The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1873-05-17

ALLEGED SHoPLIFTlNG CAPTURE OF Two WOMEN
CAPTURE OF A VALUABLE LOT OF GOODS, &C.
The San of Tuesday says: Yesterday morning
two women, both neatly dressed in black and
wearing cancels hair shawls, called at Mr.. A. Z.
Warner jewelry store on W. Baltimore street,
where they asked to be shown some necklaces,
and while examining them the elder of the two
was detected in the act as was supposed, OF slip
ping one of the necklaces up her sleeve. From
thence they proceeded to Mr.. Janowitz's jewelry
store, adjoining Mr.. Warmers Here they were
also shown necklaces, and after they had left Mr..
Janowitz missed two necklaces, and Immediately
followed in pursuit of them. They went from
Mr.. Janowitz's store to the jewelry store of Mr..
George w. Webb corner of Baltimore and Light
streets, where they again behaved suspiciously,
the elder woman laying her handkerchief and
veil over some fine necklaces that lay upon the
counter Being unable to obtain anything at
Mr.. Webb's, they repaired to Messrs. Larmour &
Co.'s jewelry establishment 1876 W. Baltimore
street, where Mr.. Janowitz and Mr.. Smith, of the
independent detective firm of Smith, Peirson Il
West, found and arrested them. On the way to
the office of the detective, one of the women
threw two bracelets, which Mr.. Janowitz subse-
quently identified as his property, under car
rage, whence they were recovered by son OF
Mr. Janowitz. A hearing of the was had
before Justice Hagerty at 4 o'clock yesterday af
respectively as Elizabeth Warner, mother, and
Elizabeth Warner, daughter, were committed for
further hearing the 18th instant, at o'clock
D. m. Mrs. Warner, the mother, is about so
years old, tall, slim and has cast in one eye
The daughter is short and stout, and apparently
about 25 years of age. There was found on the
person of the old lady subscription paper head
ed, eve kindly ask your aid and assistance to
send poor widow and five children TO Louis
vile, KY, and two dollars entered on the
subscription list.
When they were taken into custody they plead
ed hard for mercy, and made numerous appeals
to the officers which were Of course UNDECIDED.
Besides the subscription paper they had about
them fifteen dollars in money, and have, as they
state about sixty dollars more in bank and own
real estate in New Jersey, deed for which was
subsequently found by the detectives After both
women were lodged in Jail the detectives repair
ed to their residence 269 Dallas street, the door
of which was fastened, and they were obliged to
| force an entrance through second story window
into the premises, where they found quantity
of valuable goods, valued at over 81, 900, some
of which were identified by Messrs. George W.
| Webb and Joel Gutman as being their property.
| Among the collection were so pairs shoes, 100
| pairs of gloves, % bonnets, 10 handsome gold
chains, 8 bracelets, gold locket, some thirty or
forty bottles of fine perfumery, and an extensive
assortment of gold rings, studs, sleeve-buttons,
fine cames hair shawls dress goods, stockings,
parasols, umbrellas, silk mantllas, &c. The de-
| tectves state that theeder woman's former name
was Hughes, and belonged to a well-known fam
| lily of professionals of that name.