Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-23
MANY APPEAR IN
CASE OF WOMAN
HELD ASA THIEF
Supposed lrvington Resident
and Her Mother Placed Un-
der Bail.

A woman said to be Mrs. Anne
Rickert, alias Martin, twenty-sls
years old, of 149 Nesbitt terrace Irv-
! ington, who was arrested Saturday
night as a shoplifter, was held in
81, 500 ball for the grand jury on five
complaints for larceny by Judge
Hahn in the First Precinct Court to
day. While in the court room at the
arrangement today the woman's
mother. Mrs. Lena Copp, fifty-two
yeas old, of the same adde's, was
placed under arrest on a similar COM
plant and held In $1,000 hail for the
grand jury.
Mrs. Rickert was arrested Saturday
night by Lieutenant Patrick Ryan
and Sergeant Charles O'Gara, of po-
lice headquarters, who, with Lieuten-
ant Farrell. have been investigating
many cases OF shoplifting reported to
the police. In the arrest the police
believe that they have cleared up a
number of thefts in local department
stores.
More than twenty women who have
had jewelry and pocketbooks stolen
from them in department stores,
were In police headquarters last night
and today to attempt to identify Mrs
Rickert. Besides the five who made
complaints, several others have iden-
tilted her as woman who stood next
to them Immediately before they dis
covered that they had been robbed.
While in the First precinct station
to see the woman, Mrs. Glenn Ingie,
of ITO Washington street, saw the
and idnn4sHnd har
Mrs. Ingle was robbed of a pocket
book containing $67 in a store in Mar
ket street.
Mrs. Rickert was first noticed in a
Market street department store Sat-
urday afternoon by the detectives,
but she succeeded in eluding them.
They again saw her in the store sew
eral hours later and followed her to
the street.
She boarded trolley car at Broad
and Market streets and got off at
Pennington street, the detectives fol-
lowing. She walked to house at I01
Wright street, where she lodged into
an areaway. Lieutenant Ryan ap-
preached her and asked her what
she was doing. She replied that she
lived In the house, and that her name
was Mrs. Rickert.
She rang the bell and entered the
house The detectives inquired next
door whether a Mrs. Rickert lived in
the house and were told that she did
not. The then followed the woman
into the house she had entered and
placed her under arrest. They found
that she had told the occupants of the
house that two thugs were follow
ing her and pleaded to be admitted
The compliments against Mrs.
Rickert are Mrs. Fannie Jayne, of 1862
Badger avenue, who charges her with
the theft of pocketbook containing
313 so in a Market street department
store last Saturday; Miss Anna Sci
fert, of II Elm street, who charges
her with the theft of jewelry and
money to the amount of more than
5000 in a store in Broad street early
Saturday night; Mrs. Mabel Belts, of
% Orleans street, who charges her
with the theft OF a pocketbook con-
tanning $40, a gold ring valued at
SO and an elk's tooth emb EN- valued
at $40; Mrs. Margaret Bidewell, of
40 Second avenue, who alleges the
theft of two pocketbooks containing
more than Sc; Henry Fl. Otto, repre-
senting L. S. Plaut & Co., who
charged her with the theft of three
bird of paradise feathers valued at
S37
Many articles of jewelry. includ-
ing those which she is charged with
were found in the woman's
pocketbook when she was arrested.
She also carried a large sum of
money. Some of the articles of jew
elry have not yet been identified, and
the police expect several more COM
plants against the woman.