Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-28
HUGE DRUG THEFTS
LAID TO A WOMAN
Hundreds of Dollars Worth Of
Articles Taken From Danforth
Store Found in Her Home.

Down The subtCrrHncan passage way
ich leads Trom tuc trst floor steps To
1hc Detective Bureau III CITY Han
strange md unusual scent ioatcd thus
morning u sort of crcss between the
halmv ureezes Of Araby and corner
drugstore And if YOU were on usinces
ncnt and followed your nose Ia the lar
of tho detectives you nIPht have Thought
Sergeant txccn Sergeant klng and tie
resi- of the outfit bad chuckcd up the
dc,cc iv., business and set up IN business
aS apc hccarics and dealers ~ soaps. pat
cnt medicine, toilet art,~1cs and such
things wherefore ihc scent IN the corr
dor
The dctcciiv,. room looked for I'll
thc world like - ,lruQ >tur" Hundreds
Of Lollars wcrth of trr"Glsts sundries
were plcI on the desk patent medicines,
toilet articles. cosmetic. VutlnK-papcr.
safety razor. ron,s ard rush's. corn
salvc. violin >triu.t wallets, packages ot
oargain sale crlfcc rackn.cs of butter
e, l,rlrg. nail il,S. san p 70 tact. pretty
nearly arN rNthiDc ycu would pci ~ a d''1e
store outside of ,rlptIous
tnd now kcr,' the tale
some da, no" the authorities got
tn to the rucet THAT - Young woman
cunlovcd ~ the \ l. Dar forjh drug
store Al ~ccord and Narlle strcct3 had
IN hcr possc>-,un II vast amount 81 gouds
~ hlch II seemed uio~t unhkoly she could
have houoh, iccau~c 40 one person 81
fanrly U,,uid nave H. lor .'lch quantities
"a yrai>
Tho unman va. Nir Nar ko~ter.
= resident nf tho -out thwcs - part ot
tho clty Tine detectives taadr m m
vc>tigatlou ard learned some astonishing
- Il
Mrs kcstrr "a hc III ono % the city Is
hospitals wh, RI about = wcch ago she had
become The ndl,er of chlld Then they
fnund the raorrs IN v'nch she and her
husband ltcury ke-ter. lNcd 10 hc u
vcrltai l. ,rup ~t.r full oi The very
goods winch tnla, rest ~ tllr Detective
Rur,u
Detectives Rllc, and krmpsl, who
dIi thr job % Investigations lcau'ed Il
Is s.ud that ko-tCr lncw his wife had
hrrn hrtrviue home tho things. operations
thai ,ppascntlv hid heou gong on ior the
seven ot rInht months she lad boon ~
the ruplo1 o( thr hautorth tore -
koStt,r ,a~ placcd uudrr arrest upon three
Ecargc- ut rrCplNlug stolen goods, whllr
hca rgrs IT larccnyvrrc arranged Tor indg /
urut AGAINST MIR kustcr who ls still
IN tn, hospital. anil likely 10 remain
there cor some day loupc.
Removal of AL t0" stuff it"m ~"
koetcf rooms uccr--,tatol the ne - =
hlc trunk and fout baskets. The Wh"l"
hcrng bundled INTO taNieah ! hlS W.
dnrr la night or rather raflN thlS
NOM nu hccar4r il VT ;iWo>' +" cl"ch
before fhr two detectives tlniShcd NJ fhelf
work as imitation drug clctkN, ~ottlng
ont and arranging the stoii Roughly
estimated The gooj- look to p" worth
about $500
The detectives have not 'ound any
evidence of attcnlf.t on thc part ni tn"
kostcrS tn ~c,l the good. and rs the
pl,n lcI Is "a ,u,h largr cNtruf and varied
character thc1 ne AZ lose to cNplaln ne
matter SAKE upon thc ground oi kl"pf"-
IaanIa Nian, Of thr imngs arc "t q
nature 2 woman mover would usc safety
ra1ors. for nSfarcc whlr Others arr
duplicated So many Tunes over ono haTd-
7, would llsc mem all IN half q htc-un2
koStcr was held this morning IN City
/ Court IN 81 500 hail tor a further hearing
October =. hv which time. il Is thought,
/ Mrs kostrr Will ic able 20 appear 20
answer charges al larceny