New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-03-23
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AZ old shop7keeper thus rslatea his experseps
with female pilferera. r''s''s' :

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anI Let me ssy something then about raay Theyes
hns NJ norm 1r MouIe and Mr Eysry6edy F,ses
nov learned 10 handle fhat sors fS Na.t,as s,s1ss
and ,,s,as opened shop knew nothing about n
ans 49, MI pestowet thought upon Ii and wjeS
her eaiabrie sasae eenssslsiookns young ghl drog
usmsay sola ior guinness and taxing fs1 bot =,
Uss.asa eGnssy them e hsi pocket seized liz
room, RING the bell for Tie maid ~ y Z .ale gas8
found fhs article upon her, sent fev ~ ~. as
ohcer There were no policemen thsns - ss
n ner INTO sHsiody. What fool was e a ass
" happened that her father was 4 cfsrsxsxssI ~ ss
backed By high connections, ard Iockinu fsy,sz
to be bisR9P before long. He bailad H. as.s ~.
no ttnnes cazfe down upon me With cIIasur "
conspiracy, and threats of transportation for bfs
sDadgered my SeFviHg-wench ont of her wifs 49,
himself, and fhsa sent hatchetAced fellow -
cross sexafnine fsr, who drove he's clean shesvffx
dered-more fool for letting him do It; hut j
sneW sa n no better tssnS isaw il would never do IN
lake the case to trial with such witusss and by
yoye, she saved me the trouble by boItine awavs
SefoYe the day of trial came was gbiicsd Il
VIZ Misaefaw the charge and pretend It wasali mis~
sSr nas clsEgymaT talked Of prosecuting me
~ an,' conspiracy but he Lad some coBscisucs and
~ ~ sasAsa the girl, have no d0nbt bad con-
.e see ths theft to him AS IT was. rot t r,ss
seser a I. ~ meaassr and only recovered char
arsha at me time and didn't know what Isyrass
apotst-1 ~, y Who ~as never drunk IN nv MI
ana. aaam cost me fifty bounds il cash ana
OF Itoza
two hundred pounds mere shsaId II hss ss 49,.
ruIned but the parsen got hsz biahon<c s5 ~.
she nelgh6erhood pnf new name Ill ~ ss ssss
board ana IN time the event was. gf5rzf,tfaS,
had learned valuabIe lessen, IN Az I,
thief whofsVered me with VISIT did me fEe hosoe
to rob me the amount Of two saounde ten sS..
dId i 50 cusy that could not avoid seeing 10.
| affected net to notice it; smaingIy took herr
order to the asaonnt of few shiI.fngs ana. vIsis
l sent home the goods, put down the stole5si +.
articles in the bill. She called next day, and. wish
the utmost affa8ility, informed mesof the mistake
mad made IN charging an article which had mt
sent and which she had not ordered She brau9jsf
her companion = with her to prove fI5at fSs
article charged was not IN the pack 81 goods sent
winch, q OF course knew well enough. ad-
mtted the " mistake = with perfect good humoT.
and she went away. It must be acklowleslred
that had learned my lesson welI-bnt thouvk T a
eoIgratalated myself or that acere, thought the
leacmng TWO expensive, and resolved to trT liif-
ferent plan next TINS. ] had not to wait long a.
an opportunity. ~ sssssiE -
Lady S., the wife OF a haronet, took 4 fancy
to some property of rather rare description, aid
concealed 1t in the folds of her sleeve When she
had made her purchases, reauested Mr. nndsr
the pretence that had something remarkable to
snow her 70 step into the parIor Closing fkG
door a after Ter ner Your ladysfiP is not aware said
at times you are very distracted In your manner
alloW me to show you. what you have been doinessS
With that caught her by the arm, ana III an d.
ssaa A. drew apd for har my property she hashsd 5ed
self in an instant she burst into laugh and cried
8 Really, Mr.. Brown, ! am much Obliged to you
who sT would have thought had been 80 distTaas 7
knowing III Hardly that!s thought to myseY
but held my peace bowed s4niliugiy aad Intended
ny LADY 70 her carriage.
l4ady-thief Number -Four was d Downger, of
three score at Least, who came atregular intervals
who bought pretty freely hut always stole I'D nuc
as she could. This was difficult case and hard
" knew how to deal with it. She wore large
dropping something into it. If taxed her with
theft, should lose her custom. and that III her
connection, which was large and of high class.
l could not persuade her TINT she plundered unesI
sciously; she was too wideawake for that. had
serious thoughts Of keeping a professional pick
pocket on the premises, to rescue my own property
from her grippe, but feared the remedy might prove
worse than the disease. One recourse remained;
i had kept pretty accurate account of all that
she had purloined during the six months patronage
she had bestowed upon me, and when made out
her account during the end Of the season, | set
down each article at its proper date. Theold lady
sent her steward to settle the account to srlie SIDE
made no objections; but she never again entered
my shop. aI5Hsse
I shall not 80 on with the catalogue. Lady
thieves are no rarities, and may not BE- described
individually. Thirty five years practice as work
ing shopkeeper has taught me the safest mode Of
managing them, and that follow; but they are Q
dsgraceful nuisance and constant source Of PEI
cuniary loss. When they make their appearance
In my shop act according to circumstances. III
it is young girl, new to the trade, ] sometimes
bring home the theft to her, and talk to her se-
riously and If she exhibits signs Of shame and
penitenoe let her go. If / think proper some
times send for her parents, and lay the matter be-
fore them; but this is not always safe method
since in more than one instance the mother has
induced the child to deny the theft after she had
confessed it in tbs presence of Witnesses and with
all the evidence of the crime complete. On one or
two occasions. have made the thief, when she had
the money in herpurse pay for the stolen articles
Eea butf far Ia hot r
allowed them to walk clear off with the plunder,
to save the bother and expense of disturbance.
No further back than yesterday morning newly
bought his young wife handsome present and
She in the most harefaced manner, stole the fellow
to il. What could do? There was dozen peo-
pie there. # had taken her up should have
driven them all away, and perhaps had tumnit
round the house all the morning and what q
skeleton should have set up in that poor BRIDE
groom's house for the rest of his days!