The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-02
WOMAN STOLE MANY AUTOS
MEN CLETER SWINDLE mas
MELTED HER $4,000.

shs Hlas mayed the same Game % MANY
Cities. Assissed ~ . ISung Man Said
70 Ne Ber ssuuOaaa she Has ssOIcn
I've AutSRosaies Here In = Month.
The pretty young woman With dark
eyes and q winning smile who buncoed
Prank J. Roman Of the Homan Schultz
GAFAss. at SI7 West Fifty ninth street. out
u a - 900 Peerless automobile Thursday
afternoon has bean identified by the
detective bureau here as the cIsverest
and most successful automobile thief In
the country
She has originated a new fiimham.
working IL so successfully wlth tho young
man who rs her confederate and who is
said to he her husband that in a few
months she has stolen sso. On worth oT
machines from San Francisco Ia New
York. She has tricked automobile dealers
IN san Francisco. Denver. Chicago and
New York. and the Detectives have never
b~en able 20 get near hor
Lieut. Jim Dunn Of the Central oric.
said yesterday that Mrs n Morton. or
Mrs y J spaldins. OF Mrs. nrtosa
these are only "A few Of her professional
names was tho engaging young person
Who bambOozIed John J Burgess n friend
Of Percy Maggie IN. Tammany leader.
on March Q. From Mr. Burgess she
stole a $500 Packard by a russ slightly
different from the one she used on Frank
J Homan
Burgsss had Just purchased tho car.
paying a deposit and contracting 10 pay
the rest in monthly instalments He
rented IL ont occasionally. with himself
N driver. Ia help make mp the payments.
On March the petite young person.
whose description. as obtained from Mr..
Roman ~ well IS from the police %
San Francirco. Denver and Chicago.
psctures her 80 from 10 to - years old.
slightly under tho medium height. slender
and graceful. with dark hair. d rk. very
expressive eyes. a re,rouss@ nose and rcd
hps. called MIR BurE--- on tho telephone
and asked him to take her 10 10 West
Twenty frst street PIE met her and
drove her 20 that address Tho young
man who turned Ip IN the Holman bunco
was not IN evidence az first
She was chatty and very Agreeable
and when upon leaving tn. machine az
10 West Twenty first street abe told
Burgess that the hag che had with her
was rather heavy for a woman To carry
he volunteered 10 take Il into ths house
for hsT. A. they stepped into ths hallway
Burgess heard somebody yelling:
Hey There goes your car
4 slightly built young man who had
been dividing On the corner had dArted
for the car the instant Burgess rack
w1s tssrRsd. aud leaping into the drivers
cent had thrown on IN. power Before
the lstOnshs-i owner could get To the
sidewalk the,auto had disappeared around
the corner Of fifth avenue
Within a fsw hour after Police He1d-
quarters sent out a report of the Burgess
case Information was reserved that tho
young woman was badly wanted IN at
least three cities bs--ide- New York
A. the Fairmont Hotel in 'ian Francisco
sh. Registered a. Mr. Ortega. Mr. Ortega
being along They visited dealer and
pretended that they wanted - buy
IS HD car 4 Demonstration Was sent along
with them and he was left few hours
later ia the same hy that Mr. Holman
found himself last THURSDAY afternoon
They Registered at the Auditorium
AnneN IA Chicago a. Mr. aud Mrs v
J SpaldinE.- and worked tn. game with
ne1tue-- and despatch Denver enter
tanned the couple next and the Brown
Palace had the honor q their patronage.
From Denver they apparently came
straight to Nes York. since the date ~
the Denver theft and the date. II Burgess =
Ices were only a few days apart
What bOthers the detectives most
u all - how the pair got away with the
automobiles 4 hig touring car ~ not
like a necklace or watch. You can't
put u ~ yo'ir pocket II has prominent
markings. peculiar individuality and
usually ~ A. 80 Sily traced a. Az cypress
train According 20 the police the couple
have been able 20 sell a. well a. steal
One Of the cars stolen N the West was
sold az Lansing. Mich
The description 81 Mr. Homan'- Peer
lees sent out Yesterday from Police Head
quarters l.
Automobile. No 1870 y. =. 1870
model. 7 passenger. 10 II p. model 10.
No GOA. dark maroon. wheels newly
Vanished. hood faded. folding cap top.
Mr. Burgess machine was Packard.
No 0seIs " Y. 1905 y J dark blue.
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