The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-19
PRETTY SHOPLIFTER CAUGHT
ETHEL FOOTE, OF NEW YORK
 ARRESTED HERE.
r-~ Charged With Nineteen Counts of Theft-Wns Wearing Diamonds and Silks When Arrested by Detective Donneiiy-Went Under Seven Differ- ent Names and Has Been Looting New Haven Stores for Three weeks-Goods at Headquarters.

An important arrest was made yes terday afternoon at 5:S0 o'clock by De- tective Henry Donnelly when he cap- tured Mrs. Ethel Foote, a New, York pickpocket, who has been working the prominent dry goods stores of this city for the past month. Mrs. Foote was at tired in a fashionable widows garb. She is about five feet two inches tall, and of very refined appearance and is thirty-two years old. When arrested she had on two diamond rings besides her wedding ring, and diamond ear rings. Mrs Foote is the wife of Harry F. Foote, who has been employed in New Haven since last January as a col lector for some fraternal organizations in New Haven. He claimed last night at police headquarters that he knew nothing of his wife's actions and he ! was not held by the police Mrs. Foote and her husband board at 54 Crown street
 The local detective office received | word about a month ago that the New 1 Haven dry goods stores were the field | for some person or persons who were | taking goods almost every day. Detec- | tive Donnelly was put on the case and after hard and diigent three weeks | campaign he managed to find the guilty person and 8 large portion of the stolen goods.
 l Yesterday he saw Mrs. Foote on the | street and followed her down Crown ! ct o,o1 :..fo cerning woman in black that lived on that street which he had received he came to the conclusion that Mrs. Foote was the woman wanted. The informa- tion came from the New York detec- lives. Mrs, FOote made no resistance and was immediately taken to the de- tective bureau. Later the detectives came in with wagon load of goods that Mrs. Foote had stolen and disposed of Some of the articles that were on the desks and chairs in the office last night were the following: Three valu- able silk petticoats in red, black and | changeable silk; two chatelaine bags with silver tops. black jacket lined with silk, a dozen pillow cases, one l ''HVii ildphlllSt SIA IdblC CIDCnS, one dozen pairs of mems hose, two white petticoats, one babv's dress, a woman's hat, mans overcoat and trousers, nine self-registering clinical thermometers valued at $175 each and many other smaller articles
 Mrs. Foote stole an overcoat from Thomas H. Klune. boarder at 54 | e+r fo ~ n Chain, the second hand clothiers on Temple street, with the intention of selling it. The clothes dealers didn't
 want the coat and told Mrs. Foote SO During the time Mrs. Foote and the proprietors were talking any trying to strike bargain Mrs. FoOte had slinped paff of trousers under the coat and soon walked out of the store. She later sold the coat and the trousers.
 A New York detective who happened
 to be in New Haven saw the woman
 last night and stated that she was ar- rested in that city last November and
 served term of three months for shop- lifting. She is known in New York as
 Emma Foote Mrs Foote has during her stay in New Haven been known as
 Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs
 Mansfield, Mrs. Richards. Mrs. Roberts
 Mrs. Humphres, and Mrs Burke.
 The pillow cases jarkets, silk petit.
 coats and napkins were taken from the
 Edward Malley company the chatelant
 bags from Howe & Stetson's and some
 dress goods from the Gamble-Desmon{ , company.