The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-02
GAVE Up THE WATCH.
FINELY DRESSED YorNa WOMAN
ACKNOWLEDGES A THEFT.
Amy Thempson Purlofns . Valuable
Tfmepfeee From Mr.. kleds-When
deceased of sherliftfnx she Grows
Indignant. bat Finally Restores
the Preperty-She New Rests In
the Cesnty Jmsl-

a dashlng Young woman or the sport
ing world who took rooms at TIE Butler
Tuesday night, having come from What
CEN or Vancouver or Victoria. is row
occupying a cell at the county tail for
shoplitting she confessed her guilt be-
Tore Justice Austin yesterday afternoon
under the name Of Amy Thompson. but
she said that Der right name was Ida
HoT
About II o'clock yesterday morning she
went into l.. klodt's 5ewelry store. corner
or Second avenue and Marion street. and
representing herself as 4 teacher in the
public schools. asked 20 see some
watches Mr.. kiodt counted out thirteen
The young woman picked up one. and
after ascertaining the price asked to have
X put aside. as her husband would Gene
IN for Il later. Then she picked up her
handkerchief and walked OUT.
AIR. kiods counted The watches and dis
covered that one MAS missing. he grab
bed his hat and followed the gay young
woman down the street TO Wittwer's half
dressing rooms, near the corner of Second
avenue and Cherry street When Mr.
kiotz suggested 10 the young woman that
she had made a mistake and lifted Up a
watch with her handkerchief. she got
mad She appeared real indignant. and
said that IL was awful for Mr.. kloit TO
mistrust a nice lady. and II he did not re-
pent she would tell her husband and have
him hx MIR. kioit. She made such a hot
stand that Mr.. kIodt thought that there
possibly might be a mistake. so he trotted
back TO his store and again went care
fully over the WATCHES. There was no get
ting away from the fact that the watch
was gone. and It was there when the gay
young woman entered the store. BY the
time Mr.. kIodt reached the hair dresser's
the object of his search had taken wings.
Mr.. klodt went out prospecting. and
after a while saw the woman on First
avenue, near Redelshelmer's He told
her il was no use talking. she had the
watch and he would have her arrested II
she did not give IL back. If she would
give up TIE properly ne would set the
matter drop. She finally dropped the
mask of innocence and produced the
watch.
kiodt thought the matter over and came
TO the conclusion that the case might have
some connection with the Finck Jewelry
store touch" for s1o,ooo, and that IL was
his duty TO report the case TO the police
Sergt. Ward located the young woman at
the Stevens hotel. whore, by the way, she
was not a guest. She told the sergeant
that Mr. Klodt gave her the watch. but
pleaded guilty in Justice Austin's court
10 petit larceny and was fined $50 and
costs. She could not make the raise. and
consequently went up the hill to Sheriff
Meyers stone house.
Amy Thompson. or Ida Hon, is above
the average height. and, although not
pretty, is rather attractive. She has
dark gray eyes, dark hair and a complex
ion that viii not fade. She wears good
clothes. and they fix well. She talks
rather wildly: so much so in fact that one
Is compelled 10 discount many Of her
statements about 80 per cent