The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-12
TELLS OF LIFE AS
BUR Gil AIRS SPY
--------
jean Miller, Arrested With Man
Shot at Passaic, Relates
Amazing Story.
LIVED AT BEST HOTELS
Sorry Now, She Says, and Wants
to Return to the Home
of Parents.
LIVED AT BEST HOTELS

New york, December it.--"fm sorry
now. and Just as soon as 1 get out 81
this III go back TO my parents and be
a good girl. No moro burglary for
me-" said Jean Miller. at the Passaie
police station to reporters ana the po-
lice inst before she was taken TO the
county Jail in Paterson.
The girl. who was arrested Thursday
night after her companion, known as
James Hanley, had been shot while
entering the house of Theodore T. TAI
pev In Passaic, told what seems to be
history OF her life. Although she
first gave her age as TWENTY-FIVE, she
admitted to the police that she was
only seventeen.
Il was born in ware Mass. where
nv parents. Mr.. and Mrs. John Mitch
eli sim live" she continued. Two
years ago ! went to Boston. worE4d
in store. where / mot Hanley. He
esfd he was salesman, and 1 knew
MIN as such for long time 1 was
surprised when he finally told me ne
was A burglar and wanted to quit his
arn,Iaintance, but he was persistent
"IIe offered to take me through the
East with him, to dress me as well, and
all / was to do was to lay bones =
that is, 10 stand outside, keep watch
and give an alarm If danger was near
while he robbed houses. Now, every
girl likes to travel and to wear good
clothes; so l agreed. We worked IN
the suburbs of Boston, making some
good hauls, generally in the early
evening.
Diued at Best Hotels.
Wed take lodging in the most
fashionable part of the town we We're
h i'm
off all suspicion We wore fine clothes
and dined at the best hotels; so there
wasn't anything about our appearance
TO suggest the burglar. was little
nervous at first watching while my
pal worked. but L soon got used to
the business We made a haul i'll
charlestown that produced 5000. From
Charlestown we went to Cambridge,
and from Cambridge TO Providence.
1T was in Providence whore l first
earned my money. There were TWO
houses next to each other in the fash
ionable section that we fancied. They
were in darkness and looked good.
Hanley tried the doors and got INTO
one but some one in the other mousse
saw him and got after him, My pal.
shot twice, but didn't frighten he man
chasing him. lie rushed past ME, and
L screamed and fell over as if in Il
faint. The man chasing my PAL was
close to him, but gave up the chase
10 attend to me. BY the ume l was
recovered Jim had escaped.
1T was the one time was caned
upon 10 carry out my part as the
.chicken. From Providence we moved
TO New York, but the big town was
little speedy, so we went to hhilar
delphia. IN the first job we turnec
there Hanley got away with nandiuls
of gold watches and chains jewelry
and trinKets. He gave them all tc
me, and they filled the two big pockets
of my fur coat. ! generally carried
the loot, for we supposed ! would not
be suspected From Philadelphia we
went to Germantown, Pa, and from
there to Camden.
I'm Camden we worked four houses
in one night. We had to get out OF
that place, though, because another
fellow in the business crowded us. II
doesn't pay to have two sets of burg
lars in one territory, so we quit. In
twenty days we turned nineteen jobs
After all that you'd think we'd have
bunch of money, but we had lived
high, and there wasn't much left in
the treasury
Wanted 20 Try Her Hand
we thonsht wpd turn a trick in
Jersey City 'and We went there, but
things didn't look very good. Han
ley was sore and made up his mind
he'd come back to Passaic, We gave