The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-11-24
SHOP LIFTING.
Strange Woman Arrested on
This Charge.
She Refuses to Give Her Name or Resi-
dence--.Taken to St. Peter, Where
She is Wanted.

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A woman who would give neithei
her name nor her home was arrested
in this city at shortly before noonFriday
on the charge of shop lifting, at the re
quest of Chief of Police Davis, of St
Peter. The latter telephoned to CHIEF
Bruels at 1925 a. m. that two women
one feshy and the other tall and pooh
marked, were on the train reaching
Mankato at 10;45 a. m and that both
were wanted there. He said that he
would come at once and take them
back.
Chief Bruels and Officer Morrow
were at the depot when the train came
in, and a travelling man who had
spotted the feshy woman on the train
and had notified Chief Davis at
st. Peter of the fact from Kaso-
ia pointed her out to the police
officers, at the same time express
ing the opinion that the other woman
was not on the train. The feshy
woman was dressed in black and car
ried big and little satchel and a
shawl fastened in shawl strap. The
officers spoke to her, but did not place
her under arrest, and she took hack
driven by David Terwilliger and asked
to be driven to a dollar day house.
Mr. Terwilliger drove her to the
Clifton House, but she did not get out,
but asked whether there was not some
other dollar a day house in the city.
Mr.. Terwilliger named them over and
she directed him to drive to the Stahl
House. On arriving there. she was
shown into the ladies' waiting room.
Officer Morrow had followed the hack
on his wheel in order to get the
woman's stopping place located, SO that
he could find her easily when the st.
Peter officer arrived, not desiring to
place her under arrest. He went into
the Office to tell the clerk to give her a
room, and she came through the hall.
way and met him. He then hastily
hunted up the clerk and told him about
the woman. When the clerk went in
the woman was gone. The officer went
out into the street and caught glimpse
of her running across vacant lot to-
ward Second street, carrying the
small grip and shawl. He followed and
she cut across the blocks until wire
netting stopped her near Fourth street.
There the officer took charge Of her and
escorted her to the city hall.
The woman refused to divulge her
name or home. She said that she had
arrived at ST. Peter last night and had
come to Mankato expecting to meet
Jacob Miller and family, who had re-
Gently come to this county and who
lived fifteen miles southeast of this
city. She refused to say anything more
about herself. She has the appearance
of being about fifty years of age, and is
very feshy. She is German woman.
She denied having stolen anything.
The smaller satchel and the shawl
were opened and found to contain three
pieces of rather costly ladies black
dress goods, containing several yards in
each piece. The woman stated that she
had intended to sell some of these goods
to the Miller family, who were friends
of hers. She claimed to have lost the
key of the large satchel. She said that
she had bought the pieces of cloth, but
not at st. Peter. She had So or 81 in
money in her pocket.
Chief Davis arrived on the 100 D. m.
train and returned with the woman to
ST. Peter on the 1:25 p. m. train. He
was accompanied by young lady clerk
in store, who at once recognized the
woman as one of two who had been in
the store at 900 o'clock this morning.
1t was learned that the other woman is
still at st. Peter, and Chief Davis tele
phoned back to have her arrested.
The big satchel was broken open and
found to be packed full of pieces OF
ladies' dress goods, the total value be.
ing estimated at 5000 to $500 The young
lady clerk found two pieces that she said
had been stolen from the store where
she worked, these being valued at $40.
No one knew the woman's name, and
from her secretiyeness it is presumed
that she is professional shop litter,
and may have intended to dispose OF
some of the goods in Mankato.
Mrs. Cora Flanagan swore out war.