Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-12
GIRL BURGLAR, Il,
. LURED BY F|NERY
Margaret Smith Says SHE
Broke Into House to Get
Pretty Clothes
S0BS AS SHE TELLS STORY

II couldn't max. enough money Il
the factory to have pretty clothes lik
other girls" said seventeen. year ole
Margaret Smith. Twentieth street abov,
estmoreland as an excuse for havin.
broken into a dwelling and stolen 6
watch. wedding ring and string Of
imitation pearls.
Margaret was arraigncd today in the
East Germantown station before Mag
istrnte Dougherty, on a charge Of hnv-
Ing entered the home of Miss Agnes
Orr, 2S06 North Dartcn street, last
Thursday.
You wanted to be a fnrpcr;" sug.
gested one of the patrolman at the
hearing.
NO" said the girl. Il didn't want
to be iappcr, but l did want to look
nice.
II think you look as nice as any
OF the other girls | see around. sand
the magistrate. The girl wore a. neat
gingham dress and black shoes and
stockings She has bohhcd brown hair
and blue eyes. She presented an at.
tractve but sorrowful figure as she
stood before the magistrat" Weeping.
Held In $500 Bail
"Well Margaret" snid the maGis.
trate. I'm sorry. but I'm afraid things
look pretty bad. I'm afraid I'll hav"
to hold you In $500 bail for further
hearing next week.
District Detective Winning. who
made the arrest, led the sohhtng girl
to the sergcant's room. He sent ont
and got her breakfast, and tried To- coax
more of her story from her She
refused to talk. however The police
believe n man may have been concerned
in the robbery and that she IS shielding
him.
According to Detective Winning. tho
girl confessed that she had committed
the robbery
she told me she had climbed over
the fence and cut out n window screen
to get in said the detective.
The robbery seemed a mysterious one
at first. Detective Winning questioned
neighbors after the robbery was re.
ported by Miss Orr Thursday. and
several told him they had secn a girl
lettering about the neighborhood
Finally he found some one who knew
the girls name, and SAID she worked
for a company near Twenty fifth street
and Allegheny avenue.
Questioned. Girl Confcsses
The detective went to the faCtorv and
asked il Margaret Smith worked there
He learned that she was there then.
at work He found out that she had
not been at work Thursday. at the time
the robbery was committed. and then
asked to see her.
The detective questioned the girl for
an hour. Finally hv say. snr broke
down and confessed that she had en-
tered the house.
The detective found the pearl beads
and the wedding ring in the pocket of
her coat in the locker room. He then
took her to her home, and there found
tho watch.
The girl was taken TO Central Sta.
ZION when no one appeared 10 put up
u II for hc' release.
Margaret 5 mother was not present nj
the hearing. At her home she said she
was convinced the girl had been ,lupcd
by boy in the neighborhood. whom she
was trying 10 save from arrest
Il don't know the boys name" said
the mother, but nm convinced that
what | say is SO. Margaret had no
reason in the world Of steal. She has
good home and I always have given
her plenty of pretty clothes. am
making an investigation myself +
think | know who the boy is. II
find out. Margaret won't be the only
one to suffer.