Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-08
COLORED GIRL CHARGED
WITH MANY ROBBER|ES
Lille Hamilton Arrested and Largo
Amount of Goods Seized
by Police.
CONFEssEs SEVERAL THEFTs
Police Have Long Been Looking for
Sneak-Thief, Who Made Hauls
Each Saturday Night-Says She
Found Door Open and Walked In.

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Each Saturday Night-Says She
Found Door Open and Walked III.
The sl;ckcst and most daring female
sneak thief to he rcsted here in
years WAS apprchcndcd late Yesterday
afternoon bv Detective Sergeants Willy
| ana kell:,m. in the opinion OF memt ers
| OF the police and detective force. At
| the station house she gave the name
OF Lille Hamilton. colored, nineteen
| years ole. She wiz be arraigncd in
f, the Police Court to-day on two charles
! OF breaking into houses and robbIng
! them. and Il is said that as many as
| hftcan or twenty additional charges
/ VIII be entered against her within the
| next few days
The specific charges agains, the
woman allerc that she entered the
house at eos Fast Franklin Street last
| saturday night. Once within the house
She is alleged to have entered tn.
] apartments of Miss r. G. Houston and
that of Miss II. : Nolin stealing Il
! watch from Miss Houston and n hand
some dress. as well as other clothing
| trcm Miss Nolin. The watch and the
| drcSs.S together with several OF tho
othcH stolen articles, were recovered
among the mass OF dresses and jcwelry
ioun" In The woman's home last night
| ny the detectives The woman con-
iessed to Willy and K,liam that she
/ stole these articles. and also confessed
10 inc robbery Of X l.. Winston's
mouse. l W.st Grace street. last juno
HAS BEEN RuUBi:IsS
| EACH SATURDAY NIGHT,
Police Of both tho uptown and down
town districts have been after INC
woman for weeks. Every Saturday
| night there has lccu 4 robbery. All OF
| witch bore traces OF having been com,
united by the same person. Detectives
sought in vain for tho guilty partv
! ihey were kept in lIeadGuartcrs and
/ rnshcd to the houses as soon rs re-
ports were hled. arriving sometimes
I i a. r"" minutes after the robbery
nad been committed. hut never wcrc
! 'hcE able TO get a definite clue
~ 10 case vas tho thief seen bv
persons within the house Sey.ro,
| 'hh:eS the detectives succeeded in In
eating persons who had seen a wn,n,,
,""Fe the house which had been robbed
| IN every case these persons rnpor,od
mat IL was light colorcd negro r;o-
! man small of stature and CARRYING ,
pliiow case under her arm. They SIM
! ~ !. was some w1shwoman leaving
me nous" with clothing All ,f H.,
Ioppcries we're ccmrIit:ed between .
! "hu O'CLOCK Saturday evening
for days tEe detectives scarchcd far
.hc woman until AT last yesterday ar
,ernoon they obtlincd the cIuo wrioh
'td 20 h"i arrest. They discovered ,i,,
me hamilton woman lived nj oil Sor,h
inird street. rhithcr they iournora,
"hIS 10 una that She was AT ,s,o,
! 1917 street a search OF that nlace
| ~, .,, -. 'le' 10 night. She was arrested
C!i suspicion and sent to tho Serora
,tatioh. while the detectives 80.
"aGk 10 hcr home and searched II
mere they found a mass of handso,
$3.50 great collection OF handbags.
! several articles OF jewclrv md g.; -
op'hlon or the detectives. ono nf thn
hncSt assortmcnts OF skeleton ko,, 80,
captured from an alleged thief ,Tho
!t"'Iry furnishes some Of the hes, cvi
against tho woman, although i,
u Said the owners VIII be able, TO. idcn-
ufy all OF the suits, sport coats e,.na,
c,N ana othcr articles Of dress which
me woman had in the house Ono ~
the pieces OF jcwelry consisted or -
very handsome rosary while other mr.
'icIes were gold powder boxes and
similar trinkcts
In tn" house the officers found near
| ly nifty pillow slips. said TO have hcnn
taken from the beds in the houses sh a
rooned and used to carry away her
"oo!E. The woman used the same
,he'hodS IN every robbery. There were
nut Few instances in which she stole
Jcwelry or money. several robbcric.
having been reported where iewclrv
mad been left in tho room in fun view.
licr passion seemed to be fine clothes
ana she did not stop until she had
riiied the entire wardrobe of an APART
ment.
That she was very daring in com.
hitting the robberics is we'll known. In
one case she is known 10 have climbed
/ three flights OF back stairs to reach
| the apartment she robbed
FOUND FRONT DOOR
UNLOCKED AND WALKED IN
/ She admitted to the detectives that
She found the front door of the house
at 205 East Franklin Street unlocked
ana walked in. She proceeded to the
second floor and knocked at the doors
of Miss lIouston's and Miss Nolin's
| apartments. Receiving no response she
entered and ransackcd each apartment
In most cases the detectives found
that the woman had had the clothes
altered to fit her. They recovered sew
cral suits from Il drcSSmakcr. VINO was
! in the process of rcmodcling suits for
her at the time Of her arrest.
/ Among the houses said to have been
robbed by the Hamilton woman are
! those at 2o5 East Franklin, West
Grace, 20l East Franklin, 207 East
Clay, 207 East Cary, AO1 East Main. l0l2
East Marshall, 100 East Franklin and
/ 1905 East Marshall street. In the lat
| ter place she is alleged to have stolen
practically the entire wardrobe OF sew
| cral actresses together with n number
{ of dresser articles. Several of these
costumes and the dresser articles were
recovered last night.
The woman has been actively at worl;
here since last Christmas, 1t is said
! when she is alleged to have entered tho
house at col East Franklin Street and
| to have stolen practically all OF the
! Christmas presents on display there
! Linen, bearing the mark of the IIote
| Richmond. was found in her room by
the detectives. The woman admitted
that she. her mother and sister took
lin washing, and it is believed she
! ,ro;pa6 nrst into the houses she