The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-21
Wfe,S Love of
Finery Reveals
$4,000 in Loot
Girl, II, SObS Denial of
Knowing Mate
Stole.

TEARFUL, a girl-wife sorted
Il through the 'pretties" which
had meant so much to her, at police
headquarters today.
Declaring she had been ignorant
of her young husbands lootings of
apartments and residences which
police say netted him more than
$4,000 in loot since Jan. l, Mrs.
Tampa Lorraine Nicholas, II, sobbed
as she looked through q great mass
Of loot to find the few garments
and pieces of jewelry she could
claim as her own.
Meanwhile. hostile looks came to
her from q dozen other women, VIC
tins of apartment house burglarieS,
who eagerly searched for their own
treasures in the pile Of goods police
say was stolen by the young wom-
ans husband, William Nicholas,
alias William Lorraine, "a, of 1871
Broadway.
The girl wife had been the means
Of betraying her husbands thefts
police say.
With few pretty garments Of her
own, she had worn a stolen dress,
and fate trapped her.
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n EISS MARTHA r. HAYS. for
.IVI merly residing at 1909 East
Washington street, recently moved
to the home of her brother, E. c.
Hays, 1871 Broadway, where Mich
olaS and his wife were roomerS. Miss
Hays saw Mrs. Nicholas wearing a
dress stolen in burglary of Miss
Hays apartment on Washington
street two months ago.
When Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas were
away from home, Miss Hays and her
sister-in-law investigated their
rooms and found masses of clothing,
jeWelry.
Police. investigating, arrested the
Nicholas couple and also arrested
Norbert c. Day, %, of 1909 East
Washington street. and his wife,
Cora. 20, holding all four on vag-
Fancy charges.
Articles valued at more than
$4,000 were recovered from the
rooms of the two couples.
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NICHOLAS, however, is alleged
IN to have made a statement that
Mr.. and Mrs Day knew nothing OF
his burglaries and did not know
articles he gave them were stolen.
His statement also abSolveS his
wife of blame, police say. but she
will be held for further questioning
Nicholas has sold many articles, po-
sice say, and he is alleged to have
said he told his wife he had been
given the various articles to sell on
commission.
THIRTY burglaries since the first
Il Of the year will be solved by the
arrests, police declared today.
Among those identifying articles at
police headquarters today were
Miss Irene Schatz. 2lS East Fiji
teenth street. Apartment Z: R. L.
Crouch. To East st. Joseph street:
be ReiSs Stewart, 343 West Forty
third street; A. c. Bradford,
$50 East Thirty eighth street;
Charles Rawlings, 1851 Gen.
trail avenue, Apartment IS;
Ralph Weiland. 31S Col-Ten apart
hents; Grace Norwood, 307 Man
chester apartments; Roxie Lingle
Ind Vella Freed, go North PennSyl-
Fania street, apartment 306; Mr..
Ind Mrs. Charles D. Snider. 1918
college avenue: Helen and Emily
Boyd, 962 North Pennsylvania
street; J. Caylor Carney, 1451 Gen.
trail avenue, apartment 20; Mrs. j.
b. Conway. 30S East Thirteenth
street; Miss Hilda Corbett, 962
North Pennsylvania street, Apt.
l03: Mrs. Mary Keller and Miss
Beatrice Vickery. 2615 Broadway;
John Steidle, 14oS Broadway: NJ. E.
Beach, 2l24 Broadway: H. D. Nor
veil, zoos North PENNSYLVANIA street;
William Hoenig, 1909 East Washing
ton street; Miss Effie Shaw, 962
North Pennsylvania street: Miss
Louise Simmons. 1905 North Pennsyl-
Vania street, and the Bradford
Company. $50 East Thirty-eighth
ktreek