Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-12-26


fell straight to hefknee.. There were
. lot Of little trinkets in II. and when
discovered them she threw herself
around 50 that had to call the detec-
tive. he couldn't do anything with
her. and before she left tho store three
men almost literally sat upon her
while we tried 10 bring her 10 reason
Tho cutest pocket Is . long piece Of
cloth fastened with pins ~ each side.
At the lower edge 10 drawstring
which may be wound about the pins
when In use. But the instant I dis
cover that pocket. the wearer pulls tho
string and the goods tumble TO the
door under her skirts. and have ab-
solutely no evidence against her. since
neither pocket nor goods are found on
her person A common trick Is 70
sweep small articles into an umbrella;
another Is to lay . jacket or any other
wrap upon the counter and pick up
with il cloth. ribbon, lace, or almost
anything. Then. IL worst comes TO
worst. the litter can throw the whole
apparatus away. Yes. IL Il hard To
know whether . womap n = klepto-
maniac or not. but there DIRE few pretty
good proofs The professional comes
In hero. cool and collected. very much
annoyed IT the indi9nity. and perfectly
overcome with surprise when discov-
cred She sobs and shr.eks and hurls
herself against the wall. offers i'm
mense brides and wants 70 draw checks
In her husbands name II We agreed
70 that settlement she would bring q
bisc<mail case against the house next
week. yeu know. Yet. it's good policy
- ist the toughest casesgo on the plea
of kieptomania. because we know
their faces 20 well that they never
venture 10 return
'.But the poor women who come 20
me by the dozen half-crsxed with
fright All IL is enough 10 make one
wonder n the next generation won't
Be safest behind asylum doorsl' ex-
claimed the competent young eynic.
who Is herself . type of the times
At police headquarters Supt- Byrnes
smiled knowingly when asked for
opinions "Kleptomaniacs. IL there
are any such things. DON'T get down
here" he said. I'VE have the old
stagers and their pictures, and the
poor women who look ~ something
which woVld please the youngsters at
home until they just have TO take IL.
That's what this swell kleptomania
amounts to--a poor woman who wants
thing and thinks no one viii miss II.
| Do you want TO see the plrvBgrapi1s OF
tho shopiifters who are famous all over
the world7 We've run EN- In now. but
we had to have detectives In the shops
before We could spot them.
Here's somebody To look out for. be
eanse she has been psrd 3ned out She's
Moliie Holbrook. and she has been ar.
rested In Chicago. Boston and New
York She works with Jimmy Hoey
who disposes of her goods Mollie can
make 500 day.
This IL sophie Levi. who Il the wife
Of Ned Lyons. She served In sing
Sing. the penisentiary. and In NIGH.
gan state prison- She has been shop
lifting In Europe with Jim Brady. q
Notorious burglar. so-hic was AZ
rested In Paris for picking pockets, and
posed NJ Nine. De vsrn~y. She played
the lady 80 weii that the o1icers III,
charged her apologizing humbly fos
the mistake. she's. well. sny forty
year. old. lirhs weight. brown hair
gray eyes. pretty yet
"she has just been arrested with Billy
burke. robbing . bank In Sterling
Ky. Billy had forty-six thousand dol
lars In greenbscks In his hands wher
arrested
There are Maria Burke aud Annie
Herman who work together Ia shop
lifting. They are the cleverest shop
iifters and penny weights Uewelry
thisvesl In this eouutryi we'll known
everywhere. They have dozen slls<es
and have been sentenced % prison ID
New York. nrookiyn and Cincinnati
Jough looking susssmersr