The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-12-10
Here's a Warning
To Women Who
Steal in Stores 4!
u 10 a Sad Fact That II Is There
fore Of Interest to Many. and
Not Poor Women In Par
ticular, Either.


. New York millionaire caught stealing in store
1t is word of warning prompted by statistics which go to
practice shoping has reached such alarming
has been found necessary TO
inaugurate al organized campaign against it.
At this season of the year the stores look
bought expressly the holiday trade and in
order what the it is necessary
that the displayed possible the counter
The effect of this unfortunately such OF hand
things within their reach women whose
tastes exceed the size of their pocketbooks
And in moment of weakness they yield and sTEAL. Co.
No will know they but most mistakenly Tor
nine times out of ten they are caught ,., , =,
There isn't big in Detroit during the holiday rush that
police who do nothing else
but watch the buyers and protect the counters
Some of the employ detective the year around
But the merchants certain lines would be put
out Of business by petty thieves So,
The articles stolen not be worth than ten cents put
requires the theft of only such articles to reach dollars loss
The proprietor of simply take this
protect himself
With parts of the then how does the
steal but what the next her who
dressed like shopper and in way only shopper
Is detectivea
she bound catch the shopler in the
The detective goes straight then of Capt McDon
plain clothes who assigned this time OF the to
stand the
She describes the who stole and the article stolen and
goes back into the store to watch others
slopter the exit from the and conratu
latng herself having successfully reached that point when
mans her shoulder.
The tells her that he detective and that she must ac
company him police headquarters.
protest but the detectives seldom make
mistake.
police headquarters the department.
searched by and the stolen goods found
This the point where the who steals in the stores be-
gins p 30 5saas h her us srPisd which often the case
Perhaps she a mother, which, also is often the
These facts the whose desire is to possess the hand
things she and which she cannot afford buy
Then repentance and eorse bitter
husband her children and her friends all must know
Next she must take her place among the prisoners police
publicity which will attach to her
sharply shoplrs heavy is i'm
posed of
upon Others who be tempted steal from the counters
Of nothing enforce the
alternative and send the to the house of correction
always without the buy who is
Members Of the best families in Detroit have before now been
police headquarters and property stolen from the
The first thought of this class newspapers
friends begged ntercede in effort get the papers
The newspapers a inclined to
comply with these until the last few when shop
Hitting that it considered only
fair merchants and the duty other
sound warning them what they might should they
newspaper the first agent the
every consider the penalty stealing
from the attendant disgrace and the publicity and the loss
yields temptation have that which she gmay by
paying for it
Young engage shopfting ofentmes prank and
editorial that this practice dangerous
nothing indicative of brightness
able steal in though girl succeeds in evadng discovery
which the tempted, again.
probable
And besides though she looks upon in the light that the
articles police officers
the may take the view.
There genuine keptoman inability
part persons resist the temptation STEAL in which
stealing a disease.
often the defense
shople especially if she be weltodo and the member
inenf family
genuine affection encountered and
rarely proportion the number of shopers
are caught establish
faction of police judges.
The Times appeals here the weakness of many
something their helpless
against before ribbon display
Of jewels
many notably that of the rich whose al
sufficient having all the hneries she
Il is downright dishonesty
In Others the wish Of the have what
4 rich have.
This s impossible
is he