The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-12-29
W @ M A N is
s Z ILL IN
JAIL

Declining 10 make any admissions
tho, might be used against her by
the police and maintaining a pose OF
feminine dignity altogether out or
kecp,ng With prison bars and prison
fare Mrs c. Il. Bleckword. the al
Legged diamond thief. still waits in the
citv prison for the officers who are
to take her back TO the coast TO race
the charges which have been brought
against her
Mrs Blackword was arrested yester-
day morning as she stepped from an
eastbouDd Southern Pacific train, on
a telegraphIc complaint sent the OG-
den officers by the authorities OF
Sacramento. IL is alleged that the
woman is wanted for the theft OF
$1,000 worth of Jewclry.
Posed As Servant Girl.
While poslng as 4 servant girl. the
woman Is said to have robbed tho
home Of W. E Gerber, president OF
the California National bank of Sac
ramcnto. and succeeded in making her
escape Two thousand dollars worth
OF loot, consisting OF six pieces OF
iewelrv set with diamonds Is miss
ing and it Is possible that Che woman
disposed OF these In some unknown
manner following her arrest here yes
tcrday morning,
Other articles taken from the Sac
ramento homo were found In the wo-
mans trunk. but there Is no trace OF
the diamonds. San Francisco detec-
tivcs who arrived IN the city yester-
Gay afternoon state that the jeWelry
may have been pawned in Reno. New.
from which city she fled upon learn
INK that the officers were on her
trail
Pincock and cooney Make Arrest.
The arrest Of Mrs. BlackTord was
accomplished by Detective Charles
Pncock and officer Cooney on the
telegTaphic advice oil Chief w. NJ.
Ahem. OF Sacramento, and who wired
the local department that officers
were on their way TO this city with
warrant, charging grand larceny.
In the capture CT Mrs. Blackword.
alias Jessie Croffer, alias Spillman,
alias Jessie N. Geary, the authorities
have accomplished the apprehension
Of a woman who has n criminal record
In several different states Of the
West She wns under arrest once be-
fore in Colorado on an alleged dia-
mond robbery
DISAPPEARED From Gerber Home.
According 10 the statements OF De-
tectlyes C. S Hazlett and W. S.
Briggs, OF the Nelson Secret Service
bureau Of San Francisco. the woman
appeared at the Gerber home about
one month ago and represented her
self 10 be a domestic. On December
she disappeared and Simultaneous
" the robbery was discovered.
The jewelry alleged TO have been
taken by Mrs. Blackword IS enumerat-
ed as follows One large ring with
three diamonds, valued at $3.50. coral
earrings with cluster Of diamonds,
$50; screw earrings. diamond sets,
$500; bracelet With large diamond,
500; bar pin set with diamond, Sl75.
and Master Mason emblem with sun
burst OF diamonds. $3.50. In addition
10 the jewelry. clothes and costly
needlework 10 the value of more than
$500 was also takcs,.
Husband confesse5 at Reno.
Shortly before the robbery Mre.
Blackword Is said TO have quarrcled
with tho man who Is now rcpresented
TO be her husband After tho robbery
she was first discovered 10 Reno.
New, where, It Is claimed q rcconcil.
iatlon between The woman and her
husband took place. While Mrs. Black.
word insists that this man knows
nothing OF the robbery, a dispatch
from the Nevada city states that he