The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-09
Alleged Shoplifters Are Put on
the Carpet at Police Head
quarters.
WOMAN TURNS OUT TO
BE A FORMER ACTRESS
Man Is Keeping Mum and De-
cIineS to Discuss His
Case.

Chief of Detectives George 4. Sheets
Of the Salt Lake police department. had
the man and woman who wero arrested
Saturday night charged with shoplift-
ing. and who gave their uames as l..
Davis and Mrs L. Davis, on the "green
carpet Sunday afternoon, and the
cross-eXamination he gave them brought
out facts which would mako a good
plot for a melodTama The 6rst thing
found out by Detective Sheets was that
tho woman was not Mrs. L. Davis. as
she wished it believed, but an actress,
whose real name is Ola Hayden, the
daughter, IL is understood, of Hayden,
the well-known comic song writer.
The woman was at one time q singer
on the vaudeville stage, but she has
been travelling with Davis, if that is his
night name, for some three years, aud
Judging from her wearing apparel their
shoplftlng business must have been
successful, IS the woman is gowned in
silks and satips OF the finest quality.
Woman Talks Freely.
The woman was on the carpet for
about two hours, and, although she
seemed perfectly willing to talk about
herself, would not give much informa.
tion about the scheme she and Davis
have been working. The woman ad
mltted that she was divorced from her
husband, and that she had two small
children, one living in Denyer, Colo,
and another in Helena, Mont. The
woman is handsome and has very
winning manner. She takes her impris-
onment In most matter-off fact way
and puts up no objections to the prison
fare or TO being locked up in one of
the steel cells of the woman s ward of
the city bastile.
Davis, when brought before Detective
Sheets, showed Immediately that he
was versed, in the ways of criminals,
and carefully eluded speaking of any
thing which would In any way go
against him In proving his innocence,
The mans cross.eyamination was of
shorter duration than that of the wom-
an. as he did not talk very freely and
1t was useless to question him.
Loot in Abundance.
In the detectives office are three
large trunks, which were taken from
the room of the man and woman, which
contain q varied assortment of goods.
There is everything from fancy theator
hats to small pieces of jewelry. The
goods taken in this city will amount TO
close, to $1,000 In value. a number of
bt'' Su.-nbc DdNC bNSu 70 Lut pOlICC SUD-
tion and identified some OF the goods as
belonging to them. Nearly all the prin-
cipal stores in Salt Lake are said TO
have been visited by the couple, and
when taken into custody were gather
ing mp loot which, if sold, would com
mand nice sum.
Detective Sheets states that the two
people. are without question the clever
est pair of shoplifters that have been
arrested in this city for long time.
Their method of operation was q good
deal similar to the old style-ore keep
ing the clerk busy while the other
helped himself or herself to the goods.
The manner of concealiug the Stolen
goods was something new.
The man had an overcoat with large
pockets made 10 its lining, which would
not disclose the presence of a good
sized load. The coat was perfect fit
about the shoulders, but was made
with a very loose, wide skirt.
1t is thought that the pair came to
this citv from Semitic