Mrs. Constance Renner shared a cell with Louise Peete, and when she attempted suicide it was Peete who alerted a jail matron and saved her life.

I wonder if Louise cheered Constance on when, a few months later, the woman and a companion escaped from Tehachapi. Below is an article from the L.A. Times about the escape. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any further mention of Renner in the paper.

My last name is Renner, and Constance sounds like she could easily have been one of the wacko fruits on my family tree. I may have to search…