It was this crime that earned Edna the nickname "the Kissing Bandit", after she supposedly kissed victim H. H. Southward. On May 2, 1927, Edna escaped from Missouri State Penitentiary and remained free until arrested in Chicago on September 10, 1931.
It was this offense that led to Edna being called "the Kissing Bandit", following her reported kiss of H. H. Southward. She escaped from prison on May 2, 1927, and remained free until she was caught in Chicago on September 10, 1931.