Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-09
Police Station Crowded This
Morning With Victims of
Clever Shoplifters.
WOMAN coNFEssEs GUILT.
Ola Hayden. '.Phcnomcnal Baritone, =
Calmly :Admts Being Party to
Series OF Bold Thcfts.


and down Main street. from 2. c. NJ. l.
to Walkers, are looking over hundreds
of articles OF stolen goods, taken By
clever shopIifters, dashng Ola Hayden.
daughter or the we'll known actor Joe
Hayden. Quietly occupies cen in the
city Jail awaiting arraignment on the
serious charge OF grand larceny. In
spite of the fact that, in all probability
she VIII spend some time behiud prts-
| on bars. she was calm and serene this
| morning and freely admitted her COM
plicity in the thefts Of articles from
| various stores in Salt Lake. the said
articles aggresating in value $1,000,
| Ola Hayden is the name given her
| by her parents, but about seven years
ago she changed it when she married
| man named Irish. She is the mother
| of two children. and her husband Is
| now in the klondke. She says she
| has son living in Denver and n little
daughter in Helena, Mont When she
| arrived in Salt Lake she took the name
| OF Mrs. L. Davis, and With q man Ny
| that name was arrested oil saturday
night by Chief of Detectives George
| a. Sheets and Detective Ed ,lanneF on
the charge Of shopliftlng. The couple
| fell into the clutches of the minons
| Of the law on State street between
Third and Fourth South. and when
they were taken TO the station, a large
quantity of stolen goods was found
upon them. and also $3.50 in cash. Later
The rooms of the couple were searched.
revealing two big trunks full OF stoi II
articles. ranging from gloves to seal
skin coats sills furs and picture hats.
OWNERS IDENTIFY STUFF.
While representatives OF dry goods
and millinery and iewelry stores We're
at the police station this morning
Identifying and trying to identify prop
erty lost by them l.. Davis and the
pretty woman We're locked in cells at
The city jail, awaiting a call to come
into court To plead to grand larceny.
That they will both be tried here, there
is no doubt whatever, But Ola Hay
den appears not to worry Brazenly
She says: Il know I did wrong. |
don't know why I did it, hut did it.
For several days prior to saturday
!. complaints we're coming in thick ant
fast from merchants who compliance
that they were losing valuable goods
! silk skirts waists, dress goods, gloves
ieMeIry, hats and in fact all sorts oi
articles We're being missed and the po-
lice We're appealed to to capture the
clever shoplifters. Detectives Sheets
and Janney We're detailed by Chief Pit;
on the case. They. started to work
! and soon had a man giving the name OF
l.. Davis and the Hayden woman under
suspicion Saturday evening they ar
rested the couple and took them IL
police headquarters.
Davis had on an oyercoat that fitted
| him well but upon examination 1t was
| found to be supplied with copious pock-
cts. capa BILE Of holding and concealing
a great quantity of goods. He had a
saalskin saque. several silk waists and
several silk skirts while the woman
had considera bic ieWelry.
The man said his name was Davis,
aged "a years. and that the woman VAS
, his wife. aged 80 years. Both refused
to make any statement when they were
taken into custody, but yesterday, aft
81 the sweating" process had been re-
sorted to. the woman admitted that her
name was Hayden, or Irish. that she
had been with Davis for come time and
had assisted him In his thens.
HER PART TO STALL
She said that her part WAS TO do the
.'stalling. IN other words, she would
| accompany Davis 10 q store and while
she attracted the attention Of the clerks
and iloorwalkers by making small pur-
chases Davis would get busy and
.lft'' anvthire Of valua that WAS not
nailed down. Ii this way they stole
from many Sal, Lake stores. accumu-
lating about $1,000 worth of property
Anything and everything Of value in
the nature of wearing apparel was
taken by them and soaked" away
/ in trunks.
Before the woman confessed. Chief
Pitt and Detective Sheets went to the
rooms occupied by the couple and there
found two trunks full of plumber. The
trunks and their contents were taken 10
the station and the woman confessed,
She said that her father was on a
California circuit and TINT for a long
time she followed a stage career Sew
eral months ago, she said, she was
singing in san Francisco and was
starred as THE phenomenal lady bari
tone She then Joined Davis and went
through the northwest, after which
they began following the racing circuit.
shoplifting While the woman admit
ted she was Il party to crimes commit
| ted by Davis, she expressed surprise
at the sight of some of the things and
said she did not know Davis had gone
so far.
silks. furs, hats and gloves have been
identified by the oWnars. Lieut. Hem
pei stated this morning to Asst. Conn
ty Atty. Myers. that complaints would
be filed against the couple here The
paiis will probably be arraigned tomor-
| row morning before Judge G. Il. Dieill
in the criminal division OF the city
court.
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