The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-11-19
GIRLS TRAINED TO
STEAL BY CROOK
SHOT BY SLEUTHS



twice In the abdomen and hit with 4
gun stook on the head died In tn,
hospital
Martin 9 Fay. city detectve.attachsd
TO the West On Hundrsdth street sta.
ton; shot twice In the abdomen; prob.
ably dying in Lebanon Hospital
Louis Mondschoin. proprietor Of the
Elsmere Hotel: shot IN the abdomen
may recover: in Lsbanon Hoapltsa.
Gerard Luigi. private detective: sho,
In the leg and groin: will recover.
william Butler. waiter employed In
the Elsmere Hotel: shot In the ab.
domsn; Viii live.
Passing over the events which won
for Vogel the sobrdoust OF the Weep
ing THIEF at Headquarters and his pic
ture In the Rosues' Gallery a. No. e.6e7,
tho thread OF the dramatic story of a
thiefs pursuit and death begins with
Nov. 8. when frail, pink checked girl.
Sophie Beckendorf. was arrested on the
charge OF theft
The accusers against her were many
They were householders In whose en-
ployment she had been respectively
few days or weeks and from whom she
decam ping. The total Of the thefts
charged against her amounted to sew
eral thousands.
At nrst the girl denied jauntily
that she had commit the crime
charged against her. She was sent to
the Tombs. In her room at No. csS
West Twenty-hfth street were found
two trunks and three valises and
suitcases cranmed with valuables.
The detectives. believing that she was
working for some higher directing
mind. resolved to leave tho plumber as
1t was for a time and see II the bigger
game would not be lured to the Hat.
Information came to Headquarters
that a certain teweller who had been
seen In the company OF q man named
vosel might visit the girl In the Tombs.
This tip proved correct. One day hast
week this jeweler called on the girl.
heard from her that tho evidence
against her was too strong to combat
ana that she was going to confess.
GIRLS CONFESSION HELPS THE
POLICE TO TRAP vo0EL.
The man hurried. seemingly in a
panic. away from tho Tombs and was
trailed by private detectives represent
ING the National Surety Company, and
two men OF the regular force straight to
the Hat on West TwcntyIdfth street.
Yesterday. when the Beckendorf girl
was taken before the Grand Jury. she
confessed completely and mentioned
some names valuable to the police. Il
was said.
by that time Vogel knew that the trap
was sprung against him and events be-
gan to move with startling swiftness.
Detectives Swallowed the fiat on West
Twenty-fifth street reientlessiy. Last
night near o'clock their vigilance was
rewarded.
a man whom they recognized as
Vogel or under his other aliases hur-
rled out OF the house with a woman.
One of the servants about the place
staggered out with two heavy trunks
and three grips They were put in a
taxicab and the machine whirled away
before the detectives could find one in
which to follow.
Before another hour had passed they
traced the fugltives to an address at
No. 4b Eighth avenue. near the Penn
sylvanla station.
At o'clock negro boy was sent as
a messenger to the taxi stand at the
station and he returned with one OF the
yellow taxicabs. Once more the heavy
trunks and the bags were piled In the
vehicle and II sped away. Again the
cunning fugitive was too q,Ack for the
trailers.
DETECTIVES FORCED JEWELER
TO GO ALONG WITH THEM.