Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 109, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1913 — SAVES BABES: HELD AS THIEF [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SAVES BABES: HELD AS THIEF

Nurse Arrested on Employer’s Charge of Stealing S6OO After Rescue of His Children. New York. —After rescuing two children from a burning house March 10, Mae Benlein, sixteen years old, was arrested recently on the charge of stealing S6OO worth of jewelry untouched by the flame. The charge was made by the father of the chidlrqn, Georgp H. Murray, a broker. On the night of the fire, Mr. and Mrs. Murray went to a theater. They returned to find their home almost burned down and to learn that Mary Benlein had twice risked her life to save the children, and had herself been overcome by smoke. Naturally, she was acclaimed a heroine. Her salary was increased and she was assured that she would be taken care of for the rest or her life. While the

family was finoing a new home the girl was sent to her grandmother. A detective went to the grandmother’s home and looked over the girl’s

things. Jewelry and clothing miss* ed by her employers was found.

Mao Benlein.