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.
Edna's crime earned her the nickname "the Kissing Bandit" after allegedly kissing H. H. Southward. She escaped from prison on May 2, 1927, and evaded capture for nearly four years until she was apprehended in Chicago on September 10, 1931.