The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1890-04-10
A Staunton Lady Arrested in Phila-
dolphia.
The Philadelphia Record of Thursd

delphia.
The Philadelphia Record OF Thursday
last, published the following:
A woman giving her name as Mary K.
Shipley, of Staunton, Va, was arrested
Yesterday afternoon at Wanamakers
Grand Depot by Special Officer Iindale,
on the charge of shop-lifting The OIL
Ger testified before Magistrate Clement
that the woman had stolen ABOUT SSo
worth of goods, and had confessed that
she had stolen goods from other stores.
She was held in $500 bail for trial.
In telegram to a Baltimore paper it
was stated that Miss Shipley had ''shop-
lifted" about 800 worth of goods from
several different houses. Her mind had
become excited on the subject by read
ing accounts of shop-lifting in the pa
pers She said she thought she would
try the thing and see if she could take
anything without being detected. She
did not propose using them, as she had
ample means to buy all she wanted, but
intended to call in the proprietors OF the
various houses where she had taken the
things, givethem supper and return the
goods. None of the tags or price marks
had been removed, SO that the goods
might be identified. The dispatch says:
She was present while her trunk was
being searched and cOmpOsedly ate her
lunch, and was in the same placid mood
when removed to the county prison.
The magistrate and detectives expressed
the opinion that 1.-THE prisoner had the
strongest nerve for novice at shop
lifting that they had yet encountered, or
was out of her mind and unable to real
ize her situation" They inclined to the
latter opinion. The woman claims to
have wealthy and respectable connec-
nections.
Mai. J. w. Newton, a friend of many
| years standing. went to Philadelphia
Immediately on hearing the news, and
telegraped Capt. James Bumgardner,
then in Washington, to go at once and
take charge of the case. When the case
came up for trial. Miss Shipley was de-
clared to be kleptomaniac, and was
turned over to her friends for safe keep
ing. All money damages were settled
by her grandmother, who lives in Phila
delphia, and to whom Miss Shipley was
paying visit.
Miss Shipley left Staunton about a
month since to visit Baltimore and then
to see her grandmother in Philadelphia.
| She is we'll and favorably known here,
and has quite comfortable property,
from which she has an income ample to
supply all her needs. While in charge
of the millinery department of Maj.
Newton's store some years ago she was
left about $4,000 by her father. She
was for short time pupil at the Au-
gusta Female Seminary. Leaving the
school Miss Shipley has lived in Staun-
ton since on the income from her prop
erty. great deal of interest has been
manifested in the case by the friends of
the unfortunate lady. On all hands it
was concluded to result from some men,
tai trouble, as there was no reason why
Miss Shipley. should resort to such
methods to obtain anything she might
need. Miss Shipley is about 40 years
old. She has pew-sitting in the First
Presbyterian Church, and is regular
attendant on the services there. She is
well thought of by all who know her.
FACTS IN MISS SHIPLEY'S CASE.
The following reliable facts in the case
of Miss Mary R. Shipley have been fur
nish ed us by a gentleman who knows
whereof he speaks and speaks only the
truth
On Saturday last, Mai. Newton and
Capt James Bumgardner had an inter-
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