Maggie Sue Brown was born 5 Mar 1896 in Cohutta, GA to Harry M Brown (1870-1922) & Vida Lucetia Looney (1872-1951).
Inmate: #9152 New Mexico State Prison
Rec: 20 Sep 1937
Crime: Embezzlement
Term: 18 Months-2 yrs
Age: 41
Maggie married 16 Dec 1916 in Santa Rosa, NM to Grover Frances Pruett (1891-1934). Left a widow with several young children to take care of.
Their children:
Francis Pruett
1917–2008
Elvert Clifford Pruett
1918–1919
Sam Pruett
1919–1935
Harry Samuel Pruett
1920–1935
Betty Jane Pruett
1922–1993
Laura Avis Pruett
1924–1989
Fred C Pruett
1927–1980
Bruce Daniels Pruett
1928–
Charles Edward Pruett
1931–1992
She was embezzling money from her job at the motor vehicle department. She was questioned by the Commissioner of the company and took her youngest children and ran off to Chicago. Here are some newspaper clippings.
A total of $818.67 was missing, she was pardoned and only spend a few months in prison.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28636343/maggie_pruett/
I wonder how much money she was making at her job.
Inmate: #9152 New Mexico State Prison
Rec: 20 Sep 1937
Crime: Embezzlement
Term: 18 Months-2 yrs
Age: 41
Maggie married 16 Dec 1916 in Santa Rosa, NM to Grover Frances Pruett (1891-1934). Left a widow with several young children to take care of.
Their children:
Francis Pruett
1917–2008
Elvert Clifford Pruett
1918–1919
Sam Pruett
1919–1935
Harry Samuel Pruett
1920–1935
Betty Jane Pruett
1922–1993
Laura Avis Pruett
1924–1989
Fred C Pruett
1927–1980
Bruce Daniels Pruett
1928–
Charles Edward Pruett
1931–1992
She was embezzling money from her job at the motor vehicle department. She was questioned by the Commissioner of the company and took her youngest children and ran off to Chicago. Here are some newspaper clippings.
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/28636343/maggie_pruett/
I wonder how much money she was making at her job.
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