The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-11-17
DR.. 0. B. HEWITT ROBBED.
HIS HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE SOLD
BY UNGRATEFUL SERVANTS.
I'm Searching For Her Goods, Mrs.
Hewitt is InsuEted BY Second
Hand Dealer-A Case of Base In
gratitude, But Mrs. Hewitt VIII
Recover Her Stolen Property.

Another case of base ingratitude was
developed last night when Mrs. DR.. 0.
B. Hewitt called at police headquar-
tiers and informed the authorities that
two servants, man and wife, who had
been in her employ, had actually sto-
len the Hewitt household furniture and
sold it at secondhand stores and then
skipped out. Just what the Hewitt
loss is could not be estimated by the
lady last night, but she promised to
furnish the police with an itemized
statement today. Mrs. Hewitt was
around among the secondhand stores
last night and identified several pieces
of her furniture. and will be able to
recover all of it by replevin ca ar
rest. Mrs. Hewitt's story is as fol-
lows:
I'VE have not only been robbed by
our servants who have sold their plum
der and skipped but l have been in
suited by one of the secondhand deal
ers where l claimed some of my prop
erty.
"a short time ago we gave,up house.
keeping at 334 West South Temple
street, and put our man servant in
charge of the furniture, and 1 sue
-
place with Mrs. Boman Cannon at the
infrmary. I never dreamed of any
thing wrong as l had the utmost con-
fidence in the couple.
To-day 1 received a telephone mes
sage from Mrs. Boman Cannon, saying
that the servant l had sent her was
a most excellent worker, clean. neat
and tidy, and as interchangeable as the
proverbial ant. She merely incidentally
MT c
feeling badly today, as her husband
had sold out their household furni-
ture and had gone away to find work
wherever he could.
This was a shock to me. 1t was
very painful shock, too, for L knew
the pair had no furniture, and so IN
formed Mrs Cannon, but all the salts
faction I got was that that was what
the servant had said, and that she
seemed to feel badly about it;
Il knew in a moment that the HeW-
lit family was short just what the
servant had sold, and a hasty eXamln-
alton only verified my suspicious. I
lost no time in searching around
among the secondhand stores to see
if L could locate any of the plumber,
and ! succeeded very we'll, with the
exception of one insult at store
nearby here.
Il perhaps should have gone direct
to my husband and informed him of
the uncouth treatment [ received from
the dealer in question; but, knowing
my husband, 1 did not want to cause
funeral, so / will only tell the po-
lice When I saw some of my fur
niture in the dealers store I put a
mark on each article and told him
they were mine; had been stolen and
sold to him He waxed wroth and
finally told me I was not stating the
truth For once in my life I was
sorry 1 was not a man for about
minute. Well, I warned him not to
sell or dispose of my property and
now 1 want TO know what I shall do
next?'
Mrs. Hewitt was informed to pre-
pare a statement of the stolen articles
and furniture and hand it in to the
police department today. together with
the names of the missing servants.
who had been in the employ of DR..
Hewitt for seven months. 1t was two
weeks ago that the furniture was sold.
DR.. HeWitts Office is, at 403 Dolly
building. The names of the servants
the police refuse to divulge.