Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1906-11-29
Stylish WOMEN
LODGED IN JAIL

climbed to the top notch of their shady
profession, came to grief in this city
Tuesdoy eve and are now confined in
the county prison.
.,s 81 about o clock Tuesday afternoon
two prepossessing and stylishIy dress
ed women entered the store of S. Low
enstein, Mill street, and requested to
be shown some ladies' cloaks. Miss
Lowenstein conducted the women to
the rear end Of the store where they
examined the goods they desired to
see, after which they purchased a
couple articles of small value and dis
appeared. So much by way of introduc.
tiOn.
About O'Clock the women entered
the store of Abram Rosenstein and af-
ter making a couple of triflIng pur-
chases requested permission to leave a
package there and left the store. The
young lady clerk did not like the ap-
pearance of the women and instinc-
lively felt that something was wrong.
Mr.. Rosenstein was at supper and as
soon as he returned the clerk COM
municated her suspicious.
Mr.. Rosenstein was at once attract
ed by the appearance of the package,
which was wrapped in careless aud
inexperienced way as though probably
done up in great hurry. The situa-
tion seemed to be one that demanded
investigation and Mr.. Rosenstein
opened the package and was surprised
TO find a cushion top from his own
store, which had not been sold, along
with bolt of ribbon, handkerchief,
pair of coque feathers and two white
wings. The roll of ribbon, which is
not the way in which such articles
are sold, seemed to confirm suspicion.
The attention of Mrs. Douglas was
called to the feathers aud she identifi-
ed them as articles missing from her
stock of goods.
At this juncture Mrs. w. P. Angle,
who was in her mothers store. Motif
ed the chief-of- police of what had oc-
CURED. The chief walked down Mill
street accompanied by Mrs. Angle who
pointed out the two women that were
objects of suspicion. At the sight of
the officer they showed uneasiness and
seemed to clearly give themselves
away. The officer, however, kept at
distance until the women re-entered
Rosenstein's store and inquired for
the package
At this point the officer arrested
them. The women both protested their
innocence and affected to be thorough
ly Indignant at the accusation. Just
ice of the Peace Oglesby was called
down to the store and on being assur-
ed by the women that they were in
nocent he asked them to give their
names, as by that means he could as
certain whether their story was true.
He was omewhat surprised to be in
formed that it was none of his bust
ness, the women justifying their re-
tlcence by informing the justice that
they were not at all interested in
knowing his name.
The two women were taken to the
office of Justice Oglesby accompanied
by the goods they had left at Rosen.
STEMS. The ribbon and handkerchief
were identified as articles missing
from the Racket store. At this point it
was learned that package was also
left at the Racket store. This package
was produced and on being opened was
found to contain a costly skirt, which
was identified as belonging to Mr..
Lowenstein, which had not been pur-
chased.
At this juncture Mr.. Lowenstein
formally lodged in formation, charging
the two women with theft. AS the
two accused would not divulge their
names the warrant had to be a sort of
a John Doe" affair, which set forth
substantially as follows:
That S. Lowenstein appeared before
Justice of the Peace Oglesby aud on
oath declared that on the 9th day of
November, 1906, at the store of S.
Lowenstein IL Co., Lizzie Doe, tall,
stout wearing eyeglasses, and SaIlie
Roe, tall and slender, did steal. take
and carry away from said store on
Mill street in first ward, borough of
Danville, a black Panama skirt of the
value of ten dollars, property of the
said Samuel Lowenstein.
During this process, "Sallie Roe, )"
tall and slender, maintained a stolid |
indifference, and was most of the time
half concealed in the shadows in the !
rear OF the room. Lizzie Doe. " tall !
aud stout, however, adopted different |
tactics. She went swinging backwards |
and forwards across the room, groau- |
ing, sobbing, wringing her hands and !
exclaiming, "Oh, my Oh my" The !
room was half filled with men, and oc- |
the griefstrcken woman
stopped before some sympathetic face !
and in appealing voice begged to know
if something could not be done for |
them.
When the information was read aud |
the two women were asked to plead |
they both unhesitatingly and emphat-
ically proclaimed their innocence in
these words
why not guilty of course -
Samuel Lowenstein, the first witness |
identified the skirt and said that it |
was taken without being paid for.
Miss Verdilla Cashner identified the !
handkerchiefs and ribbon as articles |