Elliott was born October 21, 1887, in Hillisburg, Clinton County, Indiana,[1] the daughter of John Newton and Mary Belle (Booker) McDonald.
On November 30, 1929, she was a victim of a crime, when the radiator cap was stolen from her car while parked outside her residence, reported as 606 North Market Street.
[9] Elliott's home was raided by Kokomo police on the weekend of December 14, 1929, and she was charged with operating a house of ill fame.
[12] On September 16 of the same year, Elliot, along with Mrs. John Kiefer and Miss Bernice Rose were guests of Mrs. Sylvia Clevenger of Terre Haute.
[14] On December 22, 1931, Curly Keane, a local criminal who was arrested at Pearl's residence on North Washington Street, implicated himself in the robbery of a Peru grocery store.
[4] Shortly after their escape from the Indiana State Prison at Michigan City on September 26, 1933, there were reports that Pierpont and other members of the gang were in Kokomo at Elliott's home.
[18] He stated that he was in Kokomo the day after the prison break from Michigan City and visited Elliott's house on North Washington Street but did not find her there.
[25] On April 5, 1934, Elliott was reportedly seen in Kokomo at a service station, where she was in the company of two men and was driving a Pontiac sedan.
"[27] In November 1934, news reports from Frankfort, Indiana said that Elliot was dying at her mother's home from an incurable disease.