The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-16

ben fOmerduZ, IlOOr walker at the
Grand Leader, was also arraigned in
city court this morning on q charge Of
petit larceny, the young woman having
implicated him in connection with
come OF her thefts. Pomeranz entered
plea of not guilty, and was released
on a bond Of $500, wired here by his
father, A. ,Pomeranz, South Bend, Ind.
The story told to the police by Mrs.
Neher, whose husband, Louis NJ. Neher
deserted her three weeks ago, accord
ing to her statement, is the old one
from a small country town, trying to
exist on less t.. IN living wages follow
ing domestic troubles and of falling
in with bad companions. She frankly
confessed to Patrolman Vogelsong, who
arrested her. that recently she had
been guilty of immoral conduct, but
she excused her misconduct by saying
that the two or three men who had
been attentive to her aided her in her
struggle for existence.
Finally Relates Story.
The police were not satisfied with
the first statement made by the young
woman yesterday, after her arrest, that
no one had assisted her in her larcen-
Gus operations at the Grand Leader.
She had said that all the articles she
had taken had been carried out of the
store in her stockings. AS some of the
stolen goods were dresses the police
doubted this assertion. After she had
been closely questioned for a second
time yesterday afternoon, the girl fin
ally remarked, We'll. I might as we'll
tell the whole truth
1t was then that she implicated
young Pomeranz in some Of her thefts.
Particularly she charged that on the
night of April IL, after she had gone
to the store with him, he had given her
crepe de chine dress, the property of
the Grand Leader Of a value of $1O.5O.
For this alleged offense both Mrs. Ne
her and Pomeranz were arraigned be-
fore Mayor Robbins this morning.
Told to "HeIp Herself"
Mrs. Neher further asserted that as
soon as she began to work for the de-
partment store Pomeranz became per-
SIaLCAl Ill ITO dLJCIlllOuS " uCI. NOt
until quite recently. she stated, did
she encourage his advances. Then she
informed the police, she went with him
to the store several evenings. after
business had closed, and each time be-
fore leaving he had told her to help
herself to some article of the stock.
She said she also started to keep COM
pany with two other men who had
been attentive to her.
"A girl can not live on the wages l
received she remarked to a newspa-
per man this morning before being
taken to the woman's jail. II paid 50
a week for my room. That ler. me SO
for my board. my clothing, my amuse-
ments and other incidentals, and you
know it costs practically SO a week for
your board, II you do not want to go
around half-starved all the time"
Yesterday the young woman con-
fessed that she was passionately fond
Of pretty clothing, and said she wanted
to dress as nicely as her girl friends.
Mrs. Neher's father returned home
yesterday afternoon. Before leaving
he said he was satisfied to let the law
take its course in regard to his daugh-
ter. Perhaps her punishment will do
her some good and impressed upon her
the error of her ways" the New Car
Isle minister added. He informed
prosecutor Keller that he would glad
ly take his daughter home with him to
live as soon as her term in Jail had ex-
pired He had believed that his daugh.
ter was living happily with her hus-
band in Richmond. When he learned
that she was no longer living with her
h sband and that she had gone bad''
he was almost crushed.