Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-11-30


low, pathetic and sweet withal said:
1--WE are in nice mess here Some
goods have been stolen and they ac-
cuse us of doing it Can't you come
up here I'll meet you at the door. -
1t is not clear whether the person
addressed paid any attention to the
appeal. But the subdued conversation
did suffice to turn attention to the
place where the women were stopping
and the chief police lost no time in
visiting the hostelry to determine
whether they might not have left some
goods there. He was rewarded by find
ing two large pasteboard boxes cram
med full Of goods.
Some of the articles bore the name
of d. r. Eckman and others that of
Fred Howe. These gentlemen being
summoned identified the whole batch
of goods, Three pairs of hose belong
ed to D. r. Eckman. All the other
articles belonged to Howe and were as
follows: Suit of underwear, two pair
of garters, three neckties, one pair of
half hose, one pair of gloves, one
muffler and one shirt
About this time the Justice inform
ed the women that he would have to
hold them in three hundred dollars
bail. At this there was fresh out
burst of grief, on the part of Lizzie
Doe and as it became clear case of
going to prison she bowed her head on
the Justices desk and fairly shrIeked
in her dismay. Then arising and plac-
ing her hands on Jne lustlce's should
er aud 10 Hering her face down near his
own begged appealingly:
"Can you not show us some'mercy? 2"
The Justice refused to melt. He said
sternly:
Madam, have my duty to per-
form. ~
She then flew to the chief of police,
who was getting ready to lead hor to
Jail and begged for consideration. The
chief, too, was stranger to mercy.
The woman then appealed to the
crowd present and implored
is there no one present-not one
who will have mercy, who will 90 our
bail. "
AT this iuncture Constable Young,
who doesn't take any stock in senti-
ment. said there was enough of it and
producing the plump lady's cloak,
very stylish affair, assisted her to get
into it and then handed her over to
the the chief of police, after which he
led Lizzie Doe out of the shadows and
linking his arm in hers led her out in
to the hallway and on to durance vile,
Chief Mincemoyer following with the
other woman. An enormous crowd of
boys accompanied the two couple up
the street toward the bastile.
At the Jail the women still stub
bornly refused to revea, their identity,
there is a theory pretty we'll
to the effect that one of the
women is from a neighboring town
and is we'll known. Neither of the
two seems to be over 30 years of age.
A short time after being committed
the stouter and mole nervous of the
two women became hysterical and DR..
Shultz was summoned to administer
to her.
After the hearing another dress suit
case, full of goods, was discovered,
which had been left at Fallon's, but
was later removed by another known
party, who took orders from the wo-
men at! the hearing. This batch of
goods consisted of night dress. and
an assortment of ladies underclothing,
all of which were identified by Abram
Rosensten. The latter is still minus
two furs and.a sl5 skirt, which, it is
thought, will yet be found.
That the women are experienced in
their line is evident from the plan
they had adopted, of leaving their
swag at other stores, which relieved
them from the danger of being caught
WIN tile Sopus' LII eNely ihstduCe
they aid,they.would call for the pack
ages later.
MORD SWAG DISCOVERED
The identity of both of the fair
arrested in this city
and committed to Jail Tuesday night
was pretty conclusively established
Yesterday morning. Notwithstanding
her reticence there seems to be no
doubt that one is Mrs. Krebs of North
The identity of the other
woman has been established as Mrs.
Laura Harr of Milwaukee. Her par
ents live at Cowan, Union county,
this State.
Yesterday morning the police made
a round of the stores to see if any ad-
litional goods could be found in the
form of packages left there by the two
to be called for later. The
set of furs and the Sl5 skirt missed by
Rosenstein were recovered, in
addition to which the police recover
ed fine umbrella at Emerick's ten
cent store, which was identified by
Fred Howe as his property. The two
women arrested had purchased 4 plate
at Emerick's for ten cents using this
as pretext for visiting the store in
order to leave the umbrella there. The
plate, along with the umbrella, of
course, was left at the store. AS is
customary when packages are left to
be called for later the saleslady placed
the name of the purchaser on the pack
age. In this instance she didn't know
the purchaser, and was obliged to ask
her name. In reply the woman who
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