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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
AMT BECKER FOR THE MURDER OF HERMAN ROSENTHAL


denizens of the underworld call "Molf
Dicks" ''Moli' is the slang for woman.
In addition to the Man Dick and the
score of Mol Dicks are all the floor
out for shoplifters. The salesladies also
are a big auxiliary police force.
About a year ago one of the biggest
stores IN the shopping district was suffer-
ing from the workings of the shoplifters
to such an extent that the chief detective
was afraid of his job He was beginning
to look anXiously over the help wanted
columns of the daily newspapers.
Lifting his eyes from his paper one
afternoon they rested upon a stylishy
dressed young woman whom The detective
recognized as a notorious shoplifter Call
ing on his best woman detective he point
ed this woman out to her with orders
to watch her.
After the most careful watching the
woman detective saw this woman enter
waiting automobile and depart. She re-
ported to her chief that he must have
been mistaken. The woman he had de-
clared was notorious shopllfter mao
made purchases of the most expensive
wares and had ordered them sent to
prominent hotel. she had driven away
in her automobile.
Later that day the detective was called
into the managers office. 'Our losses by
shoplifters," he said. make it necessary
that we make a change in our detective
force. Saturday night ends your COM
mand of the detective bureau here
The detective left the managers office
very much depressed. This was Tuesday.
only four more days in which to find an
other position. The next afternoon the
detective in making his rounds again be-
held the vision of loneliness Of the day
before. This time he decided he would
trail her himself.
He followed her from counter to coun-
ter for over an hour. Suddenly the
woman turned on him.
Sir, are you following me-" she de-
manded Indignantly.
The detective was staggered. His first
impulse was to back water; perhaps he
was making a terrible blunder. But his
connection with the store was to end
Saturday night anyway. He need not fear
discharge. He decided to take a chance.
Yes, am following you." he answered.
coolly, land, what is more, you are not
putting anything over on me, Maggie
Ryan, alias de Chalmers. alias De We're"
The woman was taken aback. Lowering
her voice, she whispered, I'm going to
Hotel Meet me there in half an
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Secrets Of the Shop1ifters Of New York.

TT has been done honest days work
my life That is largely true. have hVeo Dy my wits
I among criminals of New Yorks underworld But that
- closed; will again take dishones
dollar And shall than this. shall do all can
my lie "nh "eie oPo
ing upon the public -. -,
You public must believe me IN THIS nave
already everything to help District Attohey
Whitman Golf making that justice snoulo not
be defeated Becker and the tour gunner
But it has pointed that still nave announcer uuy
to perform the public That many things that nave
learned in nv underworld should be made known or the
the women ana even
children possibly the methods the secrets ana
the traps which them by the vutues OF the
You that with professional criminals CRIME
Every morning when they are up anu ICY
have their davis Them their living to MAKE just as
much as the lawyer stenographer shop girl ,
II is usually agreed there about professional
living York Each criminal doesn't try to 90 all
crime of Plumbers don't elec
cian don't y painting and brklayers are not handy III
tarpenter work -, ST. :: .aa 80, toto
sneciale The bank burglar would be clumsy shophe
the rogneck hghwayan would starve to death try
ing O make living counterfeter
the public innocent Ignorant ana
unprepared that white chalk on the
sidewalk in the burglars markhe owner
caught unprepared the cook noticed nat ne
basement door didn't simple little contrlvace
(which will describe later on) would know that robbery
was planned night the who lost his carfpn or
the her bag had been falar with
the pcpocket they would not nave oeen
robbed lost scarfpin twenty
pest
in New understanding their take the precautions
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is how l came to know her and others of
her kind. She Is not seen In any of the
gambling houses 1 ever was interested in
or freQuented. No woman is. But she finds
plenty of opportunity to crafty her pas
sion for gambling in any Of the many pri-
vate poker games conducted for women
in New York city.
Dutch ILL.," like the rest of her profess
sion, seldom works in the morning. 1t is
only when a big sale has been advertised
that she ventures out into store before
noon. Stormy days are considered the
worst for business by department store
keepers. Those days are really their
safest. Not many persons are out shop
ping The stores are almost deserted. If
dutch LIZ or any of her kind ventured
in the stores on such days they would
soon be caught. Stormy days, as we'll as
Sundays and holidays are days for rest
for the store boosters
*
What does Dutch Liz look like? She
is modest appearing. almost demure
young woman. Make up Of any kind Is
not used by her when out on business.
She must not appear attractive looking.
Second looks are not beneficial to the sue
cessful shoplifter.
Her costumes are most inconspicuous.
She might be taken for q school teacher;
never for what she Is. ''Lil'' wears a diff
ferent costume every day and dresses her
hair differently. She keeps a diary to
tell her the exact things she wore and
the style her hair was combed on her last
visit to the store she is going to visit to-
day.
Her automobile is Of great assistance in
preventing possible shadowing from tho
store detective whose suspicion may have
been aroused by her.
was passing q prominent Fifth avenue
store one afternoon and was struck by
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pensive baby linens. furs. pocketbooks,
scarf pieces and trinkets.
Dutch LIS" plan for stealing fur
muff is simple. If on one of her visits
to store she sees a muff she likes she
returns the next day not carrying the
muff she usually carries on her boost
ing" tour.
Reaching the counter where the muffs
are displayed and at which her pal Is
hard at work trying to decide on just the
sort of muff she will buy. Dutch Liz
son leaves with a handsome muff that
she is carelessly holding in one hand.
Her embarrassed apologies to the sales
lady are most profuse in explaining her
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES If her attention is
called to the fact that she Is walking
away with a muff she has not pa d for.
Dutch LIP has been arrested many
times. She has never served time. On
one occasion she was convicted. Her two
children were brought into court The
attorney for Dutch Liz attributed her
predicament to a pronounced case of
'kleptOmonia-"
AS proof of this the deeds to the paid
up home in the Bronx were produced. Her
evident refinement and the two lovely
children all made a deep impression. This
being her first known offense, sentence
was suspended.
punishment by the law is due to the gem
eral graft situation. With influential
friends and money she has found 1t easy
to hide her true record The record Is
the principal thing which initiates
against a shoplifter in court.
detectives. who is a man. and is desig-
mated by the ''bosters" as the Main
Dick" there are q score or more OF lady
detectives. whom the boosters" and the
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coat and steal whatever articles she had
already picked out and located close
enough to her jacket to be reached by
the hidden hand. This woman is now
leading an honest life and has moved to
city in the west.
1t is on a day when big sale is an
nounced that the shoplifters join in
among the shoppers. Some Of the women
behind the counters with requests to have
the store goods laid out before them for
inspection. After a lot of talking and
questioning. these expected buyers leave
the counters without having bought a
thing.
x x
These women are the stalls (confeder-
ates) for the ''boosters'-as the profess
sional shoplifter is known in the under
world While the stall is worrying the
overworked salesgirl with requests for
further display of goods the store
booster" is at work.
The professional shoplifter may have
arrived in her own automobile or in one
hired for the occasion. This automobile
store booster is not, however. the only
one of her profession to have arrived at
the store this morning. Other less impor-
tant members Of this profession have ar
rived on foot and have entered this store
to start at work.
If any Of the women who arrived by
foot see the entering of the occupant OF
the automobile into this store, or meet
her afterward, they make a hasty exit.
They look upon the latest arrival as the
queen of their profession The lesser
titled ones fear the daring of this queen
of shoplifters. They know she is there
for big game. If she should get what she
is after quickly and make her getaway
In her automobile. they may be made the
objects of suspicion and be arrested If
the missing of goods boosted is dis
covered before they can get out of the
store.
One of the most successful shoplifters
in the business, who has an established
reputation, l will designate as Dutch
Lii" I have in mind when 1 describe
Dutch LIZ a woman I have known for
eight years. She has been shoplifter since
she was sixteen. She is now twenty
eight. She is married and has two chill
0ren. Her husband is an inveterate
gambler. They live in handsomely fur
nished house, which has been bought and
paid for by this woman out of her earn
ings as a shoplifter Her neighbors have
not the slightest idea of her mode of
livelihood or that of her husband.
Dutch Liz makes about 500 a week.
Her principal dissipation Is poker. That
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shoplifters have all the chances against
them And yet shoplifting goes on all
over the city and there are not less than
100 arrests a day. Many are caught on
their very first attempt. some manage
to escape detection for while and very
few have been able to systematically
carry on their thieving for a long time
and on big scale
The successful shoplifters are about the
best dressed women in the store. They
have to dress for the parts they play.
Most people believe that criminal,
somehow, "looks like a criminal" The
idea is that they are not very clean. their
clothes are pretty threadbare. and they
have bad faces. This must be because
the kind of criminal the pubic most often
sees in a policeman's hands is tramp
or street drunkard.
The big criminals always dress well.
The gamblers Of New York dress more
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hour 1 will tell You something of the
greatest Importance to you."
VERY WELL" replied the detective, 9TH
be there"
Mr.. - she began. "you may not
know it. but you're going to lose your
job at the store Saturday night.
How do you know that?' asked the
surprised detective.
well, it is part Of my business to find
out any changes in the detective staff of
the stores. Now if you will listen to rea-
son. captain, not only will your job be
saved, but you will soon have a reputa-
ton of being one Of the best store dicks
in the city. Store boosters who enter
your store will be made known to you
immediately"
I'm from Missouri. Maggie invited
the detective.
well, 1 can show you. But before
stand for me?"
"Well, Maggie. what is 1t you want?"
Il want you to give me the bag opening
privilege at your store. In return for
that I will tip you of to every shop
booster who enters your store and is
known to me or my pail.
do you mean by that you want the
privilege of robbing the shoppers that
come into the store of the money In their
bags?"
Maggie. MY plan is that you allow me
the privilege to hang around the carriage
entrance of your store. During the time
I am there you keep away from that
part of the building. Also see that none
of your moll coppers hang around there.
When the swells come in or out of the
store with their swell bags dangling on
their arms. I and my pal, whom will in
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III o PL | F. T T. K )
don't work on
stormy days. They
are safest when
they are hidden in
crowds of shoppers
they never work
when the stores
are half empty.
Does shoplifting
pay? No. 1t is the
most risky of all
kinds of thieving.
L will explain this
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later on in this article.
Is an honest shopper likely to be ac-
cused of shoplfting in any of the big
New York stores? No!
Is there no danger of mistakes being
made by the Clerks or store detectives?
No: mistakes" are practically never
made and this / will explain. too.
Honest shoppers have nothing to fear;
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the sight Of Dutch Lis automobile roll
ing up to the carriage door of this store.
The liveried attendant rushed over to
open the door to assist this queen of the
shoplifters out of her automobile. then
opened the door for her to enter the store
to begin her plundering.
*
Once in the store the work of Dutch
Lii" begins. Her pal has already pre-
coded her and is awaiting the arrival of
the queen. They meet at the counter that
Dutch Liz had decided upon for her
days operations. Perhaps today it is to
be the lace counter on account of the ad-
vertised announcement that the latest
importations in laces have arrived.
Dutch LIS pal engages the sales
lady's attention. Carefully examining the
lace displayed on the counter Ills pal
at last calls for something that is not on
the counter. This necessitates trip TO
shelf where are located the goods asked
about of the saleslady by Ills" pal.
Previously Ills pal had made care
less-looking pile of articles under inspec-
ton. The turning away of the girls head
is the time for Lii to pick up the pile OF
articles. Her pal has shut off the view
of any one on the outside by extending
her muff across the bundle that Is about
to be boosted" moment and 1t is all
over. Dutch Liz has been lost in the
crowd.
The saleslady returns with the brand of
lace required by her customer, who, after
some more talk, decides she will wait
until another day to make her purchase.
The saleslady signs YEARLY, begins to
arrange ali the dsordered boxes remark
ing:
at is just awful the way some of those
women act
Dutch Liz is now in the ladies' wait
ing room of this store busily removing
the tags from the swag she just boost
ed" This attended to, she is now ready
to meet with Indignation and tears of
hysteria any accusation or searching that
may bring to light this lace. She had
purchased this here yesterday and was
here now for more of the same kind OF
a near match.
A week of shoplifting will bring about
$500 worth of merchandise to the home in
the Bronx of Dutch Lii. This is dis
posed of to fence who pays about
a third of the value. This gives Dutch
Lii about $3.50. A portion of this money
she turns over to her pal" the stall
Her booty consists principally of silks
laces, waists, fancy pillowcases, eX-
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1NDEDA
with whit
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And l hope in this series OF
articles which l have written
on my life in the underworld
that l may do a useful service
to the public in revealing the
closely guarded secrets OF
their criminal enemies.
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And she did. "Three-Handed Annie"
could walk into jewelry shop with one
or two friends and they would get the
clerk to set out his goods. ''Three-Hand-
ed" Annie would flop out across the coun-
ter. that false arm and right hand with a
white kid glove on II, almost touching the
clerk and her left arm and hand would be
held up in front Of his face with a ring
or something else she was looking at-and
right there when the clerk felt certain he
would see both her hands, she would then
use the arm that was hidden under the
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carefully than the Wall street brokers.
The newspapers every day, during their
trial, spoke of the we'll washed. well
groomed well dressed gunner" with
their carefully pressed clothes and fresh
" creased trousers. The gentleman sit
ting in the seat next to you. with silk
hat, gloves and cane, may be burglar
or a bunko steerer.
Professional shoplifters don't bother
with a spool Of thread. They are after
furs. iewelry or valuable articles. A
shoplifter with seedy hat and toes
showing through her shoes would attract
attention. But a we'll dressed woman
who hops out of an automobile and runs
straight up to the store detective and
says: What floor is the fur sale on?'
has a chance.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-08-14

la ensenanza del dibujo de las artes
aphcadas la industria, que Sc celebra-
ra en- Dresde del 2 al II de Agosto del
ailo actual, d. Jose carnelo y AIDA,
catedratico de la Escuela especial de
Pintura, EscuItura 7 GraDado, de Ma
drid
I'm el XIV Congreso international
de Antropologfa i ri leoloaia preiis-
toricaS, que Sc celebrara en- Gineora en
Septiemhre del ano actual a d. Manuel
anton Fernando, catedratico de Ia Uni
yersicad Central, y a con Luls Hoyos
Sainz, eatedrltico de Il F3cuela Snpe-
rior jcl Nasisterio
En- e Congreso de Arqueologia de
Roma, que Sc ceiebrar5 en Oehbre
|pr6ximo, don Elias Tormo Monz6. ca
tedratico de la Universidad Central
d. Jose Pijuan y Soteras, professor au
xlliar de la Escuela de Arquitectura. de
Barcelona
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Delegados espanoles
en- los Congresses extranjeros

Por el ministerio de Instruction p1-
blica sc insertan en- la "Gaceta las ST.
guientes reales ordenes, nombralo dele
gados del gobierno espanol en- los Con
gresos que sc eXpresa:
En- el Congreso de Ginecologla que Sc
celebrara EN- Berlin en- Septiembre
proximo, ID. Sebastian Recasens Gi-
rol, catedratico de la Facultad de Medi-
Gina de la Universidad Central.
En- ell XXV aniversario de la fun
dacion Gle la Sociedad Real de Londres
q D. Jose Rodriguez Carracido, catedra-
tico de la Facultad de Farmacia de la
Universidad Central.
En- el Iv Congreso international de
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1912-08-14
FL aniversario
del Mauser

FL q de JUNO pI6xino pasado, Paul
Ma lser el inventor del fanloSo 'fusil del
nismo nombre celehr6 ell so anivemario
de su invenso
Hllo de una familia de obreros en-
tro la edad de catorce amos como apren-
diz de herrefo. en- la fabrica de fuslles
de Oeerndonf, su pueblo natal A esta
edad va mostro una afci5n deoidida pa
ra los trabajcs t6cnicos, de mono qre no
| tardo en- sobrepujar todos slls compa-
, neros. Al entrar en- ell servicio mill
tar el ano 1859, fu6 Incorporate a la
compania que presto servicio en- ell ar
senal de Ludwigsburg, donde tuvo oca-
sion de conocer los nuevos fusiles de en-
tonces que Sc cargaban por La culata.
pero cuyo mecanismo no eStaba del to-
. do perfeccionado ailn Esto despert6
en- el la idea de dedicarse al perfeccio-
namlentos de esta arma. terminados
los amos de servicio, trabaj6 con ahinco
en- este plan, junto con su hermano Gui-
llermo; en- efecto, lograron inventar EN-
1864 un gatillo automdtico, que tras de
repe,iG&s mcjoras, aeab6 por ser el fusil
de percussion. :"
| Los dos hermanos ofreeieron su nue.
vo invento a los gobiernos de Prussia y
Austria, pero este no tuvo aceptacion
por hacer POGO que Sc habia Introduce
do un arma nueya. Unieronse, pues
con el americana Norris, representante
de una fabrica de armas americana. Y es-
tablecieronse en- Lieja. Pero esta So
ciedad tuvo que disoverse. los hernia
nos Mauser volvieron su patria En-
dos de diciembre de 1871 el modelo Mau-
ser II fne aceptado como el primer flu
sil del ejercito aleman desde aQuella
fecha los hermanos recibieron importan-
teS encargos por todaS parties. Wurt-
temburg fue ell primer Estado que en-
cargo cien mil fusiles. En- 1876 encar-
go China 26,000 y Servia Glen mil.
En- enero de 1882, Paul Mauser tuvo
la desgracia de perder su hermano Y
fiel colaborador de modo que desde en-
tonces cay6 sobre 6l todo ell peso de la
empresa Esta, despues del invento del
fllsil de repeticon, fue convertida en- en-
preSa por acciones reseryandose Paul
Mauser la direction tecnica del estableci-
miento, ell cual adquiri6 enseguida una
importancia iamas ..sonada Turquia
encarg6 100000 fusiles y $4,000 cara
binas. y asi mismo recibieronse encargos
de importancia de los gobienos de Bel
gica, ESpaiia Suecia, la Argentina y
otros Estados de la America del Sur
En- el a1o 1898 fu9 ,ntroducido en- to-
do el ejercito alemdn un fusil Mauser
mas perfeccionado a1n
En- eli ano 1896 invent6 Mauser Ia ia
mosa pistola automatica del mismo nom
bre, que asimismo fu6 aceptada por mu-
chos gobiernos, de modo que los produc-
tos Maus Sc hallan repartidos por el
globo EN- milloneS de ejemplares
En- la fecha indicada la ciudad de
Oberdorf inaugur6 un artlstico monu
1
mento la memoria de su preclaro hi
jo.
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iCONSUMIDORE.S DE MADERAS'

Por goeta americana ~ANNlE", que esta descargando
actuamente estamos recbendo cagamento de madera
de pchpen de prmera cadad que venderemos sobre
lie precios convenientes.
Recibmos tambien pueras de pichpen cipres
Dirfase La Compania Industrial de Santurce.
PEDRO BOLIVAR S. en- c.
or
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Arizona republican., 1912-05-26
A 100000 TRIP

The scribe who writes for The Re publican column made what was in tended as a quick round trip to Camp Carney, Friday, in one of the Carney cars, accompanying d party of the directors. In one sense at least. it was a hOOdOOed trip In stead of being a swift journey and early return, the party reached Mesa at Il o'clock Friday night. Coming out, there were two punCtures, neces- sitating two changes of tubes. on the return trip a nail was picked up seven miles east of Thomas Buchan- ans and sixteen holes were neatly bored in the tube, putting one tire entirely out of commission. There was nothing to do but run on the rim until Buchanans, where tele- phone was sent to the Mesa garage to send out a car with another inner tube. The Carney car logged along until a garage car, with MT. West colt in charge, met the cripple SIX miles out from Mesa.
Arizona republican., 1912-05-26
PRIMARY IN MESA

A primary election was held in Mesa yesterday, but did not result in much excitement. A large part of the voters questioned the legality of the election, under the call, and took no part The election was for the purpose of selecting five delegates to attend a convention. called by P. H. Hayes, to be held in Phoenix on June first. As it was understood to be a move in the interest of the candidacy of Colonel Roosevelt for the republican nomination for preSi- dent, many good republicans re- trained from voting. There were ten candidates for the. five vacant posi- tiOns in the proposed convention; at least that many names were present ed, as follows: w. $. DOrman, Isaac Dana, J. l.. Anderson, H. $. Phelps, J. J. Fraser, J. H. Allison, C. L. Diehl, Ernest CrismOn, C. Fred Bracket.