Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-22
Measures Taken to Protect
Merchant and Shopper.
EXTRA DUTY FOR POLICE
Warning Circulated Concerning
Crooks Who Are Operating.
RoGUERY IS HARD TO PREVENT
Opportunity Tempts Many to Do
Wrong, While Professional Shop
litter Reaps Big Harvest.

Maj. Richard Sylvester, superintendent
of police, and Inspector Robert Board
man, chief of detectives, are giving
thought to the protection of merchants
and shoppers during the holiday season.
They believe the early shopping move
ment is certain to be the means of
bringing out the holiday buyers earlier
than usual. Not only will it assist dealers
and customers to reap the best benefits,
but it will also have a tendency to reduce
the holiday rush and make it more diff
cult for shoplifter and pickpocket to
work.
Both these police officials realize that
give dealers and patrons extra protec-
ton from raids made by the light-fin-
gered, usual during the holidays. 1t is
their intention to have detectives and
policemen perform extra duty in the
business sections.
Not only will central Office detectives
do extra duty about the business section,
but some precinct men will be shifted TO
that section, and every effort made to
prevent wholesale stealing.
Just when the extra work will be COM
menced the police officials have not yet
determined. Should the early shopping
movement meet with success it will be-
gin much earlier than usual.
Harvest Time for Rogues.
1.-The holiday season never passes with
out stealing said a police official last
night 1T is not always done by pro-
fessionals. Goods displayed where they
can easily be taken are hard to guard
when thousands of shoppers are going
through the stores. 1t is practically I'M
possible to prevent stealing.
ut sometimes happens that children
and people from the country yield to
temptation when they see SO much at
tractive merchandise displayed" the Of
fetal added Those who are likely TO do
the most damage are the well dressed
shoplifters, who are usually accounted
kleptomaniacs when caught. Professional
shoplifters are able to take more property
at one haul than would score or more
of ordinary pilferers during an entire
holiday season..
Maj Sylvester has sent out several
warnings to housekeepers and merchants
during the past month. Despite his eff
forts additional victims have been record
ed. A man who has passed bogus checks
upon propretors of boarding houses has
not been apprehended. Warnings were
sent out about him. People are still &C
him cash money.
Jewelry Thief's Exploit.
Proprietors of jewelry stores last night
were warned about man who has re-
Gently operated in Columbus. Ohio. The
man is known under the name of A. E.
Miller, alias Goldberg. and is a Hebrew.
forty-five years of age. He has dark COM
plexion, is slightly bald. occasionally
wears nose glasses and lisps when talk
ing. When he was last seen in Columbus
he wore a gray suit, new overcoat and
brown derby hat.
It is stated in the circular that Miller
November procured from a jeweler in
Columbus, Ohio, two lady's solitaire dia-
mond rings. one and one-half carat each,
and gave in payment a check for $500
drawn on the First National Bank Of San
Francisco, Cal, which proved to be
worthless.
"This man will likely call on you" the
circular concludes. 'Should he do SO.
please see he is entertained and immedi-
ately telephone Main 532.