Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1896-07-30
SHE LIKES NoToRlETY.
A Former silk Girl Bound to Keep Herself
Before the Public Eye.

| Before the fuDIic rye.
Florence Gordon, IA girl who was
once an employee of the Richardson
Silk mill in this city in 1892 and ls93
and whose home was in Bay City at
the time has, according To reports, de-
veloped into dashing adventures
and was arrested recently in connec-
tion with the gang known as the Long
and Short gang. When she left here
about three years ago, she also left un-
paid bills at several dry goods stores
and one or two millinery parlors.
The Press says Every member Of
the ''long and short gang of organ
lied store raiders which has terrorized
Chicago for several months past is
now in custody. Jesse Thames, alias
| Thompson, alias Harris, with half q
dozen aliases to spare, the fifth mem
bcr of the gang who eluded the police
officials in Detroit last Saturday, has
been arrested in Chicago in company
with Florence Gordon, a Detroit young
woman who accompanied him in his
flight from Detroit. Miss Gordon is
also under arrest.
Miss Gordon is Detroit girl who is
well known TO the police of that city
as private female detective. When
Thames left the Russell House Satur-
day afternoon, he departed without
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departure. Just before the supper
hour the Gordon woman appeared at
the hotel and presenting a check for
Thames satchel, requested that ii be
delivered to her, explaining that the
satchel belonged to her husband who
was suddenly called from the city. At
that time the identity of the supposed
"Mr. Richards was not known, and
the clerk did not know Miss Gordon.
The young woman secured the
satchel, which is supposed to have con-
tanned some of the plundered wealth of
the gang. and left with It, Late Satur
day evening the couple were seen walk
ing on West Fort st. together and
later boarded train for Chicago.
Miss Gordon is a prepossessing per
son in her appearance, but could
scarcely lay claim to being good look
ing. She is about feet or inches
tall, and blonde of slight figure,
weighing about l25 pounds. She is
possessed of a rather large mouth,
through the lips of which is displayed
a perfect and pretty set of teeth. She
is well known to all Of the members of
the local detective bureau and many
other members of the police depart
ment. Her home was originally in Bay
City, where her parents still reside.
She came TO Detroit about two years
ago. She was an exceptionally bright
woman in many respects, and was poss-
essed of very fair voice, to perfect
which she has been taking music les
sons with the idea Of adopting the
stage as profession.
The young woman had two asplra-
tions, TO become a detective and to APP
pear on the stage, and she has gratified
both of them in Detroit. AS a detec-
tive she was employed as a spotter in
several large stores at different times,
and was also called in on few occa-
sions by police officers to assist them.
She was in the casts of several amateur
productions in that city and also APP
peared as a chorus girl at the Whitney
opera house.
That Miss Gordon should have gone
away with Thames knowing his charac
ter and intending to shield him, is not
believed in Detroit and it was thought
that her ambition to shine as a detec-
tive and incidentally TO secure either
the money which Thames had or re-
ward for turning him up to the Chicago
police with which to continue her pre-
paration for professional life on the
stage had moved her to the adventure
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