The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-18
WOMAN Is DISMISSED
FROM THEFT CHARGE
Judr, Declares Prosecution Of Miss
Camille Hayes Bases on I'm
supported Suspicion
MANY FACTS ARE CL0UDED
Court Unable 90 Determine Cause OF
Disappearance Of $3.50 Worth
of Jewclry

Declaring the prosecution of the
suspiclon unsupported by any testi-
monv introduced. the case OF the
st,fo OF Oklahoma against Miss
Camille Hayes. charged with the lar
reny OF jewelry from the Montrose
shop on september 20, was dis
missed at the conclusion OF the pre-
Itr1lnarv trial yesterday before Jus
lice s c. MaNcy. The court, after
hearing thetestimony OF NJ. Rosen-
hurg proprietor OF the jewelry store
M Flfth and Main streets. by whom
Miss HAYES was employed during tho
month Of September. held that while
,hrre were many facts not clear IN
his mind as to the cause OF the dis
appcarance of the goods valued at
a. $50, he found no tcsti@ony which
would in any way implicatg tho de-
fendant in the alleged crime.
Rosenburg testified that on Sep
tember s Miss Hays took position
In his store as iewelry saleslady. on
September % he took TO hts home
AN assortment OF diamond jewelry
checked the stock and returned II
ia tho store tho following morning.
on that morning he gave the Key TO
the inner doors OF tho safe into the
custody OF tho defendant and to-
gether they set about checking the
diamond jewelry.
The witness claimed he found a
,hortaEe OF three stick pins and a
bar pin, but that for several weeks
n. did not suspect the defendant.
and he admitted that other persons
.mnloyed by the establishment were
followed by detectives for two weeks
before an investigation was made
into the actions OF Miss Hayes When
action was taken toward the defend
ant. II was admitted by Rosen baum
a search OF the personal belongings
with the aid OF search warrant,
was made without results. IL was
brought out by counsel for the de-
fendant that Rosenbaum, through a
local detective agency has chused
Miss HRyes-to be taken TO the offices
OF the detective In this city Octo-
:, her and held there without author
ity OF law for six hours. In order to
obtain a confession from her. This
action avalled them nothing Rosen-
baum said. and an information was
then sworn 10 in the court OF Justice
Maxey charging larceny OF the goods.
Miss Hayes. in an interview on the
day Of her arrest denied knowing
ANYTHING about the disappearance OF
the goods, and said at that time that
II was through her checking OF the
stock that the shortage was discov-
cred. Rosenburg told the court that
when Miss Hayes accepted the posi-
ton n was with the understanding
that she should be responsible for
the loss Of goods in the parts Of the
store under her direct supervision
hut Justice Maxey, questioning the
complainant, found that he had not
required her to make n bond OF ans
kind. and further that he could not
say that the defendant ever had the
goods In question I'm her possession
at any time other than whom she wal
checking stock with Rosenburg.
The court. without reviewing th'
testimony stated from the bencf
that the prosecution seemed 10 hav,
been based on a slight suspicion and
that that was no evidence that tn
defendant was in any way implicated
In the alleged theft OF the jewelry,
In attendance AZ the trial was DR.
r. A. Hayes OF Cleveland, ONO
brother OF the defendant and g
number Of the defendants relatives
who remained at their hotel until th'
conclusion OF the hearing.