Indiana daily times. [volume], July 09, 1920, Home Edition, Page 12, Image 12

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JEWEL THIEVES
PROTECTED BY
THEIR VICTIMS
Many Put in Their Work at
Large Social Functions,
Says Detective.
N. Y. CROOKS CLEVEREST
WASHINGTON, July 6—The Caruso
gem robbery, which has been bo widely
and efficiently advertised, has attracted
attention to the fact that thefts of Jewels
are greatly on the increase.
In New York, where a systematic cam
paign of robberies seems to be well under
way, it Is believed that an unusually
clever band of crooks Is at work, with
a master mind disposing of the stolen
goods.
In other cities, on trains, at country
houses, the story of disappearing val
uables Is the same.
Morgan Bradford, head of a well-known
detective agency, says that the preval
ence of Jewel robberies by guests Is not
even dimly realized, and that the victims
are the last people to be convinced.
This, he says, is what makes life hard
est for detectives.
A society woman employs a sleuth to
recover her SIO,OOO breastpin, 6tolen out
of a dresser drawer during a dinner
party.
He comes and quizzes the servants and
questions her as to how many people
saw her drop it lr the drawer.
Only two of her friends, she tells him,
and she is indignant when he insists on
their names.
He looks them up and finds that one
of the young women has only a small
income, as money goes in that strata of
society, that she is in debt, and that
she made a short trip to New York the
day after the party.
WON’T ALLOW
ANY QUESTIONING.
Yet when he reports this to the woman
who employs him, she, as likely as not,
refuses to allow him to question her
friends, as it would be an Insult.
So the detective, having followed other
does to no purpose, has to give up the
Job and the amateur burglar continues
her social career with her honesty un
questioned—as she had foreseen.
This sort of thing, Mr. Bradford says,
happens all the time. It accounts large
ly for the estimate that of all the Jewels
reported as missing only about one-fourth
are recovered.
These amateurs rarely if ever resort
to burglars* methods.
There Is no business of entering win
dows at night with flashlight and black
cambric mask
Theft for them is made ridiculously
easy. Time and again they have heard
tfceir host menlion carelessly the fabu
lous cost of this bit of bric-a-brac or
of that necklace, and so when chance
sooner or later leaves the guest alone
and face to face with the object of
value, it is unobtrusively stored away
and the incident is closed.
An interesting case of this aort hap
pened in Washington dnrlng a reception
given by a wealthy man. well known In
society. One of the guests was a popu
lar youth whose chief drawback to hip
piness was his small income.
DETECTIVE SEES
THEFT BY GUEST. V
This young man was alone in a parlor
when he was seen by a detective pres
ent to finger a tiny Japanese carving.
Presently ho slipped it in the coat
tail pocket of his dress sntt.
The detective informed the host, who
begged that nothing be done.
But a few days later a curio dealt r
telephoned the owner of the carvinfT.
•’You remember." he said, “I sold you
a bit of Japanese carting for S4OO.
“Well, you know the Japs rarely dupli
cate, and anyway I know a mark on
your piece. It was brought her** just
how by a young man who wants SIOO for
It. I told him to come back for the
money.”
This time there could be no question
of the young man's guilt, so the owner
sent the detective to the shop.
When the young man came In the de
tective held up the carving and said
pleasantly. “This belongs to Mr. K.’’
The society man bowed formally to the
dealer and the detective and left the
store without a word. He has not been
seen in these parts since.
Comparatively few robberies of this sort
occur In Washington, however.
Despite the more and less wealthy peo
ple of national fame who spend part of
their time In the capital, there Is not a
great deal of wealth In the city.
Washington is known as the thieves*
graveyard, partly because of this lack of
material worth stealing, but more be
cause the city police system is known to
be unusually free from graft, so that a
thief can not get off by political piTII as
is often done in the big centers of un
derworld activity.
Hartford City to Pay
Taxpayers Rebates
HARTFORD CITY, Incl., July 9.
County officers are preparing to par
rebates to taxpayers in Jackson ami
Washington townships who paid their
taxes thia spring under protest, follow
ing the decision made* by the state su
preme court that the horizontal in
creases made by the state tnx
in assessments in Indiana are illegal.
This decision makes a big cut in the
assessed valuation of taxable property
In this county.
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The Young Lady
Across the Way
The young lady across the way says
she knows she never could learn to use
an adding machine as she’s always been
poor at arithmetic.—Copyright, 1020.
Women Police Make
Good, Reports Show
LONDON, July 9.—Policewomen who
have been on a year's probation have
proved of service to the country, accord
ing to the annual reports of Sir Leonard
Dunning, inspector of constabulary, just
published.
“The employment of women on police
work,” says Sir Leonard, “like any
other novelty, has been and is the sub
ject of much difference of opinion.
“But there Is no doubt that with regard
to two evils —Juvenile crime and im
morality—the preventive work of the po
liceman can be better accomplished by a
policewoman.
“Her very sex gives her influence over
the child whose mischief has brought him
under the notice of the police before the
mischief takes the form of crime, and
over the mother to whose neglect the of
fense of the child is so often due.
“She can speak to the giddy girl be
fore her giddiness makes her slip down
the first step to ruin, as no man can
speak without risking the accusations of
undue interference which have so often
stopped the efforts of the police to save
them from themselves.”
China’s Goat Strays
Way Over to U. S.
SHANGHAI, July 9.—Mary’s little lamb
has nothing on China's goat.
It has rambled over to the United
States—ln sections.
An American consular report issued
here says goatskins sent from China to
the United States In the quarter of the
fiscal year ending on March 31 were
valued at *7,053,4i0.
And China’s goat approximated 25 per
cent of the total exports of the country
for that period.
Raw silk exports were estimated at
$10,500,000.
MOTI^ONPICTURES.
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who did not get to see the picture during its
previous engagement, and of hundreds who did
see it and desire to witness it again.
There’s a Reason. Ask Anybody!
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Mack Sennett —in—
“BY°GOLLY" “YES OR NO”
A play of married life with Miss
The Circlette of News Talmadge in a remarkable dual role
Circle Orchestra as the “Yes” girl and the "No” girl.
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With an All-Star Cast
ALHAMBRA “s'AND”
UNIVERSAL COMEDY Fox ’New* Weekly
STOPPED THEFT
OF HER OWN CAR
Thieves Don’t Hesitate When
Woman Says ‘Get Out
Two would-be automobile thieves were
surprised while trying to steal an auto
mobile parked on Michigan street, near
Jefferson avenue, at 4:30 o’clock this
morning.
The two thieves were In an automo
bile and had tied a rope from their car
to the automobile parked on Michigan
street.
As they were about to start away with
the two automobiles a woman’s shrill
voice sounded from an upstairs window.
“What are you doing with my car?”
called the voice.
One of the men leaped from the side
of the car they were about to steal and
cut tbe rope.
The two men escaped in their own au
tomobile, and C. W. Rafferty, 521 North
Keystone avenue, who witnessed the at
tempted theft, telephoned a description
of them to the police.
Wife Asks Divorce
After Hubby Sues Ma
RICHMOND, Ind., July 9.—Charging
abandonment and cruel and Inhuman
treatment, a suit for divorce filed by
Mrs. Rose Seaser against Robert Arthur
Seager is on tbe docket of the Wayne
county circuit court.
Mrs. Seager is the daughter of Henry
Gennett of this city and has been mar
ried before.
Mr. Gennett is president of the Starr
Piano Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Seager were married in
Los Angeles, Cal., March 5, 1919.
They had known each other as chil
dren, both having attended the lUqn
mond public schools.
During the war, in which Seager
served as a major of infantry and was
badly gassed they began a correspond
ence leading up to the romance which
culminated in their marriage.
In her complaint Mrs. Seager avers
that her husband abandoned ber In Au
gust last year at a summer cottage In
the east, and that he brought stilt
against her mother, alleging she haft
alienated the affections of Mrs. Seager,
causing him to lose the services of his
wife, and asking $50,000 damages.
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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, JULY 9,1920.
Beer, Hops and Malt
Found at Logan sport
LOGANSPORT, Ind., July 9.—A small
sized brewery was located at the home
of James Worley, residing north of this
city Thursday, when the officers raided
the place and commandeered ninety piDt
bottles of home-made beer together with
a quantity of hops and malt.
Worley plend guilty to a violation of
the liquor law, was fined SSO and costs
and sentenced to serve thirty days in
jail.
He paid the fine and the Jail sentence
was suspended.
Woodmen’s Carnival
Shows Open_Monday
The Famous Broadway Shows, a car
nival organization, will open Monday at
Morris and Division streets, under the
auspices of Park camp, 0*304 Modern
Woodmen of America.
The shows will open Monday night and
continue for a week.
An animal show is one of the prin
cipal attractions of this organization.
FOREST FIRES RUN MERCURY WILD
NOGALES, Aria., July 9.—Forest fires
which broke out in five different sections
near here today caused the thermometer
to climb to 130 degrees in the shade, the
highest mark ever recorded at Nogales.
FAMOUS
BROADWAY SHOWS
AND
WILD ANIMAL ARENA
JULY 12-18 Inc.
AUSPICES
PM CMP 6604 M. W 4.
/
Stupendous
Array of Attractions.
SHOW BONDS
Morris and Division Sts.
AMUSEMENTS
STEP LIVELY
With Mildred Rogers in a
Dance Cycle ______
“LORENZ & WOOD
Tulip and Fanny—Comedy bong. Talk,
Dance and Flano
WATSON’S DOGS
The \rt |il(Tcrr;:t
MORRISON, NASH &
WILLIAMS
A Comedy Variety Offering
“CORTEZ SISTERS
International Entertainers _____
McGREEVEY &
DOYLE
Up-to-date Comedy Cycle
KINOGRAMS
Koto film
DIGEST TOPICS
Pithy Paragraphs
Keep fool at Keith’s.
Matinee at 2:30.
Evening* at 7:30 and 0:0®.
FO FILAR PRICES.
Are you a Walrus
or a Carpenter?
MIIRAT lasi 3 Times
IfIUVIM I Evenings 8:30
£3 Last Mat. Tomorrow-2*30
|f THE STUART WALKER CO.
I Gypsy trail
A Romantic Comedy by
Robert Housum
■ DDIPCO. Eves.. 50c. >I.OO, >1.50
| rniutu. Mats., 25. 50c. TBc
O— next WEEK
TEMPERAMENTAL HENRY
%
CONTINUOUS
8 Big Features
INCLUDING
FIVE MERRY MKN
BANDY FIELDS TRIO
AND OTHERS
Ladle,’ Bargain Matinee Every H
Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I
MAC II?
Let’s Go—lt’e Continnous
A Downtown Beach
THE COOL JOY SPOT
Feature Vaudeville
Kelfer’s Dancing Kewpies
Gladys Brockwell
and others
Ladirs get coupons at this theater I
Rood at the Broadway matinees I
Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I
CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLE
LYRIC
Goins: on AH the Time.
1 Until It p. m.
John F. Kuhn Sisters
Conroy Gilbert and Saul
__j Hart and Helene
Cy and Cy
Sister Three Ambler
World’s Brother*
Greatest Francis
Water Experts Dougherty
FOX COMEDY ‘JAZZ BEAUTIES’
Dancing in the Lyric Ballroom
Afternoon and Evening
Prices are at their lowest in this annual SCHLOSS
July Clearance
S3O Suits, now | __ SSO Suits, now
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Real savings appeal to all men—* Q J
and that is the strongest of the
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Outfitters for Men and Boys
STATE LIFE BUILDING
Open Saturday Until 9 P. M.
A STATEMENT TO
THE PUBLIC
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THE Van Briggle Motor Device Company desires to
announce that while the recent decision of Judge
Anderson, in the case against the company relative
to the shock absorbers, will prevent at least temporarily
and pending appeal, the further manufacture and sale ,
of the precise form of shock absorbers which has hereto- i
fore been manufactured, nevertheless, the company will i
be ready within a very short time to supply shock absorbers
which will be entirely satisfactory.
The manufacture of Van Briggle Carburetors is now, as
it has always been, an important part of our business, and
we will continue to develop this department intensively.
The Company will also continue to manufacture shock
absorbers and has already perfected the changed form ■
which will soon be ready for the market,
CARBURETORS
And SHOCK ABSORBERS
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VAN BRIGGLE MOTOR DEVICE CO.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., U. S. A.