The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-12-19

The alleged forging of the check,
the police say Mrs. Clapp now admits,
had nothing whatever to do with their
enforced marriage. It was brought
about solely by the insistence Of their
neighbors. who frowned upon such an
alliance as theirs.
This revelation 10 but one Of the in
teresting side lights which the de-
tective department asserts has been
unearthed regarding the lives, sep
arately and collectively, of the Clapps
prior to the shooting.
The detectives today are investigat-
ing the remarkable similarity be-
tween Mrs. Clapp's maiden name. her
age and her former address to that OF
one Marie Camille Lakaier, alias Ma
rie Allison, who was known to the
police several years ago as "the light
ming change artist"
Look up Record.
On August 10. 1899. the detectives
took into custody 17-year-old girl
who was accused Of perpetrating the
boldest apartment house robberies
which this city had witnessed for
many years. She was regarded at
that time as one Of the most daring
feminine criminals who had ever
been arrested in this city. Her in
genuity and assurance baffled the en-
tire police force for weeks before she
was finally run down.
The Marie Camille Lakaier, or Ma
Socs ,lison, was specifically accused
ofAtr the apartment houses Of a
Mrs. ~ Cb thompson. Fifteenth and
Arch stree and Mrs. Rebecca Seux-
berry, Seventeenth streets and Mont
gomery avenue.
Her method Of procedure was in
genious. She would visit apartment
houses and ask to look at suites. At
an opportune moment she would slip
into a tenants room, adorn herself In
the costliest clothing, furs and Jewell
ry to be found In the apartment. and
boldly walk from the house and dis
appear with the stolen goods.
Had Same Address.
When the girl was arrested she
gave her address as 6216 Vine street,
according to the detectives. That is
where Mrs. Clapp's father; Morris
Lakjer, lived at that time, and still
does live.
A picture was, taken Of the girlish
thief at that time. and remains In the
rogues' gallery at city hall. The de-
tectives working upon the case aver
that there is striking resemblance
between this photograph and the
present Mrs. Clapp.
They also point out the fact that
the ""Tiger Lady" when arrested gave
her age as % years. She would.
therefore, correspond In age to the
feminine Rafles, inasmuch as the ar
rest was made eleven years ago, and
the girl at that time gave her age az
IL years.
Detective James Tate arrested the
girl in 1889. He picked her out Of q
crowd in Market street department
store by the aid of a photograph.
/ When Mrs. Clapp was brought to
the city hall to face the detectives n
Is said that she smiled at ,Tate and
spoke TO him. 4; q
Captain souder also appeared IA
miliar with Mrs. Clapp's face. and
when she entered his. ONCE is said to
have remarked:
"Why, know. you.''
Ask Father.
The girl "Raffles" in 1889 was ar
raigned before Magistrate Jermon
and held under $1,000 bail for fur
ther hearing. She was never. prose-
cuted in court, however. A number OF
men socially and commercially prom
inent stepped forward and interceded
In her behalf. Their influence was
such as to force the withdrawal of
the charges against her.
The assertion is made by the police
that short time after this episode
the father Of the present Mrs. Clapp
changed hia name. from Lakyer to
Lakjer.