Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-11-26
Rutned by woman.

ST. LOUIS, November 25.-The Glo6e-Dem-
ocrdt has an account OF the arrest in Mil
waakee Tuesday of Douglass Robinson Hale
and his wife, who is the most notorious dia-
mond thief in the West. The cotiple arrived
IN thar city from Chicago lately, and put up
at the Newhall House. Hale, who was until
lately manager OF the Chicago clearing
house, pretended to be negotiating for place
as assistant cashier of the Milwaukee Mer-
chants Exchange Bank, now vacant. His
wife, meanwhile, visited-several leading jew
elry establishments and examined large
amounts of iewelry and other valuables. AT
Rosenkranz & SANKEY'S and Camps, and
some other places, the woman, who gave her
name as Mrs. George Derby, ordered goods
| to various places in the city, saying that she
| would pay on delivery. Failure to 6nd her
| and the jewellers made determination of their
stock, only to miss large number of vslu.
able diamonds, pins and other expensive jew
| elry. Mrs. Hale was arrested in the cars
| just as she was quitting the city. She wat
taken to police headquarters, and in the
evening an attorney called to see her, saying
| that he had been retained in the case. Thi;
led to the belief that Hale was in town, anG
| he was soon arrested. Mrs. Hale confessed
| her guilt, but insisted that her husband wa
| guiltless. She stole the jewelry because they
/
he had been unable to get employment since
his discharge from the Clearinghouse. She
had suspected that the officers were on he
track and thrown the jewelry into the stow
at the railroad station. Mrs. Hale is nom
other than the whilom wife of "Mike'
Weaver, the most notorious "climber" o
sneak thief in this country. He was ARRESTED
| with his wife, his brother-in-law, and hi
wife's sister, eighteen mouths ago, from
| ., IL. IL
| worth of property was recovered. The wife
who is beautiful and smart, was not con
victed, but Mike, her husband, was sent t
Joliet for ten years. A year ago she sue
for divorce on the ground that he was
convicted felou, and it was ascertained tina
the man who was urging on the divorce wa
none other than Douglass r. Hale, the m an
ager of the Chicago clearing house, widowel
and that Mrs. Weaver nursed Mrs. Hale in he
last sickness, and was an inmate OF Hale
house sitter he became a widower. A fus
was made about it, and he was dismisse
from the clearinghouse after his marriag
with the cracksman's divorced vile. ID
has probably become a criminal himsel
Mrs. Hale's other husband, who, by til
way, was the second, is still in Jail, as ar
also one of her sisters and her sisters hu'
band, so that if che goes to the penitentiar
for the crime of which she is accused, tn
whole family, except the younger sister, wi
be behind the bars.
THE CASE PARTIALLY DISPOSED OF.
CHICAGO, November 25.-The case of I
&. Hale, ex-manager of the Chicago clear
iughouse, and his wife, was partially dii
posed OF yesterday. Mrs. Hale plead guilt,
and was sentenced to eight months in th
house of correction for grand larceny. He
husband, charged with being accessory, wa
placed under $500 bail for the next term {
the court, but later was allowed to 90 o
his own recognizance. He Immediately le
the city.