Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 October 1905 — A BIG ROUND-UP OF SHOP-LIFTERS. [ARTICLE]

A BIG ROUND-UP OF SHOP-LIFTERS.

A gang of professional shop-lift-ers were rounded up at Delphi and Monon Saturday. They gave their names as Sarah Currier, May Armstrong, Wm. Mackey, Charles Hammil and James Herdick. The two women and one of the men weui into the New York Store at Delphi, and claimed to be waiting for others of their party before buying. They stayed around a long time, and finally went away. The women’s skirts “bulged’’ out at, the bottoms so much that a little girl asked her mother if women's dresses look like that when they wore hoops , The remark raised suspicion, and an investigation showed several hundred dollars worth of goods missing. The Currier woman and .Mackey were arrested at a hotel in Delphi, but the other thne had hired a livery rig and got out. They went to Monticello and took a train for Monon. There they were arrested while waiting for a train for Chicago. The stolen goods were found at the hotel. The wo man had huge pockets in their dresses, for carrying away what they st de. I They were taken back to Delphi, but it was learned later that they w< re members of a gang of eight in all who had roblied Rink's cloak store 'at Indianapolis of several thousand dollars’ worth of valuable goods. They were turned over to the Indianapoil is authorities, who had the other three in custody, and trken back there for trial. ' For rent, good nwu-e, barn. 11 acres of grou id. 2 acres in fruit. 1 mile from town. Mrs. Laura Michael. wldl