The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-05-19
THIS HIS is KLEPTOMANIA
INSTANCES OF THEFT AMONG
WEALTHY WOMEN.
aost Clover Methods Adopted by People
Socially Proininent--How Madam
Supplied Her Daughter
With Earrings.

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1 Supplied Her Daughter
| With Earrings.
Are there any kleptomaniacs in
Louisville?" asked a representative OF
the Louisville Courier-J ournal
The Fourth street jeweller smiled
at the question and led the way 10
quiet corner. His feelings had been
touched in a sore spot.
| A short time ago according to the
JeWeller wealthy woman bought a
diamond brooch from his store and,
firing OF 1t after a few months wear
sent 1t back to be worked into a diff
ferent shape. One diamond was to
remain over and be returned loose
with the brooch The woman's or
ders were carried out and diamond
| and brooch. securely wrapped, given
| into her hands by trustworthy en-
ploye. Hardly had the man returned
from the errand when the woman tel
| ephoned that the loose diamond was
missing. The jeweller was dunn
| founded. The messenger de-
clared he had given the package
10 the woman just as he had received
| 1t from the jeweler His employer
believed him. but he could not bring
himself to suspect the woman. He
thought she might have dropped the
stone while unwrapping the parcel.
ana suggested that explanation. But
Inc woman was positive that no dia-
mond was in the parcel when she re-
celved it. There was only one thing
to do and that was to make up the
loss. This the jeweler did, but his
suspicious were now aroused, and he
determined to be watchful It was
not a great while before the woman
came 10 the store with another piece
OF work. She had diamond which
she was going to send down to be set
IN breastpin. In a few days the
diamond came, and Judge of the jew
elers surprise when he recognized by
a peculiar flaw. the very diamond he
had returned with the brooch! The
jewelers. course was quickly taken.
he simply kept the diamond. The
woman has tacitly acknowledged her
guilt, for though this happened sew
eral years ago. she has never had the
courage to claim it.
Another woman of almost equal
prominence used to present each of
her daughters on her sixteenth BIRTH
day with handsome pair of earrings.
When the youngest girl reached that
age, her mother went as usual to the
]eWelry store and asked to look over
the stock. None of the earrings
seemed to suit her. and remarking
that she would try Mr. So-and-so.
around the corner she left the store.
When the clerk counted the earrings,
as is the custom before putting them
away. he found one pair missing; and
notified the proprietor The proprie-
tor determined to await developments.
In few days the woman's daughter
passed the store with 4 the
missing Jewels conspicuously display
ed. Clerk and jeweler were both
confident; but, that there might be no
mistakes the seweler decided to wait
for chance to identify them more &C.
curately. The woman used to send
her girls earrings regularly to be
cleaned, and this was the expected
chance. Soon the earrings of the
elder daughters came in, as usual; but
those of the youngest daughter were
not with them. The earrings of the.
older daughters continue at regular
intervals to come in, but the pair of
the youngest daughter are cleaned
elsewhere. One thing can be said to
the woman's credit She is shrewder
than the average kleptomaniac.
Another so-called kleptomaniac has
proved more than match for the
wariest clerk. She seldom leaves
store but there is some article missing.
The shopkeepers know her. and on
such occasions a bill of whatever is
missed is MADE out and presented to
her husband. He is evidently &C
quainted with her pecuLiarities for he
always settles without a word. An
other well-known woman the jeweller
once detected trying to slip ring into
her pocket. The percentage of thieves
in the upper circles is of course. ex-
ceedingly small but nevertheless
much larger than one would suppose.
That few of these thieves are men is
not surprising when one rememb ers
that there is little sympathy for
masculine thief of any class. and that
therefore they are more liable to ex.
posture. .'
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