The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-19
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Ls,nts Adopt New System
4 (@,Detecting Thefts
by Women,
III PATHETIC CASES
l,aiatiou Certain to Follow
discovery; Thieves in
II Three Classes.
PATHETIC CASES

!, he iusuguration of a new and
a .,s,em in the department and
a s,orcs OF tho city for The
Il nj shopliftcrs, the day or
A a. ,rey on the display counters
4. merchants has passed.
,ss ago detectives were en'-
4 . All the big stores; and to
La, ;hc efficiency Of the new
d -oro than two score shophft-
u. Sstericd last week in stealing
4, ehoy counters. In ono de-
y, s,orc alone. in q single day,
N were detected in thctts.
, ,hc last few wears shoplifting
|..;gially Increased in this city
Il ,tai reason il has become nee
In Tho merchants protect them
A Tycn with the old method of
A. ycry feN Of the Shoplittcrs
. iiseoJery. humiliation and in
~, arrest. In adopting a new
. hsI merchants arc determined
a, praclicc shall he altogether
Oul.
IA retail merchant said last
Ia delusion on the part OF
|scoas in thinking that they are
4 ih,u others. Is responsible IN
|ry FOR the shoplIfting mania.
4 thai il these people only knew
Il, 10 which the merchants went
4 n, the practice and how re
LIZ few of these persons contin-
4 p7ctice for any length Of time
a being detected and humiliated.
tall never again take the chance
he there is so very little re-
In Three Glasses.
2 rtnbant believes that shopllft~
y b. divided into three classes:
n sho are suffering from the
mia and are impclled 10 steal
81, within their reach when an
mis- presents itself. Among this
~ Tie poor woman, The woman
I nildlc class and the well-to.do
y Inc male shopiifter is prac.
! Frkpown.
u second class are the vain NO.
IL -Lnu ,Lo-, :. No o..no, nc
|hn money to buy those things
nos 10 steal.
y third class are the poor who
k.,use they believe it is nee
fofsssional shoplifter is not in
y This category because, say
ysanis. she Is rare.
t.sctiyes who were given en-
| E in The local stores last week
and women OF wide experience
sell verscd in their line of
Women Detectives Alert.
rcnen detectives are possibly
p useful. They pass in and
X store IN street attire, They
ffthases and examine goods and
'fs doy often change their
Onief that even the clerks may
e,s who they arc. However.
" rev system was Instituted
~ Of shopllftcrs have been de-
All reported to the management
'He br customers and even by
fno were accompanying their
E a feature Of tho discovered
y When she is taken TO the
inc store she usually breaks
'.q Heeps and bcgS that she
'ufned over TO the police aud
! pay moi bc dishunorrd in the
Ff family and friends. Many
ao'nen arc barred from enter
lan stores whore they have
ANied in stealing.
se"k such 4 woman. who had
'd iTom entering large dc,
sore, was invited into that
make a purchase by her hus.
~ r9uld not tell hun that
Wcu don,ed admittauce TO
aud That she had been guilty
nett and when he insisted
mt" the store.
~ inrtirc glanccs at the clerks,
"s! Knew her and knew that
IVY allowed there. She turned
'aa white ia turns, fearing
moment she might be ap.
i" aii employc aud asked to
anilation of Exposure.
me detectives had reason 10
), Woman Of shopIifting. She
4 AZ ~ suspect and saw her slip
s.,, usal under her coat, FINALLY
,,.s went to the woman aud
ts,, WITH her. The shopiifter
'ss % she bad stolen anything
- move from her position.
vnck move the detective
sD coat and I'LL the stolen
Re- ~ INC floor and the eyes of
'n'c customers were upon
|eol, sf OF guilty conscience
o1t nicely in another cx
esos s,"e,Wiiting. The detectives
Ana W Suspect Il wcll.drcssed
n,tSo no oi them watched hcI
Of "il they saw her coucca
MAJ o'"eap lace under her coat
10 bo9ked about quickly to
.yo. "ag been observed. She
sltd vi one of the detectives
aim."a., a., Der and the woma L
ana mn, She turned in auothe,
1bo apother detective smiled
l.r.sir, ir,'nian who had thus con
inc i' walked ont of the stor,
NOT entered it,
a Pathetic Case.
h. 'a't a was unusually patbcti,
rom.e" e" days ago. 4 poorl,
stal;ran was detected In tn,
NJ toys a doll and celluloiC
b ne She was taken to th,
ls, wb,s s'orc and the manage
The sho had stolen th,
,Iio'han broke down an,
sidow y She said that sh
had Ia, i; she was poor IN,
I astsS% tittle sick girl at HON
hd ta,or lot two Just such tov
,for IN. bn- The manager toll
ihem," ,"e asking she might hav
aled tba gift and forthwit
tSice u woman with box o
/, kr, IN tne value of those sh