Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-06


Who's in it besides us?'
Oh there. are the Wardwells, Fryatt
4 Co.. Redington & Co., the Misses
Iowne. II. l.. Emery. Fuller and Hen
| Erickson"
Wow! She made general canvass. il
would SEEM
well. l should say SO. You see. she
came down here from Lynn, months
ago. to visit her people who live in this
city. She made practice of visiting the
shops and pricing goods and then walk
ing away with what she could comfort
ably store away in under her long cloak
She acted strangely to the marshal, and
so, when finally someone complained that
| hat had been stolen from store the
marshal put one and two together and
FOUND that it made three. Then he settled
upon the visitor as a possible candidate
| for his services. He found that she had
returned home and that her home was in
| Lynn. and then he opened up commune
cation with the officers of that city
The result is he has astOnished the
olncers OF the Shoe city by going there
| last Friday night, on the Pullman, swear
ing out Il warrant and searching the
| mousse Ihe Woman'S name is Mrs. Clara
Phillips. In the house was found large
amount of goods taken from Waterville
| stores. The woman told the officers at
what stores she got the goods that they
displayed to view. and she implicated
| three other women as being connected
| with her in a general shoplifting game.
can tell you it was a surprise to the
Lynn police.
I'm the general roundup that followed
| the Phillips woman's arrest there an
peared Miss Lulu Cobb. Mrs Phillips sis
ter. Miss Florence Manson and Mrs. G.
| Il. NJ Houston. wife of an ex-aIderman
of the city of Lynn. The parties all stand
well in their neighborhood and their ar
| rest was great surprise to the people of
| that city.
| Mrs. Phillips stole cloak and ribbons
and laces from you. table cloths and tow
els from Fuller. took everything she took
a iiking to at Emery's. swiped a couple
or hats at Fryatts. sneaked some cut
glass at Hendirckson's purloined a few
articles of crockery ware from RedingtOn
4 Co.. helped herself to small things at
MardwelIs, and did not pass the Misses
covered about 500 worth of goods taken
| from Waterville stores. But that was
not all she was guilty of. They found
other goods that she said had been taken
from stores in Lynn. Salem and Boston
men to the police station was found
about $1,000 worth of goods of various
! kinds
I'm the mass that City Marshal Call
has brought back-for your inspection and
| which Mrs. Phillips says were taken from
| Waterville. are ribbons. laces vases sou.
venir dishes, hose. towels. embroidery
| table covers. mats. child's sack. fur
| shoulder cape. table cloths. linen picture
| frames. while the general swiping includ-
ed these articles and silk dress patterns.
| soap. buttons. bureau scarfs. infants
| skirts. pins. baby blankets and cut glass
| dishes. oh. yes. they went through Jor-
dan. Marsh Il Co.. r. II. White x Co.
ana about everybody they had occasion
| To call upon.
And We fellows did not know anything
| about it at al?"
That's about the size of it. You see
| they had been missing things up around
! Lynn, but the officers were al loss to
| Know where to lay suspicion and il was
| not until City Marshal Call traced these
things to Lynn and went up there for the
| purpose of pursuing further investigation
| that the Lynn police were enlightened
| They were mighty glad he went up there
Tor you see that just the moment the
Phillips woman found that she was
caught. she "blowed' on the rest of them
and general roundup followed. As
| soon as the Phillips woman would give
another woman away. the city marshal
of Lynn would send the patrol wagon out
| after that woman and it was not long
| before he had the four of them in durance
| vile. Why it even astonished City Mar
shall Call himself and during a lull in the
proceedings he said to himself: What a
devil OF a muss l have kicked up I
think Rueben did a good job. don't you?"
Yes indeed. ! do. | think also that il
is funny that all Of the houses could lose
so much stuff without missing it. Why
we never suspected such u thing
Large establishments should keep a
| floor walker and | don't know of anyone
Thought | would tell you about it so you
would not have a shock when you read
the Journal in the morning. Good day
Much obliged, good day
The fact is City Marshal Call has as
tonShed the natives of Lynn by the
clever piece of detective work that he has
performed in this case. He was given not
the slightest tip regarding who the party
hlt hnI toll hat 20 mic, III
be for TO one knew The Phillips woman
had attracted his attention one who
WAS doing a good deal of shopping with
| out apparently buying anything. He sus-
pected the woman and then learned
where she lived. When he was in her
house in Lynn. Yesterday. the marshal
saw Il little child running about the house
and cnuuired if the shoes that the child
had on did not come from the Mark Gal
lert shoe store and the woman said they
did.
The Phillips woman is married her hus-
band being well-to-do shoe maker and Il
member of the leading social clubs Of the
city. Her parents live in this city and
are highly respectable people for whom
much sympathy will be expressed when
the whole thing comes out. The mer-
chants who have lost articles through the
operations of this woman will first learn
that they have lost them through this
article
The arrest of the women has caused Il
great sensation in Lynn. No such an in
Cident has entered into the history of the
police of that city ever and Marshal Call
of this city. is to be congratulated for his
work as he was complimented by the
Lynn police. City Marshal Call says he
found City Marshal Burckes and Sergt.
Fitzgerald of Lynn police very ready to
take hold of the matter and help him all
they could. He found them very pleasant
gentlemen. as also We're Inspectors Colby
and Wells.
Marshal Call arrived home on the morn
ing Pullman. Sunday, bringing with him
a lot of stolen goods that will be on eX
hibition at his Office. this morning. at 8
O'Clock, for identification by the mer-
chants from whom it is alleged they have |
been stolen. OF course the Lynn police |
would not give up the Phillips woman to |
Marshal Call for the reason they want to |
treat with her themselves. Waterville !
can have her next.
The relatives and friends of Charles |
n'prian pf q Of mort have bpan prom fly |