The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1858-01-07
An Extensive Female shop Lifter.

For months past q lady (D-Mrs. L. A.
West, has been an inmate OF DR.. Seelye's
Water Cure. Our Superior Street dealers
have been made very familiar with her face,
in fact, she has been so constant "shOp'
per-" so thorough in her examination OF
goods, so diffuse in her wants, and 81 apt to
stay over until the afternoon "bus" instead
Of taking the dinner one, that suspicious
were excited as to her honesty. In visiting
the millinery establishments she would ego
Off in her admiration for beautiful ribbons
and displaying an endless variety in her lap
and across her arms would then call for
some article at the extreme Of the store
On one occasion she came out OF Kendall's
into nh establishment near by with a new
shawl folded and hanging over her arms
with the price mark on, and although close.
| ly watched, managed to slip piece of lace
under the shawl. The shop keeper-who is
one of the mos. gentlemanly men on the
street-waited upon Mrs. w. to the "bus,"
and, as delcateiy as possible, endeavored to
relieve her of part Of her burden by carry
ing her new shawl, but he could not Olsen.
gage 1t from her arm, she holding fast to it.,
and the politeness of the chop keeper would
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satisfied that the shawl was stolen, and that
it secreted his piece of lace.
Matters progressed, and one day suspi.
cions were excited in Raymond g. Co. y store,
and Mrs. w. was detected in slipping an.
other piece of lace under her shawl, but IN
this instance was so narrowly watched that
she very carelessly let the article drop again
on the counter. So noted had Mrs. West
become, that her opportunities for stealing
were cut short by the vigilance of the mer-
chants and their clerks, but as large quanti-
ties of goods, particularly nice rich laces
ribbons, velVets, &c, &C., were missed, the
persons robbed determined to make repri
sals, and on Christmas day q number made
a visit to the Water Cure, opened the mat
ter TO Dr.. Seelye, whose modification a
having thus entertained thief, gave the
gentlemen more pain than did the duty o
exposing the lady. On examination OF Mrs
Vests trunks, enough plunder was fount
to stock county store. There were eIev
en- new parasols, silks, tins, ribbons, vel
vets, laces and jewelry. Raymond & Co.
brought home piece of rich lace valued a
So per yard. Rettberge g. Hausman foun'
missing piece Of lace Of $50 in value
Crittenden discovered his missing eur ring
and other jewelry Kendall recovered
silk dress and u shawl, and Marchan
brought away an arm full Of ribbons-o
: the most beautiful of his elegant stock-la
t ces, gimps, velvets. ribbons, &c., &c.
Marchand's had evidently been an attraC
tive place to her, and from that establish
: ment Mrs. West has derived the material
: for elegant hats manufactured by her an
sold to guests at the Water Cure
The meanest of oil this woman's acts wa
that Of imposing upon Dr.. SeeIye by gettn
credit from month to month for her boar
D on representation of a claim soon to fa
due. This exposure broke up her plans, an
: Mrs. West left for parts unknown. 1t
l said she came 10 this city from Daytor
. where she had store at one time. Euoug
u goods were found to have committed Mrs
West to the Penitentiary, but the matte
e was not prosecuted. There is no doubt br
e her depredations have amounted to man
+ hundred dollars Cieeeiand Herald.