The Rock Island Argus., 1883-11-27
WICKED WOMEN.
Three Light Fingered Females Cap
tHred With a Lot of Plumber.

For some time three female shop lifters
have been plying their nefarious trade in
this section, and it is now aseertained
that they have been very successful on
! their raids on the innocent merchants.
The trio are named Louisa Miller, Kate
Wolfe, and Lizzie Henzig, and from
| appearances and their past record it is
evident that they are hard set of GRIM
inals. They gave different names at all
the places at which they STOP and it is
difficult to ascertain their right ones. They
had been doing" Davenport and this city
last week. which was evidently their sec
ond trip. In this city it is so far learned
that they stole property from two busi-
ness houses McCabe Bros. suffered to
the extent of about $40 by the loss of
several articles. The U. S. Clothing CON-
pany lost one mans overcoat; two bows
overeoats, one knit jacket, all of which
amounted to about $40 In Davenport,
j. H. G. Peterson & Sons, one whole
piece of black silk, one bolt of merino
and six bolts of lace, altogether worth
$1S5, cost price; NJ Arnold, one dolman,
$40; McCabe & Converse, one cloak, ,$21; !;
John Watson. four pieces of cloth for
mems suits, $40; H. Deutsch, one satin
dolman, $50 The whole value of the
plumber amounts to about $400 They
committed the thefts on Thursday and
Friday of last week, and from here went
so Chicago, where they were arrested on
Saturday, and were brought back to Da-
venport Monday morning. In the after
noon they had hearing before Squire
Kramer, and were bound over to
the January term of the circuit court
in the sum of $4,000 bonds each, in
default of which they were all sent to
Jail.
The arrest was made through warning
received from Milwaukee detectives, who
telegraphed to Chicago that the women had
left their city with the object, doubtless,
of plundering in that city. An accurate
description of the women was given. The
Times says that Detectives Elliott, Wiley,
Granger and Costello were detailed to
hunt up the women and arrest them. The
parties were located Friday afternoon, aud
their movements were carefully watched.
That they were diligently plying their
trade was considered certain, and Friday
evening they were followed to room on
the north side, where they were placed
under arrest In the room the officers
found quantity of stolen property,
consisting of fine dolman, bolt of
flannel dress goods, two bolts of merino,
bolt of cashmere dress goods. bolt of
heavy wooden cloth, a lot of misses hoods,
and quantity of small articles. The val
ue of the property recovered was esti-
mated at about $3.50 to $500. The goods
were all believed to have been stolen ia
Chicago. In the possession of one of the
women was found check, for q trunk,
which had been shipped from Davenport
to Milwaukee. The trunk had already
passed through Chicago, but was tele
graphed for and returned from Milwaukee,.
1t was found to contain several valuable
cloaks, quantity of fine silks. .laces, dress
goods, cloth, cloaks, dolmans and a
varied assortment of smaller articles, the
aggregate value of which was estimated
at from 81 900 to $1,000. The goods are
believed to have been stolen in Davenport
and they were doubtless shipped to Mil
waukee for disposal
A Milwaukee correspondent states that
the trio live in the Sixth ward in that city.
where they have alarge batch of relatives
who. it is alleged, are acquainted with
their illegitimate transactions and assist
in harboring the stolen goods. On the
last trip they made to Chicago previous
to the one on which they were ''pinched"
by the police, it took an express wagon to
get their plunder to the depot. The Mil,
waukee police were on the lookout for
them at that time, but they were too old
birds to be trapped easily, and instead of
coming into the city they got off at an
outside station, having first taken the
precaution to send their checks by mail
who had an expressman on hand, and the
trunks were housed and contents distrib-
u!ed before the owners had arrived home.
II is thought that this notorious trio
visited this city about six weeks ago
for the first time, and that they were so
successful that they made second trip.
They are, undoubtedly, only part of an
organized gang of shop lifters and their
arrest and conviction should not place the
merchants off their guard, as more of the
same type may be along in q short time.
Market Report.