The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-23
WEALTHY M EN- sHoPIIFTBRs.

From the Cleveland Leader.

Caught in the Act, and n Larro Quantity OF
e,o,o, cooa. Recovered.
FTom the Cleveland Leader.
sANDusKY, o., May IA sensation was
created mere to-uas ny u earros'oi w. "on."'
prominent residents of Marsaretta township,
~ ""hs .i.,t,,t al 10, -, s.r,,ora
OF ono OF the weaithiest unu oos1 known is'merS
and stock raisers In this section, and Mrs.
Charles IcnzIor. wife of a prominent and
s'as,,e. n.rn.n Tho ror,or ,rcre caught IN
tho act and tho stolen goods were found on their
norsons and In Tho carriage in which they came
to tho city.
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Lenzler began operations
at the shoe store OF aieaenian q nom nssa, .sar
where they stoie hve pairs Oh snoos, whlon tney
ssoroted ~ under tna,. .ne arr wraps T ThoS soon onh s"Sr,ao,pr
p."u.eu ~ - - Sor,o ~ p NJ e. ~ n
visited the dry goous nouse vi " u +.
Wilcox, where they stole some pieces of black
uIeSs suous. h = ,a". ~ s,,;s. ,no,s snmn
where they stole a piece OF SWISS Roous' some
pms %' E P,uSS' @a s's subseouently Visited and two
pieces Of black silk dress goods ana Two pieces
of plaid goods were taken.
Inc women theh went W aii sonu
machcr's dry goods store, and while they were
making some ,s sma, purchases Ion,a n,ss.. .n ne .,1 manage" h,,t @o 70
pioN up ~ CIV So 49, - -. -, 49,
Ss5sSssd and in the gave sS' a ny a e s'Srt' The Se0 ss sslsis sHs
finding themselves caught. broke down and
cried, and restored the stolen silk.
under arrest and took them to The Central Police
Station, where. they made full confessions OF
their crimes. A policeman who was detailed TO
search the carriage in which the women came to
town found In y an the goods they hah stoien 10,
the women admitted that on previous OCCASIONS
they had visited tho store OF u. =. f9wers
some worsted dress goods, and various other ar.
ticles; that they had also taken q lot OF dress
that they had stolen various articles from other
tradesmen in this city. nearly al, oil wninh goods
they said, had been taken to Mrs. Smiths resi-
dence and were now secreted there, with the ex-
ception of such OF the articles AZ had bcen used.
Va K search sanpl p warrant rant was sworn out by tho vic
' tins OF the shoplifters. and Messrs. Powers VIII
cox. and A. J; seheuer, the last named being
competed with me Bazaar. Went OUT 10 the
hhH nan ,iicnp,sn IN mmato q search Of the prem.
iS g NV in The police station. The searching
party who vent c, to smi' bnr.I house se, SisSovf Sed
1iled with rich Iaces. costly silks, hosiery.
M Hnap s ,osnti dnrinS Sy tb ,o iast teW month"; as having
Tho hushonds ~ the women had a conference
b.rn iansuhi With The mernbants whom their
,rivcs had bcen az systematicaliy robbinR. and
agreed to pay. literally for all the goods the mer-
Them with They nleaded with the merchants
not TO prosecute the women. but the trndesmen
- a ri5ed in oninion on that noint and no de-
c J;i vas rcached. The husbands of the wo-
mem furnished ball and they were released.
The nnfeasjons made nv Mrs. smith and Mrs.
Iennier riear mn y MYSTERY az to many cases Of
sboniiftinS in his civ Of late. MANY merchant
haze haze sT MnmeaI Se Wbo' yyn Id9" to 5ae ep we're "nsu IS.
pec1ed. They have heretofore borne most excel.
t tolday he idea that they We're responsible for
the numerous losses by merchants at whose
stores they were customer r, would ,x;,h IA 81 been zen
best families in this section; both are amply abio
Mrs. smith and Mrs. Lenzler were rearrested
at 1880 tonight on another r charge i.n pr 5e ssrrsf,n by
stolen goods, and are again in the police station,
where they will be compelled to spend the re.
uietimized by the women decided at a confer.
ence late tonight to prosecute them to the full
extent of the law. ,a,sr,,
from q o'"c'n"a,' enquirer
1Pi5', tss a S4sss at T" cqs ' I Of Miss sH9 Sas ssist GS%.
that village. Miss Gaw's arrest resulted from
Information given to the ChieI OF Police OF ms
duty Sayin ny i Mef; I peyyi sn Of in Sna Mrsi Snf IN the ef poiiee
station here; In theiT confessions MT sso Smith
20 years Of age, and has heretofore borne an 4n,
blemished reputation; Her arrest has created q
ances. The officer who took her into custody found
her AT Castalia village. and when he made known
lifting she swooned and fell to the ground at mis-
feet. As soon rs she regained consciousness and
realized the gravity OF the situation, she yehe.
mently protested her innocence. and without
objection accompanied the officer to this city.
She was subjected to a rigid questioning while
en- route, and was asked II she possessed certain
articles OF wearing apparel which Mrs. smith
had informed the authorities that 4 Miss Cav
had taken from stores IN this city whlle mere III
company with Mrs. smith. Miss Cav said that
she was In possession OF the articles, and thai
they were presents from Mrs. smith.
Miss CAV was arraigned in the police eopr,
here upon her arrival, and entered a formal plea
Of not guilty TO the charge as read 70 her. she
wept Historically, and made u most einpnatlt
disclaimer OF any wrongHoing., Bail was ,nxed
for her at $500. which was readily procured, ant
she was then taken to her home,
The searching party. composed OF ofhcers and
merchants, who went out TO Mrs. smiths coun
try home last night and found such an Immense
amount OF stolen property, placed "a guard oyei
the premises, and today the goods were orouKh.
to this city in wagons and taken 10 the ponce
station, where tho merchants who had suffered
from The Expectations OF the shopnlters were
busy all day identitying their properly; .,d