The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-04

and thief stole off your table few nights
ago and sent to a friend Of mine"
Sherry laughed why. that's kind of
you," he said. IT lose so much silver
that to name the amount would amaze
you. 1 am buying all the time, and know
that my servants do not steal 1t.
l had the honor to be guest at a dinner
given recently by some of the most charm
ing people in West Fffty-first street and
was rather astonished to see the name
of a famous hotel on my fork. The idea
flashed through my mind that the said
hotel had provided the meal But pres
entity l noticed a spoon with the name or
the proprietor of a celebrated restaurant
on it, and a little later another spoon
bearing still another name 1t was a
plain case--the silver had been stolen.
At a fashionable tea one of the guests,
a connoisseur in chinas, remarked that
his cup reminded him strongly of set
that he had seen at the - hotel, which
had been imported by the proprietor on
account of its novelty; he did not believe
there was a set like 1t in the United
States. Happening to meet this proprie-
tor a few days afterward, he mentioned
the incident and was informed that one
of the very cups had been stolen. 1t was
a pure case of stealing, nothing more nor
less. rir-
Shoplifting Is a new crime, compare
lively speaking, and is so common that
measures must be taken to suppress 1t,
else every woman who enters store Will
be the object Of suspicion. Such is really
the case now, for detectives are hired to
follow shoppers of every description to
guard against theft. Whenever shop
litter is caught friends go TO court and
beg Off for her, pleading her family, So
cial position, her education and refine
ment Kleptomania is the fashionable eX-
IL ,ls, 4. AnA apf,aRs
disease to have around, and when a wo-
man, no matter how high, is caught in
the act she ought to be sent to an asy-
lum. If 1t Is stealing, she ought to so
to the Island. She is either thief or Is
crazy, Is there not a judge manly enough
to deal righteously with the fashionable
shoplifter In order to save the rest of wo-
mankind from suspicion?
AS l was strolling through West Twen-
ty-second street few days ago man
passed me bearing a long table, which
was so wide that had to step into the
gutter to avoid 1t. Suddenly, from En-
rich's side door, came another man, run
ming Without a word he caught the
first under the chin with his clenched
fist, telling him like an OK. A crowd coll
lected. Ehrich's man picked up the ta-
BILE and carried it back to the store, while
the other gathered himself together and
hobbled down toward Seventh avenue.
learned that the table had been set out
on the sidewalk to hold bundles for the
delivery wagons, and the thief walked off
with it. He wore a burlap apron, which
caused the employees of the store to be-
lieve him porter in the establishment.
We find stolen towels and napkins ev-
erywhere. At one of the big downtown
restaurants last night / saw man going
out of the door with a bundle roughly
done up under his arm, while his hips
seemed abnormally developed. Some of
the walters noticed the same thing, and
the gentleman was stopped and question
ed, then taken below and searched. All
the towels that had been in the lava
tory ten minutes before were found on his
person. He had "swiped" every one. The
long crash towels that hung on rollers he
had slashed with his knife for easy re-
moVal He went to jail