Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1895-03-29
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SHY GIRL DETECTIVES.
THElN SPOT sHopLIFTER AT
~ q GLANCE.

), PeoIWho pilfersby Wholesale
ISs of the ProfessIonals-Len-
q ito First Offenders.
//WoT Z have to resort to oil
% esN sorts of DISCUSSES to
u ~ get even with the shop
- liftera," girl detec-
+" tiyd to q Now York Sun reporter.
It set get SO that they know us, and
arreful to be on their good be-
q hi whom were around. so we
n Gle our dressee, hats and coats,
la MILO way wo fix our hair, in order
10 tel them. Often VIC stand right
IT c.to them in the crowd and they
10 d recognize us"
Fl Ye are always dressed as if we had
j. icome in from the street" said her
t. kbanion, "and no ono ever takes
DO connected with tho store ut
70 Il fixed myself up rs an old wo-
at / onco, with spectaclcs, grizzly |
ID IL, scoop bonnet, and an old
10 wi, and hobbled along for several
10 ltares behind two women whom wo
u. lpected of taking things, but whom
Z had no real evidence against. Sure
ID ough they took tho things to GER
hin fcnco in Ludlow street, which
mo timo after tho police raidod.
,revoral articles belonging to the stock
II ere wero found among the stolen
,Joods that thoy hadn't been able to
sell.
"We'ro instructed to be very par
,l~ DO ~ cIn
went on. "The Superintendent says
says he would rather have hundred
guilty people go unpunishcd than have
ono innocent person accused; besides,
if falsely accused, tho parties could sue
tho house for henvy damages. We
never accuse any one, no matter how
much wo may suspect, until we actual
ly SEQ something stolen. I've been de-
tectivo in this store nearly ten years,
md I've got 30 that 1 can toll shop
litter almost Mt first glance. I judge
from tho uneasy way thoy roll their
eyes around, from tho motion of their
fingers, and tho way they move their
hands. They assume various DISCUSSES.
Nearly oil tho professionals that We
nrrest have pawn tickets somewhere
about them, and they try to got rid o.
these in all sorts of ways SO that WI
don't got hold of them. Ono cir
chowed up pawn ticket and swallowed
it, and was chewing up another wheI
we found out what sho was mp to. An
other girl had two rings in her moutl
which she had taken from the jewclr.
counter"
"There arc lots of people who talk
things without so good IN excuse
women and men who want to dress u
to tho mark md haven't got the none.
to reach it. Two girls wero caugh
here not long ago just londed up witt
ribbons and lace, fancy pins, buckles
gloves, and such things. Tho way j
which thoy had slowed away stuff i
their stockings and various other hit
ing places was caution. Among til
odd articles found in tho stocking c
ono girl was bottle of whisky.
was crammed in and then tied tight
keep it from slipping. A bottle /
cologne was fixed in tho same way
These girls said they Ind stolen ribbo
before, and promised that if we woul
let them off they would tell us of con
pnnions of theirs who they knew di
tho same thing. They said. that the
belonged to respectable people.
went to tho address they gave, n fe
days Inter, and found that tho inmil
was respectable, and, after keepir
them in suspense awhile. we agree
not to make case against them"
} g Did you ever see shoplifter
skirt?" asked the male detective, M
then he showed the reporter sing
lnr-looking garment which had bee
taken oil shoplifter, and which WI
f kept by the firm to be produced
, court. '"Tho woman who had til
skirt-this kick, as they call ito
had fortyeight different articles
: her possession, stolen from this stor
She was walking in the street abo
two blocks away when We overtot
! her. Here is list Of tho things 81
had managed to secrete: Nine pal
of kid gloves, six pocketbooks, e
pairs of mitts, six pairs of stocking
! pins, one pulley for q wash line,
lock, three knife rests, two plate
= four bells, two pairs of scissors. o.
can opener, ono glass pitcher, o.
rings, one small basket, one smi
il clock, one mouse trap, and two {
J burners; SIG worth in ALL"
it The skirt was simply black cali
o walking skirt, with double linil
y fastened firmly to the outside ut t
bottom and secured ut the waist wi
/ two strong belts. There were capacio
r openings Mt convenient points, a
q Tho skirt WAS worn beneath an outsi
is skirt. which had long slit in the fl
is pleats to correspond with tho openil
o in tho garment beneath.
"What do men select to steal
n. asked tho reporter.
n Casually gloves, perfumery, net
Of ties, rings, silk handkerchiefs, hosiei
1t We found fine-looking man one d
c. getting away with SIS worth
D. pocketbool1s, gloves, and bottles
Or cologne. Men have SO many insi
and outside pockets that they c
is tuck away great deal. A Singh
ir case is that of an old man who prov
r to be in tho employ of n railroad co
in pany in New Jersey. He frequen