The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-02

A peculiar idea Of wOman's equal rights
with man was demonstrated In the MILL
merry store of Mrs. hlentz on North Main
street yesterday.
During the day a well dressed young
woman walked into the store and asked
Miss Sofe Klentz for permission to ar
range her toilet. She intimated pin hook
or button had given way some place
about her ward robe aud that il was neces-
sary for her to do little hitching before
she could again appear Il public without
shocking the modesty of poor frail man.
Miss Sofe was perfectly willing TO accom-
modate a sister female in distress and as
there was no place particularly in the
store for such emergencies, she stood,
as women do, before the apparently un-
fortunate lady while she was going
through the Necessary manoeuvers of ar
ranging her clothing.
Size bid Miss Sofe good bye, thanked
her very sweetly and entered into the
public thoroughfare again with cou-
fidential air.
All this happened near the desk of Mrs.
klentz, who happened 10 be all this time
II another part OF the store.
Pretty soon Mrs. Klentz came around to
the desk to pay a bill for advertising in the
EAGLE and picking up her pocketbook,
which WAS lying thereon, she was aston
Ished TO find that the paper money which
it contained was gone. Tue woman with
the busted buttonhols was at once sus-
pected. Miss Sofie went in search of her.
While passing the Boston store she saw
her within ana entered The woman turned
pale. Come to my store with me, said
Miss hlentZ. In a minute, said the
woman. While Miss klentz was waiting,
the woman gave her the slip, passed
through two archways into the gents fur
nishing department, then darted out the
front door and rapidly turned into the
EAGLE office. Miss k.entZ caught sight
OF her as she was slipping out, followed
her rapidly into the EAGLE office and
nailed her. She took her at once to her
store, explained her suspicious, charged
her with the theft and peremptorily de-
manded the SlS that were stolen.
81 have not stolen anything" said the
woman, but sooner than have any trouble
over it 1 will give you SO. and tEereupOn
pulled out ii big roll of bills. Miss AleuiZ
didn't want Sl5. She wanted exactly $l3
and the identical money that was stolen.
The woman shelled out and departed.
Miss hlentZ then remembered
that when the woman came into
the store ner umbrella was not closed and
there is no doubt but that she had some
thing in it. The logical conclusion then
was that she WAS shop litter, that at
sOme store she slipped perhaps piece of
silk into the umbrella and that instead OF
fixing her skirts ia Mrs. hlentz's she was
slowing the silk away about her waist per-
haps. While in this act she evidently saw
the cketboOk or open satchel, dipped her
hand into IL and secured the money.
The police are now looking for the MIN
bic fingered dame aud they expect TO find
a treasure OF stolen goods if they succeed
in locating her.
81 never saw such a gsly thing in my
life" said Miss Sophia, last night, to Il
reporter. ] wanted 10 have her arrested
then and there but mother was too good
hearted and wouldn't let me DO il. She
also informed a reporter that mau
wanted TO enter the house a few nights
ago, aud supplemented the Information
with the fact that they had two brand
new revOlveTs for the next one that may
be foolish enough to come around.