Show WO OAN fAN SUffERS TO SAVE Police Are Not Inclined to Believe Believe Believe Be Be- lieve Stories That Are Told Although William Edwards told a seemingly ly straightforward story freeing freeing free tree ing himself from complicity In tho tile shoplifting to which his woman companion companion com corn panion Irene Hawley alias Edwards Edward's pleaded guilty and although the woman woman wo wo- woman wo- wo man herself herselt corroborated his stor story ho he was found guilty yesterday by Judge J. J M. M Bowman on the charge of ot petit larceny and will be bo sentenced Monday I As Ae the woman under her plea of cf guilty received the maximum sentence c of ot six 51 months no less Is expected for tor Edwards Ed Ed- wards They were arrested Thursday after a valuable coat and skirt had been stolen from the tho store of ot F. F Auerbach Bros Dros and a hat hot from Crom tho the Keith Keith- OBrien O'Brien Dr Dry Goods company compan AccordIng AccordIng Accord- Accord According Ing to her own conte confession slon and plea of ot guilty tho the woman had stolen tho the articles articles arti arti- cles des and at al tho time of ot time the arrest they were found In the tho possession of ot the man Edwards confessed on the stand st to having been living with the tho woman who is supposed to be the daughter of ot ofa ofa a 0 prominent family of ot Butte Mont but denied all knowledge of ot the confessed con con- theft then except that the articles had been hand handed cd to him by the woman to carr carry to th their lr room Although the tho woman had not been In tho the courtroom during the recital of or Edwards Edwards' testimony testimony testimony mony Friday afternoon yesterday morning she sho In many ways corroborated corroborated corroborated rated his statements I Carefully coached b by tho the police and detectives es Attorney E E. A A. Rogers hammered hammered hammered ham ham- on the theor theory that the woman after pleading guilty and receiving a six months' months sentence was suffering to save savo her companion There was a whispering whispering whispering whis whis- In police corridors yesterday esterday that tho the woman yoman had been Induced to I plead guilty under tho the promise that a pardon would be bo secured for her lIar |