The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-29
|VDMAN TAKEN IN
lon CRAVE CHARGE
Arrested as She Steps From
Southern Pacific Train
in Ogden.
rs ACCUSED OF THEFT
OF VALUABLE JEWELS
diamonds Worth $4,000 Dis.
appear at Time She Left
Bankers Home.

j \
.ludins the police and private detective
agencies Of several California cities since
| p.oember I. Mrs. c. 3. Blackword
A ranta5 In Sacra mento on charge of
ihsft OF diamonds and iewelry from the
aoms Of President w. F.. Gerber OF the
A rslforn,a National bank valued at $4,000.
was arrested on wired description at
the Union depot early this morning upon
tho arrival OF Southern Pacific train No.
nom the west by Detective Charles
ppcock and patrolmau John Cooney Of
4 The local police.
The woman was taken to the police
station with her baggage until the ar
4 riyal OF C. - riazistt assistant superin-
isndent OF the Gienac- Nelson secret
ssryice bureau OF San Francisco. and
Special Officer W. S. Biggs OF the South
prn Pacific railroad with headquarters
q. Sacramento, When these officers
reached the city this afternoon her bag
rage was thoroughly inspected and she
vas subjected TO a vigorous search by
/ the matron at the city jail. but no trace
Of the missing Jewels we're found. In
the trunk. however, the officers found
I lavish collection OF silk dresses, fancy
sork and an expensive silk quilt. which
hey identified as portion OF the articles
/ stolen from the Gerber residence. The
I
/ but the detectives say that the cvi-
dence which they have against her is
l damaging. a small chamois skin bag.
uscJ 10 carry diamonds and jewelry, was
/ found about her neck, but the gems have
Eot been located
Was Domestic in House.
Tho theft OF the Sacramento bankers
tonle occurred December {. The Black
spr1 woman admits that she was en-
1 Ilcyed there as a domestic. and that she
lsi, after the departure OF Mrs Gerber
On visit 10 the Pacific coast. Her sud
Gen disappearance excited the suspicious
e Mr.. Gerber, who started an inventory
q the family jewels. and found the fol-
owing 10 be missing: One large ring
1 Eth three diamonds in a row one set
'oral earrings with a cluster Of diamonds,
ese set screw earrings with large dia
nonos. one bracelet with large diamond.
oze bar pin with large diamond In cen
ter. master Mason gold charm with sun
sufS set and with large diamond in
ns center, the property OF Mr.. Gerber.
Az soon as the articles were missed.
ne banker reported his loss to w, II.
ansrn, chief Of police at Sacramento,
AL who scattered descriptions of the
surnan and the missing jewelry broad
sM. The GIgnac- Nelson bureau was
@hsd lor assistance. and Assistant Su-
sIlntondent Hazlett personally took
ss.ag saStge OF tbe case II was learned yes
,erday that woman answering her de-
~ Her husband, with whom she has
seeome reconclled after a long separa-
S wa, was located there and is now in
m Keno county jaIl. Learning that the
sunlsh was passenger on the east
Mund ,,d Southern Pacific train, the detec-
ss Nlrea the local police. asking for
Er apprehension, and her arrest fol-
p~ea this morning.
Protests Her Innocence.
ne woman is tail and angular with
- LEessaht iace. She appears cool and col
H. ana despite the grueIling examina-
sIa. Jmts tne theft or any knowledge of The
~asng Jewelry. She accounts for the
ss Ss' ,sanings in her trunks which have
lie cerbsr cgmsihed edo,a as properly taken from
he were given to hen by members OF
NJ bankers family.
1 s.crsu nu woman says she will go back to
a., S,remento willingly without the neces-
w OF requlsItion papers. In fact she
I lsr 80 " oe anxious TO return and face
L "a sccusers. and has asked permission
ier SSp az Reno for short time TO see
1 ,hst htfthecuve Zee Hazlett said this afternoon
an baS Is y. reasonably suro that the wom-
4 10 arI,ns ens Glamonds and jewelry when
klisyesai ,S In Ogden this morning. and
,isrs ,irses mat she has managed TO secreie
L sal 90 ts%41mewhere after her arrest by the
~ ,,oI ,wlicers. The prisoner admits that
acnmSssrem wSs employed at the home of the
II lessIo c. pdnhcr under the name Of
n lamn SroHcr. but that she assumed that
n kasS IN order 10 rid herself of her h,Is-
fss Sitn whom She was at outs at tbe
her employment early in Novem
ansrie e VIII probably be taken 10 Sac
kfsis o. tomorrow morning by the Cali
II Officers Are Coming.
4 avs. uSahaseh asnh from Sacramento tonight
.Iiy ls,, tnief OF Police Ahern OF This
kr hg hug back Mrs. a. BlacEwords ana
LIS Sn.hd' who. it is charged, robbed
4 ys,is,aTi Tie,roer, president Of the California
81 At A066' oank Of iewclrv and furs valued
4 Asiwisn ,Hlackwords has confessed thai
II s.rbers ,,l mlIcd out as a servant to the
krswlcS. used her position to obtain
4 Inn s,a55' oil the family valuables and
4 faslly ,g, Systematically for two weeks
iloo6 ihg diamond necklace valued
1aah has a"o escaping in the night The
NJ hruugb%, operated in this manner
" n DTs ana II The west. particularly in Den
2 4spor,s sd seattle: and few months AGO
Min An themselves in San Francisco
4 lalIdoe automobile and an imported
y ltunk 9TH, 9l The pair was obtained through
= pa In eyIotrcd with local express man.
) PODS ne which mich the woman placed the
2 s1nd viii stole them. This trunk was
''Ni TIC woman ar T,p1