Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1900 — Dealing with Shoplifters. [ARTICLE]

Dealing with Shoplifters.

A new method of dealing with shoplifters Is to be tried in some of the big department stores In this city. The store detectives nre kept busy watching for pilferers, and many of tile thieves are caught. But iAs found that the present system of searching them and prosecuting them In court Is not entirely satisfactory. One thing is, that. If the thief can prove that he has taken less than $25 worth of property from a store, the charge cannot be more than petty larceny, a»d there are other legal points that professional shoplifters know all about and which prevent full Justice being done—at least In the opinion of the merchants. So the detectives in some of the stores have determined that they will take away from the suspects the properly they may have stolen, and then hurl them out of the back door with a "good, swift kick,” and warn them that if they ever return they will be sent to Jail. This will be only an experiment, but the detectives think It will be successful.— New York Correspondence Pittsburg Dispatch.