The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-03-15

ley back of the Riley fat, carrying a
bundle woman whom the officer
knew was passing at the same time.
and without really believing that he
was on the right trail but wishing to
| leave no stone Unturned, Thompson
called upon the woman and asked her
II she recollected the little girl they
had both met in the alley the day the
Riley fiat was entered. Julia Landis
was recalled the name given to the of
! hcer, who proceeded at once to the Ian
dis home.
! Julia was questioned with the result
that the wholesale confession was
made, the girl admitting to a number
or crimes. more or less serious in their
nature. besides those of which Riley
was the victim
Confesses to Other Crimes.
She confessed to the following crimes
besides those relating to Riley: Rob
berry ofsDr G. w. BickneIls office. over
the First National Bank building on
two occasions. both times taking moth
ing more valuable than a stack of
magazines. old and new, kept In the re-
cept1on room for the entertainment Of
waiting patrons
Stealing a watch from the Clinton
hardware store on Olcott avenue.
Picking the pockets of S. E. McCul-
Tough of 1919 Grapevine street Indi-
ana Harbor. Mccullough has the con-
tract for the Specter building in East
Chicago, and the coat was hanging on a
nail outside the building while its own
er was engaged on some work about
the structure. The booty in this case
was some papers, valuable only to their
owner. check book. contract for the
new building, letters. receipts. etc.
The parents of the girl are crushed
by the escapades of their daughter. who
is an only child. Mr. Lands declares
that he is powerless to curb her in her
desire to steal He says he has pun
ished her repeatedly and repeatedly
won her promise of future good behav-
Tor, to no avail.
Believe Girl Is Possessed.
She seems possessed to steal" de-
clared the father. Her mother is heart
broken and so am T. We see no wav
but to have her confined in some school |
where she will be constantly under sur |
vigilance"
The girl declared she entered the
Riley fiat by way of the front door.
which on both occasions had been I'M
locked. She declares she does not care
for thethings she steals, herself. but
gives them away to whoever she thinks
would care to have them That her
desire to steal is a disease with her. the
police make no doubt. Chief Higgins
VIII submit her to a severe sweating
today In an effort to ascertain whether
Or not there is some one influencing her
% steal and profiting by her ilI-gotten
gains. 1t is said on one occasion the
mild had a companion, and this fact
las led Chief Higgins to think there
nay be more to the story than appears
IN the surface
Eyes are Shifty.
Julia is g child of average size. and
lot bad looking. She is, however rath-
T unusual in appearance, being of a
leeided blond type. bordering on the
Ibino. A remarkable feature about
Ter Is her eyes. which are shtfty and
eem incapable of fixing themselves l
more than momentarily upon any one
zho may be questioning her.
She voiced her defiance of the police
\ no defiant tone, but made the asser-
ion that she had no fear Of the Off
ers OF the law nor of what they might
0 TO her, calmly and dispassfonatelv. :
he broke down, however. and cried {
nd sobbed when her father told her {
her mothers grief over her wav E
|:
Chief Higgins will doubtless deter
line on what course he will nursne in
egard to the little burglar. during the
ay.