The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-05
WOMAN Tells STORY
OF $1,000 ROBBERY
Myrtle Day Relates Details in
Full.
HOW JEWELS WERE STOLEN
Thomas Arnold viii N O t
Prosecute Thief,

Thomas Araold and Detective Harry
Sutton accompanied by Myrtle Day, the
woman who stole $1,000 worth of dia-
monds from the formers wife in this
CITY last September. arrived in the city
YESTERDAY morning from Oklahoma.
Charles Smith. who is implicated in the
disposal OF the jewels. is now in Jail al
Perry charged with larceny. so it was
impossible to bring him TO Wichita.
1t has been one week since Mr. Arnold
and Detective Sutton went first to PeT1s
and later to Guthrie and Oklahoma City.
They succeeded in finding every stolen
Jewel ard the Arnold diamond robbery
is no longer mystery
Owing 10 the fact that Mrs Day who
stole the jewels is in an advanced stage
of consumption and the physicians have
not given her long to live, Mr. Arnold
has decided not to prosecute the woman.
The man Smith, Mr.. Arnold thinks, will
have possibly received enough punish
ment by the time he gets clear Of the
Perry officers. He is charged with steal
ing harness. as likewise is the Day wo-
mans husband, Mark Day. Smith viii
not be prosecuted
When seen at police headquarters yes
terday afternoon, Mrs Day. who is a
young woman Of % years. consented to
give a reporter for the Eagle d full con-
fession in detail as TO how she committed
the theft of Mrs Arnold's diamonds. Al
though her features are continually over
spread with a pallor indicative that the
woman is a consumptive. she is still u
good looking woman. She was attired
neatly in a dark dress and wore light
Jacket. Shn appeared very much pleased
that the authorities and Mr. Arnold had
decided not to prosecute her, although
she did not seem sorry that she had
stolen the diamonds So far as the police
know, and she says so herself Mrs Day
was never before in trouble Neverthe-
less, the police had the woman's photo
graph taken during her stay here and
it will be placed in the rogues, gallery.
Mrs. Day left for Perry last night. wherc
she will join her husband as soon as he
Is liberated from the jail at that place.
In regard To stealing the diamonds. Mrs
Day said:
''On the afternoon of the robbery my
self and two women friends had gone
into The millinery store and spent some
time in trying on hats There was Il
special sale Of some description going on
and 1 had intended buying a hat While
we were there the woman, whom / have
later learned was Mrs. Arnold. entered.
] noticed that she laid her pocketbook
down on n table where I had placed my
own on entering the store The idea or
stealing Mrs. Arnold's poclleJbook never
occurred to me until l started from the
store. ] picked up my own and MIS-.
Arnold's at the same time My friend=
and | parted at the outside OF the milh-
merry store and they went in another di-
rection. With the two pocketbooks in my
hand I entered the Morsnan-Innes store
across the street ] spent about fifteen
minutes there and then started FOR the
home of my brother-in-law, J. Pollock.
lie lives on East Waterman street
From Morsman-lnnes' place | walked
south on Main street 10 Douglas. Then
] turned east on Douglas to Emporia AID
went south l did not open the pocket
book. even. TO see what it contained unul
the corner of Waterman and Emporia
avenues was reached. 1t was there. that I
must have lost one Of the earrings. At
least. that is where the boy who aftel
ward sold "A diamond found ii.
- remained at my hrother-in-law's
nome perhaps half hour From there
/ went home 1 never told anyone about
taking the diamonds neither did l show
them to a person. Several weeks later
my husband secured work at Perry and
we moved TO that place We went with
a man and his wife by the name or
Charles Smith He was supposed to be
q horse trader. / never even told mr
husband OF stealing the diamonds until
he and Smith were arrested charged
with stealing. They were then both in
Jail Smith was later released to pro
vide for the families Of the two and I
gave him the big diamond ring and the
shiT1 stud to dispose of lie went t.
Guthrie and sold the ring FOR $S3. on his
return l received SO of the money. Later
he went 10 Oklahoma city and sold the
shirt stud. He received $40 for it. From
th.t place he went 20 FL Dorado. Later
he sent money to his wife and she joined
him there.
In the meantime ! sill had one or
the earrings. the smaller finger ring
and a brooch. I pawned the earring t.
q man at Perry for 500 \ short time
later Smith was arrested ut Conway
Springs and returned to Perry. He adj
mitted disposing Of the diamonds and
implicated ne. 7 then confessed To steal
ing the jewels and turned the brooch
and ring containing the smallest diamond
over TO Harry sutton. Smith then went
with Sutton and Arnold To Guthrie and