The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-07-07
WOMAN TEMPTED tn
STEAL A DIAMOND.
Mrs. Dureka Wood Plans Clever
Theft From Bowers's
Jewelry Store.
SICKNESS OF HUSBAND
GIVEN AS A MOTIVE
Detective Chase Acts ON a
"Hunch" and Arrests
the Woman.

Detective Chase OF the local police
department believes in "hunches. - He
had one about noon Saturday. IT came
upon hlm on n street car. 1t was so
persistent that it led him to get off
the car, follow woman to the Sierra
Nevada Lumber company's plant at 35
south Third West street and place her
under arrest. The woman gave the
name of Mrs. Eureka Wood Sc wears
old. She is in Jail charged with steal.
ing diamond valued at $95 from C.
r.: Bowers jewelry store, 245 South
Main street. about IL clock Saturday
morning.
The "buncb," or presontiment as
the less vulgar call it. happened like
TINS: Detective Chase Saturday after
noon had an appointment that called
him to the neighborhood OF the Sierra
Nevada mill at ] clock. He also
had the description Of the woman who
entered tho Bowers jewelry store, and
1T is charged took a diamond stud
worth S95. From his car the detective
saw upon the street woman partially
answering the description. Mr.. Bow
ers SAID the woman who took his dia-
mond stud wore a white shrtwaist and
a dark skirt, with belt of beads, was
heavy with black hair, and bore a
birthmark on the left cheek The de-
tective could sec that the woman an
sswered the description as TO the cloth
ing and general appearance. but he
couldn t tell about the beads in the
belt OF the birthmark, Then the wo-
man s appearance stamped her as en-
tlrely respectable and the detective
was in an awful hurry TO make his ap-
pointment at l, which was an impor-
tant one. His car hurried him by the
woman.
'Hunch' Would Not Down.
But the "hunch' got busy and il
and the appointment kept the detec-
tive in one of the most undecided and
uncomfortable states of mind he ever
has been in for a few seconds The
"huncb' won, however. $50 to-
said the detective to the appointment.
and he stopped the car, Jumped off and
started after the disappearing woman.
About four blocks away, in front Of
the Sierra Nevada mill, he caught up
with her. close inspection satisfied
the detective that the woman was the !
right one and he placed her under Ar
rest She objected at first, but came |
with the detective finally
Mrs, Wood admittd her guilt, after |
some questioning, telling pitiful story |
of the illness of her husband and sub
seguent big physicians and hospital
bills, also other debts The piling up .
of debts against them, she said, led |
to the temptation to take the diamond. I
She said she and her husband are
spiritualistic workers Of note, Wood
has been back at his work at the
Sierra Nevada mill only a, week after
an illness. she said. She had gone to
the mill to see him when her arrest
came,
Theft Well Planne.
Mr. Bowers SAYS the woman came
TO his store the first time about two
weeks ago and thinks the robbery was
well planned Five or six times since
then she came into look at jewelry,
but was not shown goods usually, for
the reason that Mr.. Bowers has an or
Ter prohibiting clerks from exhibiting
TO prospective buyers when
he is not present. Saturday morning
she looked Mt a pair of diamond ear
lrops. Mr.. Bowers showing the goods
10 her, none of which appeared to
please. She asked to he shown dia-
nond brooch in the window. While
Mr.. Bowers back was turned, it is
hought, she pocketed the diamond. The
brooch suited her, she said, and she
would bring her husband to see it that
night Then she left.
Mr.. Bowers, in placing the goods
back in the cases, missed the diamond
,tud and notified the police at once.
Then he started the rounds Of the
,awnshops. At w. II. Fuller loan of
ice. East Second South street. Mr.,
Bowers learned that woman answer
ng the description of Mrs. Wood had
,cen there few minutes before Try
ne to pawn a diamond stud, but Mr..
Mller's son had refused to make the
oan in the absence of his father.
Mr. Bowers then went on to Uncle
sam s loan Office at 80 East First
south street, and found the diamond
tud. The woman had pawned it there :
or $50 the manager, l. Cline, making
he loan Mr.. Cline had taken men !
al picture Of the woman IN the trans /
ction and Mr.. Bowers was assured
hat the same woman who took the
iamoud from his store had pawned it.
,ho gave the name of Mrs. T. Rice;
ddrcss, 335 West South Temple street, {
The woman's story affected the po
ice, but the County Attorneys Office
efused to condouc the crime, and she
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