Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-04
TOOK MONEY AS WE'LL

IIlitt WAS EttDpuliS Nm GUNS dSO eLSi
since then Mrs. Scott managed to take
out of the store an assortment of goods
that included millinery, silks, ribbons,
hosiery, gents furnishings, such as
shirts, underwear, hosiery, etc, and
house linen to an amount now estimat-
ed to reach $4,000 at least. For her
share Mrs. Ryan had stored away in
her room about $500 worth of stuff, but
in her breakdown she confessed that
she had been stealing money almost
daily for several weeks past. She adj
mitted that her populations sometimes
reached as high as SIS a day and never
less than 81 or IS.
William Langton, president of the
Peoples Cash Store, gave to a. News
representative this morning the story
of the robbery. The beginning Of the
discovery OF the falsity of the two wo-
men whom the store trusted implicitly,
occurred while MI. Langton was absent
from the city in attendance at the bed
side of his 11-year-old son who died last
Saturday. 1t was not until his return
to Salt Lake from East Crescent, and
only within an hour or two after he
had attended the last rites in the fu-
neral of the boy that he was advised of
the robbery.
VICTIMS STATEMENT.
In an interview this morning. Mr..
Langton said:
I'VE are the victims. think. of one
of the most systematic robberies ever
committed here, and we are not able
yet to estimate the loss. Mrs. Lucille
Scott, who seems to be one of the prin-
cipals, entered our employ last April,
coming from Omaha. and / engaged
Mrs. Ryan in ST. Louis in March to
take charge of our millinery depart
ment.
when l returned Monday after a
weeks absence from the store 1t struck
me that the millinery department must
have had an excessive business, our
stock was so depleted. Before ! could
ascertain, however, ! was informed by.
my son that Mrs. Scott, in charge OF
another department hsd been dis
charged after confession of theft. and
then we obtained information that led
us to call in Mrs. Ryan, in charge of
the millinery. Mrs. Ryan confessed
to her guilt, and gave us the address
of Mrs. Scott, who had gone to her
home in Omaha. We gave the infor-t
nation to Sheriff Sharp and last night
Mrs. Scott was arrested in Omaha
MRS. RYAN'S CONFESSION. a
Mrs. Ryan's confession told the
whole story.
I'm the early part of July" she
said, MRS.. Scott came to me and
told me she wanted TO get some
stuff out of my department, and Of.
&fered TO give me some goods from
her department. I thought she just
wanted to get little stuff and agreed.
had no idea she would take so
much. It was fixed SO that when any
thing was taken / would turn my
back. Then about six weeks ago 1
needed some money and, began TAX
ing a few dollars every day"
After her confession Mrs. Ryan, VINO
is Divorce, gave back to the store
about $500 worth of stolen goods, but
could not tell Just how much money
she had stolen from the cash
drawer
That at least five and perhaps more
people formed conspiracy to rob
the PEOPLES store was determined
from evidence secured last night and
today At least three women and
two men were involved with the prin-
cipal, however, as Mrs, Scott From
the nature of thefts. and the manner
OF disposing of the goods by shipping
them to Omaha and Denver the sup
position is that the main object was