Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-01-04

They steal for the men they love and
quarrel for their debasing favor. It's
the old story. He'll hath no fury like a
woman scorned. If we want the lover
or the rival for anything, visit to the
I Jealous thief will always give us the
clue"
GLOW does a woman steal watch
and chain?"
Il don't know, but they do. 1t is the
result of practice, however. l lave had
my watch taken by permission in TINS
very .chair, and assure you l was on
the alert for the pressure of the fingers
too deft for my detection. A watch Is
readily taken by springing the ring. l
have experts in mind who work in
couples, and can abstract watch and
wallet. One fellow takes the timepiece.
As soon as he is out of sight the second
tells the victim his chain is loose, and
while his attention and faculties are
directed TO the left side of his vest an
accomplice steals the money from the
left-hand pocket.
care there any methods you would
suggest for the protection Of holiday
shoppers"
YES. several. | would advise first OF
all that people leave their valuableS at
home; that they keep to the right IN
streets and shops, and keep out OF
crowds as inch as possible. If women
stop in front of display windows they
run the risk of losing handkerchiets,
wells. parcels, furS, purses and any thing
their pockets may contain. Women VINO
have poe kets in the back of their dresses
invite the profession. If man or
woman is bumped or brushed against
by a paSser by, suspect thief, feel Tor
the watch or purse, and II gone, give
the alarm. We have detectives on the
outskirts of every crowded locality IN
the shopping districts TO protect stran-
gers and visitors, and in nearly
all the large retail stores our men are on
duty in citizens clothes. l THINK the
jewelers. and money dealers reprehenSl-
BILE who display valuable stones and cur
rency in windows protected only by
plate of glass. 1t is horrible thing TO
be poor, sick and friendlesS in city
| like this. The man who is suffering
from cold and privatiOn, who perhaps
is unable to get work, and who is rem
dered desperate by his condition must
be pitied if he thruSts his arm through
the glass and makes off with the means
of warmth and food.
Il think, too, that much Of the loss
sustained by shopkeepers is due to Inc
fficiency or inSufliciency OF help.
"Do women steal for their children
mo. Men steal to buy food, fuel and
clothing for children and sick wives and
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tors called home. The female thief has
no children, no home ties, no family re-
lationS. She steals for her lover. Nat
ural depravity or stern necessity may
account for Il mans diShonor, but am
inclined to think that passion or vanity
| is the keynote of wOman'S degradation.
| | could forgive almost any crime a.
mother might commit for love Of her
child. home or husband, but the love
that idealizes a good-for-nOthing, lazy,
abusive scamp is to me revolving. Nov
elists see the beauty of it. | can't.
am blinded by disgust. And then, too,
you women are awful liars"
"All of us?"
''Wen, perhaps that is unfair. Let
me qualify. don't meet good women,
happy women or rational women. All
the women who call on me are
in danger or in trouble. They come to
me for help, advice, sympathy or pro
lection. They have tale TO tell and l
must listen. l know how to do that to
perfection. We are are all actors, every
one of us; we have a part to play and
somebody must be in the audience. l
keep very still; affect Indifference; let
60 of myself. as it were, and when get
what want wake up and then I'm in
a hurry"
| noticed that while the Inspector
was talking his eyes were fixed on the
floor and ventured TO ask why he did
not look at me.
1T is habit have cultivated and
TO which owe large degree of my
success. Inever look the defendant in
the face until am satisfied of his guilt.
As said before resolved myself into
an audience and affect perfect inditfer-
ence. That lazy indifference makes
the culprit bold and he at once proceeds
to tell me his history. Women can't
keep STILL. They are by nature delicate
and excitable; they cannot control their
feelings: they must speak their mind
and If | give them time they will re-
| view their whole lives. The only thing
they tell straight is the lie invented to
| hide the crime for which they are un-
der arrest. A child repeats his little tib
on his way home, and the adult Grim
inal rehearseS the lie, so that it becomes
| fastened in his memory.
Every often men come here resolved
TO say nothing. They are men of strong
determination, and any attempt TO
break their silence is wasted effort.
Other methods have TO be resorted to.
1t is not so with women. They can't
keep still and don't try. If lying were
made a capital offenSe, the sex would
go to the gallows in armies.
IF | wasn't the hard head that | am
would find plenty of amusement in
my dealings with the fair sex. Many of
them take me for a real nice greeny;
some look at me from sentimental
standpoint and try their Establishments
on me. Yesterday | had an interview
with a lady that was painful to both OF
lus. Her case is a serious one, and she
knew it. After the preliminary ques-
tions and answers she threw herself at
Il NY lttN, WIdpP'u iNl aims ANU" my
knees, locked her hands, making rest
for her chin, raised her eyes and in
formed me that she always talked to
her husband in that position.
"Well, made her get up and sit in
chair and in an hours time she was
talked out"
The Inspector divides women into two
classes. Those know and those do
not know. The former l never trust; |
have absolutely no faith in them. All
things have their time, and as regular
as the season comes around am tortured
by applicants and applications for the
position of female detective. As | said,
| only know one class of women and |
never trust them. | wouldn't hire a
woman for detective work without
putting a detective or two on her track.
No good woman would lend herself to