Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-24
COVERS HER TRACKS
Maid Suspected of Theft Sue
ceeds in EIuding Police.
REWARD FOR HER CAPTURE
Miss Mary B. Adams, Whose Jewels
Were Stolen, Offers $500.
CLUES SOUGHT IN OTHER CITIES
Descriptive Circulars Sent to All
Parts of the Country by
Police Department.
REWARD FOR HER CAPTURE
CLUES SOUGHT IN OTHER CITIES

Miss Mary b. Adams of 1G21 New
Hampshire avenue. today added $500 to
the sum of 5000 offered by the police de-
partment for the arrest of the maid, Mary
Miller, who is charged with the theft OF
more than $1,000 worth of jewelry be-
longing to Miss Adams and her COM
panion, Mrs. d. 3. Merryman, and for
the recovery of the jewelry.
Authorities Of other cities have also Of
fered liberal rewards for the woman's ap-
prehension. The police are certain the
missing servant is the one who has OPP
Grated in Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo,
Brookline, Mass, and Baltimore.
Maj. Sylvester is sending out today
10000 descriptive circulars containing an
offer of the reward to all parts of the
country.
He has taken an active part in the in
vestigation Of the robbery. and Inspector
Boardman, chief Of detectives, and men,
bers of his corps are eNerting every effort
to effect the arrest of the woman and the
recovery of the property.
Quick Getaway Probable.
The police were surprised that none OF
the valuable silverware in the house was
taken away by the woman. Her failure
to include that among her plumber was
due, probably, they say, to the fact that
she had to leave in a hurry. The TACT
that the woman left the house without
wearing her hat and coat, the police
think, indicates the haste she found to be
necessary in order to escape detection
No clue to the womans whereabouts
has been discovered, the police stated
today, although tho search for her has
been made in all directions. Detective
Hewlett, who went TO New York to
pursue the investigation there. wired
Maj. Sylvester last night that there Is
no such person as Mrs. Henry Garrick
residing at ia West 59th street, that
city, the name and address given In
the reference the woman furnished
here.
More than two hundred photographs
Of woman crooks were shown Mrs.
Merryman and Miss Adams yesterday,
but they found no one that resembled
Mary Miller. The police Investigation
thus far has failed to connect a con-
federate with the woman Nothing has
been found to show that she used
taxicab or automobile while leaving
the vicinity Of the residence where she
was employed.
At the Concord pharmacy, the near
est public telephone station to Miss
Adams home, employees could not re-
call that telephone message had been
sent Wednesday afternoon for a pub
lie conveyance. and at the several
garages of the taxicab companies there
is no record of such call having been
received.
May Have Had Confederate.
At tho time the house of Mrs. Rose
Moses, In Baltimore, was robbed by a
woman, thought to have been the one
wanted for the robbery committed here
this week, 1t was suspected by the police
hat rft1 hat eli, 1nI
federate, who probably awaited her in
an automobile In that city, however.
tho game was worked a little differently
from what it was In this city, the woman
obtaining the names of reputable domes-
tics and their references, and then posing
actually made about respectable women
In that city instead of about the woman
who contemplated theft.
In the Baltimore circular Marshal Far
nan. superintendent of police, stated:
Tier mode OF operating In Baltimore
was to insert advertisements in the local
papers for a servant girl to do light
homework, salary $50 month, apply
with references to box and SO. The
attractive salary brought large number
of replies from reputable servant girls
She selected the name and reference of
one OF the applicants and used them to
obtain position with Mrs Rose Moses.
Unusually Clever Thief.
This woman is an unusually clever
thief, and is no doubt assisted in her
work by a man confederate. who awaits
her coming in an automobile. She has
successfully robbed her employers in To-
iedo, Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo and 9TH
err cities, but does not adhere to the same
method of securing employment with her
prospective victims.
Encouraged by her many successes she
will probably continue her nefarious bust
ness, and 1t would be we'll to keep under
strict surveillance all boarding and fur
nished room houses, as well as hotels;
also advertisements in the want columns
Of newspapers offering extraordinary in
ducements to domestics will bear irvesti-
cation.
Everything eXpedient should be done
to apprehend this woman. as she is a
dangerous one to be at large"