The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-12-07
SUPER-CROOKS
ARE FEMALES
Scotland Yard Is Baffled
by Success of Women
in Thievery.
BLACKMAIL IS AN AID
They Have an Uncanny Way
of Keeping Track Of What
Is Going on in London.

LONDON, Dec. g. Whose are the
master minds behind the astounding
epidemic OF crime which has reccn L
~ startled London? Jewel robber
les and fur thefts on an unexampled
scale have been reported to Scotland
Yard during the last three or four
weeks, and tho smhrteFt minds OF
the criminal investigation dophr l.
ment are baffled by the facility ana
ehSa with which successive cpups
have been accomplished, II In WON .
on who are playing an Important
role in connection win ihthe M
canny mysteries of The west chd 1he
ultra fashionable woman thlef mas
come into her kingdom, ana Hcothhh
Yard In becoming more ana hhoIs
mystifled al the extraordinary sue"
cess which attends her daily enter
prises.
Tho war infused new spirit or
adventure, daring ana reHourcefui.
ness into the woman crook anu
things which In former times hh"
hesi,hied 10 attempt mr." now mere
commonplaccs IN her daily HE. She
has ceased to- be the pawn or erst-
while criminals, and today Hle plhyS
n living part In tho battling mystery
dramas which are now ana again
brough, 10 light IN London.
what manner OF creature In tho
woman crook of Mayfair she IN
NOT the petty pickporhet, tho purS"
pnatcher, OF whom one rtndH In po-
lice reports, on tho contrary, she ~
A cultivated. accomplished, Travelled
sdv.ntlreaa, "A woman of AFFAIRS
who dreams no dreams, but deah III
hard facts You would never guess
these women adventurcrs for wheV
they are.
Take a peep into one OF tho many
fash sDnnbie Mayfair flats, where
live the genuine women OF fashion.
and the spurious A woll-gownca
woman is sitting on comtortaDle
sofa. warming her .sllk-c3nd teet pc-
fore a fire. The walls OF The room
are hung with fine old prints, mo
brocadc curtains, the carpets, tne
lacquer writing desk, all SAVIOR or the
refined. cultured society woman Ana
the woman herself2 To look At her
you would think she was htunH
there planning dinner party or
week end visit. As IA matter OF fact
she ls working out In that quick
brain OF hers the details OF one OF
the most daring Jewel robberies ever
foisted on a great city.
A knock at the door. man eerV-
ant users In a wcll-groomed young
man, and retirer, The two SIT ohst-
tlnp comfortably together on tho
sofa. for all the world like brother
and sister. By and by the woman
rises. adjusts her cloak, which the
man holds out for her. and rings a
bell. my car" Down the steps, past
the silent faoiman, into tho glitterinH
iandaulette, and--off into the whirl
OF traffic. Where are they bound
Maybe Il IN 10 some west end RES
taurant, perhaps TO the dark alleys
and streets OF Limshopse Chinatown.
These women work outwardly
alone, In reality they harbor a hos'
OF underlings, bogus cab drivers
street hawkers navvieS, footmen-
men who know tho underworld nv
well ms you or know ourselves,
They watch the doings OF the big
thieves and the little. the master
crook and the petty purse snatoher,
aud bring their reports daily to the
master brain. Hence your cracks
woman ~ always posted with details
she knows who II planning fur
robheries. and who has eyes on d'a-
monds, who would filch motor cars,
and who will receive tho stolen
goods she knows, That In the great
point, and those whom she watches
realize this TO the full. Rlackmoil
In a handy weapon to- tho woman
with the master mind. she has but
to command aid--it u hers. III Is
refused Well, there is that htue
matter OF a pearl necklace