Show FORTUNE TELLERS GAME IE EXPLAINED Woman Who Intimidated Housewives Is Victim of a Peculiar Mania IS PLACED UNDER ARREST WILL BE SENT TO CALIFORNIA BY RELATIVES A A woman giving the name of Mrs Walker whose face tace is seamed with the furrows of years year was taken into custody by the police yesterday esterday after afternoon afternoon afternoon noon Under the simple charge of telling fortunes without a license her arrest however ended what was beginning to tobe tobe tobe be a reign of ot terror In some of the resi residential residential residential districts of the city It will be recalled that a short time ago numerous reports were received at police headquarters regarding the operations of ofa ofa ofa a woman who under the pretense of tell telling telling telling ing fortunes entered homes and utilized this advantage to steal One Ore of ot such cases In particular that spurred the police was this womans en entry entry entry try Into the home of Mrs Edith English where she succeeded in making away with U 1 in cash and a watch chain The woman then dropped from sight un until Until til yesterday when the police department was notified by telephone that a woman was working a similar gag on fourth West Vest street str et between First and Second South Detective Jan Janney Janney Janney ney was sent out and from the tion given soon located the for Cor woman When booked at the station she gave gale galeher her name as Mrs Walker Valker aga ag 65 and her residence as South First West street An inspection of or her rooms brought to light the chain taken from the home of Mrs English and several rings Last evening a man who identified him himself himsel himself self sel as a distant relative of the detinue called On Chief Pitt and explained that the imprisoned woman woma through the read reading reading reading ing of books and pamphlets on mind reading and had become deranged on that subject He further told of the hapless woman having rela rein relatives relatives tives tires in California who would take care of her and promised that If it her release were granted he would see that she left today for California where she would be cared for Cor by her relatives As none of the victims of the Ue womans kleptomania were disposed to prosecute especially since their stolen valuables were returned to them the chief acceded to the request and Mrs Walker will be besent besent besent sent to California today |