Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-07
MYSTERIOUS THEFTs At STATE
UNIVERSITY FINALLY Ex.
PLANNED.
GIRL STUDENT STEALS
AND CANNOT RESIST
Because Of Mental Condition Univsr.
city Authorities Retust 70 pivu'ss
Observation-Disclosures Of Wsll.to.De
family and Never in Need Of Funds.
Confssses.
spec!a, to Times Republican.

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Iowa City. Feb. IA sensation
broke at the university Of Iowa yes.
terday, when the authorities expelled q
pretty coed for many and long-con-
tinued thieveries. They were committed
at Curriers hall, the S. U. I. dormitor-
les. 1t was decided that the girl Is =
kleptomaniac, as she stole this. that
and the other thing whether she need
ed, the articles taken or not. or whether
she could even use them. Moreover.
she 10 the daughter OF well-to-do Iowa
people, and her father has kept her
we'll supplied with money. She has had
a series Of remittances from home that
would make II girls student life n
joyable. Therefore, it Is evident that
she required no money, altho she stole
sums ranging from a few cents up t.
81. At no time did she secure a large
sum-. the heaviest being but Sc. She
stole odds and ends. trinkets. packages
that came by mail. packets left in
girls muffs, on the hat trees. ETC.: en-
tered rooms in the absence Of their fair
owners, and rihed their dressers or
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dtse could be found.
Faces Federal Prosecution.
The girl faces. really. prosecution by
the United Sttaes authorities, as she
captured various mailed goods. One
package, recently stolen, contained SIT
worth of merchandise. The theft Of
unopened mail matter, even tho it had
been delivered, renders the girl amen
able to the laws governing the post
office department. it is believed, altho
she Is not charged with tampering
with the mails at the postoffice, itself.
For five months the girls crimes
have gone undetected. Every effort has
been made to locate the thief, but In
vain. The mystery e%nshrouding tn.
thievery has baked President J. q.
Bowman, Anna NJ. Klingenhagen. dean
OF women; the matron at Currier hall.
and all the victims. Since September
the system of robbery has been pur-
sued, and the young woman has been
able to get away Scot free. until the
current week, when university detec-
tives finally cornered her. At first she
denied, but. confronted with evidence.
she broke down and confessed all.
She seemed utterly unconscious.
however. Of the enormity Of her Of
lenses. and displayed an astounding
inability to grasp the fact that she
merited punishment. When told that
she was to. be penalized by expulsion,
| she pleaded pitifully to be spared that
punishment, declaring that she intend
ed to steal no more. and therefore that
she ought to be permitted to remain in
school.
University authorities describe her
case as q plain type OF kleptoman,a,
With a morbid condition OF brain that
makes it impossible for her to con-
ceive that her conduct has been GRIM
inal.
Name Kept Secret.
Because Of the peculiar conditions
surrounding the thefts, the girls men,
tai attitude. and the prominence Of the
family IN the Iowa city from which she
came, the university officials have de-
clined to give her name to the public.
Within the Law.
A real negro NANNY Of the old
tvnA came IN tho walk thru thA did.