The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-04-07
4 WOMAN
WAS ARMOUR
BOND THIEF
Name Of The Youthful ROhbeT
Is Still Being Suppressed,
Though


Kansas Gity NO., April it was
a woman who took aecugitieS TO che
value OF slU5000 from Che safe de.
posi- box ~ Mrs $. B. Armour u
the ew England National bank, and
sold them She was Young enter
taning and close TO the widow of the
late packer So fond had Mrs. Ar
mour become Of her ard SO satisfied
WIS she of the Young woman's bust
ness ability. thar she had named her
as an eXeeutrix in her viii Since
the discovery, the viii has beea chang
ef
The most remarkable thing abatt
the entire disappearance and sale Of
the securities is the fact that SO far
as ran be seen there has been M
interruption in the friendship OF Mrs
Armour for the young woman.
Name oGes the Rounds.
The name Of the young woman De
gan circulating today by worl oi
mouth, and in dozen banks and law
offices it WIS heard Iradesmcn hyI
the score knew of the purchases ana
the reported pilfering Of the Armour
strong box supplied the missing link
One tirln Of brokers Is said 70 have
handled about $4,000 worth OF the
bonds All OF them the Young woman
brought 70 the office personally. She
represented that Mrs. Armour wished
the securities sold as soon as posi-
bic. Knowing the close relation ex-
isting between the young won an and
Mrs Armour, the broker accepted
the commission without suspicion
Another BROKER familiar with the
Young w0man's transactions is said
10 have reported them to Mrs Ar
mours banker This banker lmmed-
lately told Mrs Armour She is said
to have been astonished, and at that
time refused to believe In the dis
honesty OF her young friend. 1t was
not until later that she changed her
viii.
One of those closely connected with
the case said
A Case for a criminologst
Everything III the affair shows an
abnormal state of the Young w0maus
mind What did SHE do? Money roll
ed In by the thousands Of dollars Did
she put IL away? Not d bit of IL She
evidently had a taste for the artistic
She never had been able before to
gratAy that taste BY association
with persons Of large means, she haa
come til contact with valuable rugs,
pictures aud Jewels She yea'aea
10 have such things Of her own And
she did She went into the shops
and bought without regard To price
40 S a strange case aud one worthy the
study OF a criminOlogist On one oc-
casion when asked Dy tradesman
about her extensive purchases the
Young woman explained that veal.
Thy brother was sending her money
and that when She had accumulated
S50U00 from her brothers gifts hse
intended To retire
"A well known local art dealer at
whose shop the young woman spent
large sums OF money was quoted By
The Star regarding hen as follows
Had Keen Idea OF Values.
She seemed TO have an intelltg-
ent idea III values as wen as keen
sense OF the artistic Many OF the
prints She purchased more than
year ago could be sold today for more |
Ihan She gave for them
The art dealer said further accord |
PTS 70 the Star, that Che woman ,ig
luently spoke to him OF her brother |
n South Anerita She represented /
lim a sbeng wealthy and something I
II a connoisseur
MANY OF her purchases said the /
eader she spoke OF as being made
outright for her brother remember
'nce she asked me to make particu
ar efforts % obtain a print wortA /
several hundred doilars FOR her My
,fother has been trying 10 get 1t
through bis New York agent She
aid bur has tailed
Many Of the w0man5 purchases
'ere lefg at the art dealers shops
ar weeks says the Star rhen they
ere taken TO the storage house An
@hem ha1s '~e.a larned back Ia
lrs Armour
Az the Armour home, 1870 Warwick
omeTard today was the sileece of
asterday and the day before Mrs
lmour has denied herself 20 All Wis !
ors except q few intimate friends
ne Of those who has access io her