The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-05-21

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Chicago. May 1l-(United Prese)i
Tho family Of Nrs. Joseph 81
Hell. millionaire maid and alleged
confessed robbef. stood loyally vi
her today - she stood accused oil
$4,000 worth Of hoQseJ
hold goods.
Two children and her huaband)
remained with her at the deteation,
home throughout the night, while
she underwent examination to de1
termtne IL she was . Rames or n
kleptomaniac. Verdict Of physi-i
clans and police was that It was q
clear case of kieptomAniA
Mrs. He'll, charming young Wife
OF a millionaire banker and invest
ment broker, lived IN . paIatiall
home, surrounded, BY every luUry. ]
Her husband gave her $500 q month";
for pin money. and besides paidl
bills Of everything she purchased.
She had . nurse, . cook, tWo(
maids and . house man. She vasl
the mother of three sturdy Young
boys and q girl. recently married.
Yet when police traced her to bar
home they found $4,000 worth Of
stolen household goods md jewell
diamond rings, silver and dc llxe,
diamond rings, sflvr and de laxe,
editions. Pawn tickets for $4,000
worth of goods which had been dis
posed Of were found.
Mrs. He'll was identified as thet
perfect maid" by q score Of house,
keepers on the North Shore gold
coast. They identified hef as the!
person who for many months has
answered ads for . maid" and AFT
er staying few days would disap-
pear with the most expensive
household articles ON which she
could lay her hands. -
Mrs. He'll used her own 5000
auto to haul the goods to her home.
She explained to her husband and
children that she purchased the
goods at auction. They thought she
had a penchant for auction sales.
Her husband made out checks to
her covering the amount which she
said she paid for goods brought
home.
Used 5000 Auto.
The arrest of Mrs. He'll followed
the robbery of the home Of Mrs. A.
Miller on Wednesday,. Two men
who had seen her loading the
household goods into a limousine
identified her later after the rob
berry was reported and called the
police.
Il had no reason to steal" Mrs.
He'll cried piteously.
my husband gave me every
thing I could possibly want.
Il never knew l had taken the
things until l would see them about
my home. / was so ashamed after
wards / would hide the things. I
would. lie. 1 would steal again.
though. l couldn't help Il"
The case was more distressing
because Mrs. He'll is soon to be-
come a mother again.
Members of the family said Mrs.
He'll was injured in an auto acci;
dent and an infection set in. A
wound in her limb has never healed
and they believed this had affected
her mentally. She was confined In
a sanitarium for some time.
He'll paid an income tax on $l55,-
600 in 1920 and $SS.000 this year.
Authorities piled the unfortunate
woman with questions to determine
il she was in the hands Of gamblers
or extortionists. She apparently
was not. Asked il she played cards
she replied:
II should say not. came from
Wheeling, W. Va, where women do
not play cards. never touched q
card in my life and would not per-
NIT my children to play.
Families who have been robbed
within the last year by . perfect
maid" formed a procession through
the He'll mansion today, identity
ing articles as theirs, which the
He'll family thought had been pur-
chased at auction by Mrs. He'll.
II don't know why she has don't
this terrible thing. but will stfcl
by her to the end" said her mil
lionaire husband.
Mrs. James Carolan, . 2o-year.
bold daughter and q bride Of . fev
weeks. tainted when she heard hel
mother was arrested. Az soon u
she was revived she hurried to hel
mothers side and refused to leavo
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