Madeline Contances Shaw was born about 1901 in Oregon to William Alexander Shaw & Martha. She had one sibling William Alexander Shaw Jr. (1907-1971).
She married Frederic Ellis Parks (1890–1956)
She was also married to a Mr. Clark.
Here's her story:
Inmate #4506 San Quentin Prison
Rec: 19 MAr 1928
Crime: Vio. Sec 276 PC (Bad Checks)
Term: 0-14 years
Paroled: 19 Sep 1929
Discharged: (From Parole) 19 March 1931
She had also been arrested in Seattle, WA for Forgery in 1922.
She had several alias, was also known to use her middle name as her first name.
She was a drug addict and wrote bad checks under fictitious names to get money for her habit.
Newspaper headlines in July of 1931
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33375953/constance_clark/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33375984/constance_clark/
She had 14 charges of fictitious check charges against her, her trial was set for September. She eluded police on a foot chase but they caught her. She claimed a George Knox a prisoner from a cell below her in had crawled up the dumb waiter and entered her cell and raped her. Those charges were dismissed. His fellow prisoners took his side in the matter and there was no proof.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33375846/constance_clark/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33375864/constance_clark/
On the 6th of Aug 1931 she would hang herself in her jail cell.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33375864/constance_clark/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33375160/madeline_parks/
She would leave two notes one to her lawyer the other to her mother. She took her sheets and braided them into a rope and tied her hands and stepped on a table and kicked it to her death. Was she depressed because the rape was dismissed or the upcoming trial, or maybe the letter she had recently received from her mother?
I didn't find where she is buried.
I made her a tree on Ancestry and there is one other one that looks like they are related to her husband Frederic Ellis Parks. I left a comment with her information and a little of her story.
She married Frederic Ellis Parks (1890–1956)
She was also married to a Mr. Clark.
Here's her story:
Inmate #4506 San Quentin Prison
Rec: 19 MAr 1928
Crime: Vio. Sec 276 PC (Bad Checks)
Term: 0-14 years
Paroled: 19 Sep 1929
Discharged: (From Parole) 19 March 1931
She had also been arrested in Seattle, WA for Forgery in 1922.
She had several alias, was also known to use her middle name as her first name.
She was a drug addict and wrote bad checks under fictitious names to get money for her habit.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33375953/constance_clark/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33375984/constance_clark/
She had 14 charges of fictitious check charges against her, her trial was set for September. She eluded police on a foot chase but they caught her. She claimed a George Knox a prisoner from a cell below her in had crawled up the dumb waiter and entered her cell and raped her. Those charges were dismissed. His fellow prisoners took his side in the matter and there was no proof.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33375846/constance_clark/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33375864/constance_clark/
On the 6th of Aug 1931 she would hang herself in her jail cell.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33375864/constance_clark/
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33375160/madeline_parks/
She would leave two notes one to her lawyer the other to her mother. She took her sheets and braided them into a rope and tied her hands and stepped on a table and kicked it to her death. Was she depressed because the rape was dismissed or the upcoming trial, or maybe the letter she had recently received from her mother?
I didn't find where she is buried.
I made her a tree on Ancestry and there is one other one that looks like they are related to her husband Frederic Ellis Parks. I left a comment with her information and a little of her story.
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