Burlington tri-weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1852-1855, 1854-11-07
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The police. on the 18th May, arrested notorious
female pickpocket who, from her extraordinary skill,
had obtained among her Fraternity the title &c thu
..tIo!dun lIand." On Saturday tins woman was tl
ed b, the tribunal OF Correctional Police. 1t was
stated that she sxtyseven years of age; fat fo
half century she had b,en regular professional.
pickp ckct, aud tat the total Hnoun. IT her thief
is estimated at the enormous sum If ~ eco CO0f Al
the a.c If fifteen she married man named War;
mo>,n and shortly after began the of pocket
picking ller success was 50 great that she and hi
husband lived in grand STYLE and kept ees and
horses. In 1913 and IA she ard her husband wcit
condemned at Liege by default to two years imprs-
onmcnt for cking pockets and in 1926 she was sen
fenced at Ghtnt to five yoars' imprisonment fr the
anne offence. In S.l She purchased y endtd hotel
Mt lislc, but shortly after arrested for picking
pockets at A:ras, and sent need To four years
imprisonment About this time her husband finding
tiat hc d no longer tie means # INDUCING III lux
ury, took life in disgust and estloyed himself. Al
tel hei release from Jail she went to Belgium, and
tJuk mp with named Juyenal. Nih him sh,
committed extensive iobbcri,s. She has since g n,
BY tho names # Vandenbcrg Juvcna, Marechal,
Nousucs; Montague, La Bale, DcnGf Beaugard, etc,
and has practced he. ,iling in all parts Of Frarc
Belgium. German aud Italy. Size was always mag
nificenlly dressed and drove about in carriages Size
ircquen,d all pIa, es Vt public resort but prin-
cipally railway stations and ffics If public yehi
cies.
Informed in May last that she had arrived in Paris.
the police .0k measures FIR alrstng hor. Having
discovered her residence, which no easy matter.
as she was constantly shifting about from place to
place, they, the 2oh If that month, set officers t.
watch her when she went out. She proceeded to the
office Of the Passy omnibusscs, PLACE DU PALAIs
RoYALE, and there they saw her make attempts t.
pick several pockets. Atltngth she succeedc, in pos
se.sng herself of the purse Of lady and thereup0p
they arrested her She loudly asserted that she was
the victim of a stake To silence her the officers
searched her pockets but to their establishment did
not fni The purse. When, however, they lei hel
away, it fell to the ground. She had slipped il be-
meath her retficats with such xterity that though
they had kept ck watch on her. they had not OBJ
served the act. Her lodgings being earched there
discovered considerable sums in gold and silver
% pair Of .ar rings, shit studs. watch chain, s
Of different orders, gold buckles l6 rings
pins pearl necklace, gold necklace. and othe, al
tices of value She denied that she was the Golden
Hand, bu. the sister of her first husband a woman
named viewer, recognized her, and gave fnlI account
Of her carc,r. According TO this womrn hsr proper
name is Beauga,d she having married some time
back railway EMPLOYEE of that name at Brussels
Called upon for her defence she vehemently
that she was no. the person she was taken for, and
she threw herself her knees, mplored mercy with
claspcd hands, ard tried to weep The Tribunal con
emncd her to five years imprisonment, and five
Yea rs surveillance nf the nciicc