The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-26
TYPEWRITER
GIRLS ROBBED
Called Out of Offices by TeIe-
phone Messages.
LETT OFFICES UNLOCKED
Returned In Moment to Find
Pocket Books Riaeled.

Three stenographers who work for
three different firms in the Sedgwick
block of this city have been robbed Of
the contents of their pocketbooks and
the thief laid most unique and nice
plans to commit his ugly deed. He evil
IDENTIFY took a survey of the three offices
inside and out and then getting the
young ladies out of their offices one at
a time he slipped into the Office, first
making sure that no one else was about,
and robbed the typewriter's pocketbook
in the twinkling of an eye. Instead of
taking all they had, he left little
change for each. The three Offices en-
tered are all right along in a row on
the second floor, facing First street
The three young ladies were Miss NJ
L. Moore of the A. c. Houston lumber
firm: Miss Ora Loomis OF the c. c.
Charles Life Insurance company and
Miss Flora Parkhurst of the Helm &
Smythe law firm. Each, at different
time of the day, was called 10 the tel
ephone and a mans voice told them
they were wanted down at the Western
Union Telegraph company. This office
being a floor beneath their own, they
went down without locking up, only TO
be told by the man down there that no
one had called for them. Each thought
it a joke till later in the day they ex-
amined their pocketbooks and found
their money gone. They all suspect one
fellow who has been hanging around
the building He is about p years old
and of a heavy build Each girls ex-
perience was different than the others,
but they all declare that the thief was
very wise in his proceedings
Miss Parkhurst tells of her being
robbed as follows:
Some one called me up and when l
went TO the phone I could not under
stand the reason why they wanted me 10
go downstairs, but it was plain enough
that 1 was wanted down at the Western
Union telegraph office. 1t was mans
voice, not boys, at the other end Of
the line. The Western Union being only
right downstairs, 1 did not think Of
locking up, and, anyway, as 1 remem-
Der it, Mr.. Smythe was in his room
when 1 went out, but 1 do not remem-
Der whether he was in there when l re-
turned or not. Well, when 1 got down
to the telegraph office, they told me
that no one had called for me there.
so 1 went back upstairs, thinking that
some friend was playing a joke on me.
was not till when we girls, however, were
bought something down town and when
1 went to pay for it / found that I had
no money with which to do so. 1t
was not til when we girls. however, were
going home together and got to talk
ing Of the queer telephone messages and
the loss of the money that understood
what had become of mine. He took
s1.75 out of my pocketbook. leaving me
Il cents
Miss Loomis tells of her affair as fol-
cws:
II was called, as was Miss Parkhurst,
and went devil to the Western Union
telegraph Office. leaving the doors IN
locked but Locking the desk. My pock-
etbook WAS in the top drawer of the
desk and evidcatlY the drawer was not
pushed clear in, for the pulling down Of
the top would have locked it. I thought
it was joke. too. until 1 found that
81 had been taken out of my pocket
book
Miss NJ. L. Moore says:
when I was first called out, I locked
everything up. for / was wanted down
at the Central office. I did not find
anybody asking for me down there. so
I came back. 4 little Whitewater this
a telephone call stated that was wanted
/ lust across the hall. Wei. this being
80 near, I did not lock up this time
and as a result s. that were in my pock-
/ tIiools tweire taken. The thief must
| have been very sly and quick. for I
was gone but for a moment"