The St. Louis Republic., 1901-10-06
VANITY LEADS GIRL
TO TURN BURGLAR.
\
Beautiful Edith Knapp Wanted 10
Dress Up. SO She Broke
into Trunk.
SHE TALKS FREELY OF HER ACT.
Proud of the Distinction nf Being
Il FIirt. and Admits 4 Fond
ness for a Horse
Thief.


I.l't bl.l' SPECIAL.
Jlaridgcfort, Conn. oct. For reasons es-
|entially characteristic of the eternal fem
ininc. beautiful l6-,.ar-ulI Edith Knapp he-
,s,m. turrl8r-'nc elemental admiration
~ h.r Sos Tor "a man in a whit. shirt amt
q ilu'n COLLAR AND a brusdcioth coat. am
s.nsa.isiici passion fur Ir,tty ol"'hgs.
.weopine. silk-inoI gowns aui taiu,y
Stoves and hirh-hcol.I shu-s auI ui"tur"
hats uoJdiu- with Jum,s Iaa trembling
with ruhh"r--tsmmsG flowers. .lr DuI' rou-
r.uc fh' hausie~- drudg,ry th. Iru'a'iainG
influences of q servant girls Gf. iu ID Cuur
nee,ieu' farmhouse.
Such wcr, the circumstances that shaped
the beginning Of tho criminal career o1
Edith Knapp Inl hor H.rumr'ir,. N1th,rln,
iEritrnn. scutarcai 70 'aw days u:n ly th-
'uuUcaiieut criminal superior court {" -i,
Tnn"'is Imprisonment ~ "a Cd rrr ut huH-.-
breaking and burglary
in his New England romano. Ih.r- is
'aught of ih" Mary T. Wukrs touch.
Neither of the girls Is. in any Interpretation
II III" term. MARY r.. Nuk.us heroine. iu
81 Is no fragraur'. af bal am. uu s usc-puri-
wing odors Of lavender nr Wild thynle. hit
rather the Trailing "t poison iyy and touch
1T deadly night-had,.
Edith Kuap!i is . l.aHlifu beautiful
OF her uatiy" Now England hil S. hsJ rather
II ~" 'lrh. haunting passion flower "t tn"
fouih % noNioIt. tut lovely ,Npi. bust III
u bloom trnm the barren ,uil ui N,w Fam
mEn ,.Ll ,ccourLIcE.
Nothing can account for Edith KNAPP 8
partnership with kath"riu" Britt9u. unless
II Is that crime, lik' adversely makes queer
irdf. IloHS.
II is thc rurse of few women to be born 80
shjc,tly. 50 hop.lC--y ugly rs kath'rus
- ID fflT led
H. mind and dyyari,i 900! Wis@harea iu soul
u'd''t're7 unc"u'h. Eiith hHtrp accom-
ltc' represents - tyI' ~ d. .scu'racy the
very aHitho-is OF her own.
Thn crime for which tho girls were arrest
- aud convicted look place on The 18th "i
july last. wu.i thy bIrciarlI,d the farm
hous. of Frederick Meyers, near the village
uf sherman
Both l,irIs IRE excellent suhi,at, FOR alien
iSt- und uriuilnui".l-ts. whu viii Ind in The
younger and prrtti"r onr an interesting and
= instructive study. Neither has sprung from
' criminal ant"ccdonts, ~ far as Is known.
Wand both hav" had tn. adv3miag" ui com
';nuit school education. inraEcr. II j. tru-,
bat. nevertheless. not morr limited than
Jho-n ~ any moderately NgelI-tn-do New
went To- school until She was y. and It.tth-
'r1uc Eri'ton until he was almost 10. Yary
Wrr'. seat mates. and even then, n rs >.tIl.
Ed!th 'Nrrt'i ?, powerful Influence over th"
we.,k-mini"d kath,riu..
Nor youid tt g., said that thry ar" without
= certain amount Of r'li.luus training. lh.4
Went tn church and Suud.y school. al.
7l,w England village children do
IN0 DISTINCT GpposITI:S.
THr Hiam,Ific..lly opposed extremes of do
@'u'rt'y "r, strikiugly .NDmpiiiici in ,hi=
uni4u" case. kathern" Brirton is bcs'ial In
rI"arauco. without any rcd""minC point uf
pride. without on' saving vanity. she is TIE.
E-ry rmlf"1imsnt oi iepravity. little les
rban an imh.oii,. dl.ll aud stupid. ana vi n
absolutely 40 spIs" or appreciation of tbs
Ieautitul IN its simplest form
Itdith knapp is The eNtr"m" "Ifo2si,e. Her
tlr-en in"y tak"~ the form of an 'ft.t" 81 u-.
AL - atFnrr
IS beautiful herself. and knows II only too
well. but sh, l. not blind t" "Ntisf'"u+
beauty. 81" luv.s tn" warm south wind and
th' siu=hin" and the fields ana birds ana
flowers
"Evcry time | look into a deep rcd roae.
she saws vi-tfully. 1t gives IL. a pain in
my h.art. aud / kiss It and feel like crying.
THAT larl endowed with such " poignant
:l, ,mntiuual sens. "t beauty should b" ~.
IpHEahl. companion of - Ci,atur, Ike
j. Eri'ton woman L. hsymrd the compIe-
/eusion ": ih. lag mind. They have. hnN-
= v'r he"n iirm fri"u"~ sine childhood Boob
werc born I'm N" same rocky. harren region
If Northwestern ',un.rjicGt, where tH"
sheep f"rd upon parchcd brown hills, where
The snow lies I'm tn" hUlluws far into thc
-prius. and where green scum gathers over
IA, svamly pastures.
"E-auty and lhe heast.'' one of the by
ISLANDERS remarked Whom the matr"n ui ih'
Eri1r.1n'l Jail l"i lhr rill nufEiAf5 mo
Sh.rln HiWl.y's office. Nrher" talked with
th"n tho other DAY. II wHs % harsh rem 'rk.
hut chaIHrt'lizai the rair as nu ether words
could have fua.. 80 striking was the con-
tra-f. as they entered. arm In arm. and
pushed through the crowd gathered about
m. Uiiliu. which fences of the Shcf!tt =
desk iT"m tho main office.
The UuUainIy figure mud roprisiv" fac" "f
fh, one made IN excellent toil Ton the
beauty ard grIr. Of tn" other. OF medium
height with skin of dazzling whitcness,
.Nauisitely cnlorod, eyes of deep Sky blue,
frinred w;h long brown laehes. and a mass
of curling ;sh '"ud hair, IN was surely
never such % beautiful iailhird - Edith
knapp. or such rnusuInmIte firt.
Before he wa inside tho railing. whore
sal waiting with The Sheriff ! caught hcr
casting coy clanr"s in hall dozen air."-
tiuuf.
"Rrns-y is no nu~' for hs.-'' remarked tho
Sh,riH. wLu.e ur'ck eve had also noted hcr
InarruV.rs. she beats all r T. bIl,lH"-s,
Tho it'lr chit. Why. whru irrouch; her mp
from Bauhury she tried to nIrt with ever.
inHu ON IN" train aud chen, wh'r thcy dis
covered she wiz my prisoner. they al
looked at me as II 1 and not she were tn"
criminal
''i3iih just hypuotizcd nc and ! couldu't
help it," apuloCiZcd Katherine Brttun with
"a broad grin ;hat displayed an almost
toothl.ss mouth.
looked {" the beauty Tor confirmation or
denial Of this charge. but she had not heard
The remark at all. She was too busiiy en-
gagged with the attractions on tho other Side
al the railing By the Sheriff's permission
she had Tor tho occasion changed her prison
uniform foe ~ black skirt and mink shirt
waist and as this was The first time she hal