The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-06
Detectives Capture Kate Casey
After Pursuit Through Crowded
Streets and Union Market.
CHARGED WITH SH0PLIF TING.
When Searched, Matron klntzlnS
Finds Jacket and Spread
Concealed in Huge
Skirt Pocket.

Detectives Lawler and ZIezler pursued
Kate Casey from Broadway and Washing
ton avenue through Union Market To sixth
and Morgan streets yesterday afternoon
The chase created great e2citement. the
streets and market being nlled with shop
Iers at the time.
Kate Casey Is y years old and To an OIdi-
nary person There Is nothing about her ap-
leaIauce OF deme4uUr 10 attract a'tehtl"i-
To Detectives I.awI0r and ZiegleT her ae-
lions were suspicious.
The detectives met the girl At Sixth and
Olive streets. They thought there was
something about her walk and actions that
denoted shopIifting. They followed her into
4 dry goods store and as they watcher her
they became more convinced
From the first store entered BY the SlTl
they followed kerIo another. i; broadway
and Washington avenue. Still Vigilant. the
electives decided TO allow her tu have her
way. To another store In the vicinity she
went. the detectives trailing At TINS Store
ZieglsT sail to LAWYER:
u think 1t time to arrest her
LawlOr agreed and the detectives started
toward the girl
The Casey girI By this time had grown
suspicious. She attempted 70 evade the oI-
fic,r ~ by going out a SIDE door. SEEING them
right behind her. she started 10 run. s"ins
north On Broadway To the east entraDSe oI
Union Market
Darling among the dozens 81 men. wom-
en- and children who were buying provisions
at the stalls. the girl ran west through The
market The detectives followed close De
hind. calling TO the girl to halt.
out the west door she ran and. turning
north Oh Sixth street. reached Morgan
street before IawlOr aud Liegler overlook
her. a great crowd of women had followed
the trio. anxious 10 learn why one oi their
sex was being pursued by detectives. \ re-
port spread that 4 murder had been cOEl-
United and excitement relEneu
While Lawler held the Casey girl. many
persons surrounding them. ZieAler sum
TO the Four Courts. She was sent To the
detention room and MatrOn Knitting
searched her. 4 huge pocket was found. In
the girls skirt. In It was a ladies' jacket
When taken before Chief Desmond the
girl admitted having taken the spread. but
be held pending action by Assistant Prose-
cutting Attorney Johnson. The girl claimed
TO live at No. z3i5 Pine street. but when the
detectives visited that number they were
Informed that no such person lived there.
Detective Lawler. when asked to explain
why his suspicion had been attracted TO
the girl. said: 1t was the way she
walked. From habit We watch the walk OF
women In the shopping district We both
not natural. as a race horse man would say.
and believed she had one Of those big
DOcketed skirts, The m%atron's search bears
out our theory
The Four Courts records do not bear the
girls name
OTHER WOMEN ARE ARRESTED.
Nellie Hayes, alias Palmer. and Mable
Jones. alias Lawrence. alias Bowers. were
arrested yesterday by Detectives ShevlIn
and Kiely and are held for investigation.
Nellie Hayes was arrested in ST. Louis
several months ago charged with shoplift-
Ing. She Is the wife of George Palmer.
alias the Michigan Kid" who was ar
rested for theft In ST. Louis a year ago ana
jumped his bond in the Court OF Criminal
Correction.
Both women claim TO live in Louisville.
Ky. and Chief Desmond telegraphed the
fact Of their arrest to the Chief OF Police
OF that city.