when we advised her that she could come in voluntarily or be arrested, she agreed

to come in and be fingerprinted.

Said Lieutenant Norris Holthus, after we took her fingerprints, she admitted to us that she might be

Mrs. Judd, but said she wasn't wanted anywhere.

Mrs. Judd, who was convicted of shooting to death two women friends in

1931, was wearing a blue dress and had two poodles, one red and one brown, on leashes

when she was taken into custody. Sang said, quote, she looked like a sweet little old lady

with a slight limp, very much like somebody's mother, chubby and pleasant looking.

The investigation into Mrs. Judd's background began when Gardella questioned her about the slang of Mrs. Anna Aaron, 47, the wife of an Alamo, California psychiatrist.

Alamo and Danville are neighboring communities. Mrs. Judd's car had been seen near the site of the April 28th bludgeon slaying of Mrs. Aaron.

Sang said, Gardell is a pro, a veteran of 25 years, and he just felt that something was fishy about her story and her background.

Sang said Mrs. Judd last Monday started working as a housekeeper for Dr. John Blimmer.

He said she had known the Blimmers prior to coming to work for them.

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