Bisbee daily review., 1907-09-01
SOCIETY GIRL AS STREET CAR
 BANDIT
Los Angeles Police Think Re- cent HoIdup Was Done by Woman as Result of a Bet With Her Friends,

LOS ANGELES. Aug. s1.--That a young woman, probably a society leader in Los Angeles, held up and and robbed car No. Is on the Redon- do-Inglewood line Tuesday night in order to win a bet, is the general opinion among the detectives and po- lice officers who have been working on the case.
 This opinion was arrived at only af- ter the ground had been carefully gone over and all the passengers who were on the car questioned.
 The officers say that no man dar- ing enough to commit a robbery of the nature of the one Tuesday night would be so nervous during the com mission of the crime, or would be sat isfied with such a small amount of money from among so many passen- gers.
 The revolver which was used was. a Colts automatic pistol, and to those who were near enough to observe il, appeared to be a new one, and it is thought it was purchased for the ex- press purpose of holding up the car with 1t.
 The handkerchief which was used as . mask by the robber, together with the false mustache, both Of which were lost while the robber was escaping, are held by the police.
 The handkerchief is an expensive linen one and has never been washed It is thought this also was purchased by the robber for the nights work The mqstache appears to have been used several times, as the wax which is used to hold it to the lip is worn down, but it is thought this was done while the robber was practicing fol the hold-up.
 All yesterday detectives visited the stores in Los Angeles where aTticlt of this nature are sold, but none oi the dealers was able to identify il as one which had been in their shops
 According to Motorman J. Burke and Conductor T. T. Holman, the crew in charge of the car at the time of the robbery, as we'll as the pas sengers who were questioned by tht detectives yesterday, the robber an swered the description of woman more than that of man.
 The hand which held. the revolver was much smaller that that of th' average man, and was white ana plump. The fingers were shapely and tapered to well-manicured nails
 The robber was slender and ap peared to weight about 110 pounds and was only about 5 feet 3 inches tall. Those who observed the face O the robber say the skin was soft, ant
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 When the thief spoke the voict was musical and low and at no tim did it become coarse or rough
 Officers who have been connecte' with the department for many year at last called attention to the seyera known instances where women nav, pulled off jobs of this nature, general Iy for the purpose oi winning som wager.
 Loot appeared to be the last thint this robber wanted" said one deteC tive yesterday, land to me it seem the robbery was committed for som other purpose.
 aT believe the job was done by woman and she is woman of we4E
 - --ss-ic-<.<e..+ hEit Uiih-a- -craGS fer excitement
 "The fact that she carried the rt yolver which cannot be duplicate for less than s22 causes ne to eeliev this while the fact ,nat tue handke1 cbief which was found af.er the rot bery cost at least 75 cents, goes eve farther to convince me that my theor is correct.
 Had the robber been out alter ioc do not believe the actions woul have been the same. No highway man would have been satisfied Wit s15 or s20 from car full Of peoph but would have insisted on eacn pa senger digging deeper. Out ot ca with as many persons as the roboe car had a robber would probably hay got more than s1o0 as usual tninl and one of the passengers on the ca Tuesday night had twice that muc in one of his pockets
 "To me it appears the robbery hs all the earmarks of a stunt put up 2