The Washington herald., 1912-10-21
POLICE SEEK Girl
FOR FUR THEFT
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10 Yong Woman viih
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Search for . pretty young girl with Z
weakness for nnery and q passion fol
furs IL being made by the police. whe
believe that she either perpetrated thu
robbery Of furs, valued at $50. from
the show window Of the store Of 8
Saks. at 1112 r Street Northwest. yes.
terday morning or instigated the theft
Suspicion - directed toward an un-
usually attractive giri. whose actions In
the vicinity Of the fur store within the
last week caused comment among the
clerks. Not more than eighteen year,
old 10 this suspect. according to the
police. and her beauty has created IN.
terest among promenaders In Street
for the last year.
While detectives admit that It 10 tar
on the credulity to ascribe - daring and
clever a theft to q mere slip OF girl
they repeat the old adaGe that fact II
stranger than fiction. and confidently pre-
dict that the truth Of the adage will be
proven in this cise.
three hours. the period between and
8 o'clock yesterday morning. The rob-
berry was discovered At o'clock by MI.
Saks himself who arrived at the store
At that hour to take charge OF the work
men who must work on the Sabbath to
meet the demands OF the rush Of the
busy fall season.
Time Of Robbery Definite.
The robbery could not have been com
mitted before 5 o'clock because the thief
used a copy Of Sunday morning news
paper which did not leave the press
until that hour. This paper was folded
and placed against the plat glass OF the
shoe window. A new hammer. evidently
purchased for the purpose. WAS strucl.
against the paper until the glass was
broken. The paper mufied the sound
Of the crashing glass.
Through the bole in the plate glass the
thief stepped idto the window and selected
. Persian lamb coat worth $500. q mum
and an ermine collar set valued at $50
These furs were taken from models and
several minutes was required to remove
the pieces from tn wax figures. An expert
window dresser. II Is said. could not have
removed the furs In less than five minutes
1t would have been simple for the thief
to have stepped from thes how window
into the store, where q stock conserva-
lively valued At more than 100000 was
on display A hundred sets Of silver fox
furs formed but one part Of the display.
AZ soon a. Mr.. Saks discovered the theft
he telephoned police headquarters.
Boardnan Takes Charge.
Inspector Robert H. Boardman. assist
ant superintendent Of police and chief Of
detectives, himself went to the scene
Within half an hour q score Of plain
clothes men and the entire force Of the
First precinct were at work on the mys-
terry. A brief investigation convinced the
police that the robbery was far from or
dinary.
A good" thief-in police pariance. .
professional-would not have been satis-
fed with the few pieces stolen. The
question Of q woman having figured In
the theft was taken up. and It Nas soon
learned Of the mysterious actions Of the
girl who has been lettering In the vicfn-
ity Of the store for q week. This girl.
the police learned. stood in front Of the
show windows. casing at the furs for
hours on several occasions.
description OF the girl was given the
police by the store employees who
watched her. She was SO poorly dressed
as to eliminate the possibility Of her be-
ing considered in the light OF . prospec-
tive purchaser. tho police were told. but
her mode Of dress easily gave the i'm
precision that she Is an ardent devotee
Of style and an admirer Of costly finery.