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Show TEACH CRIME IN COLLEGE IN TEXAS Feminine Fagin Instructed Pretty Girls in "Theory of Shoplifting." Shop-lifting." lallH. Tex. .Miss Verda Mowers Is under arrest In tills city, charged with .shoplifting nnd with teaching others the art of stealing for a living. According Accord-ing lo evidence In the hands of the police. Mlts Dowers made a business of locating pretty young girls who were working for small salaries und taking them to lunch. Then she unfolded a Plan whereby for a fee of $2S they would lie taught bow easy It was to niiiKe some real money nnd wear tho finest of clothes nt no cost. Mlxi Flowers was not arrested for shoplifting, but was caught while "tutoring" "tu-toring" one of her students' In a department de-partment store. Later four o'her young ladles were caught and &1.000 worth of tlnery was recovered. Tin; plan of Instruction In the school conducted liy Miss Flowers Included lectures In tho "theory of shoplifting." eft. mm " 'sssssssM f 1 1. )'. ' 1 1 Aasssse.. . I . I ryKj. 'Is JL V-V iV vWrniXstBH . 1 uc8 Taken to a Store and Given Instruction. This consisted In talks and demonstrations demonstra-tions how to "lift" stuff. I.nter the pupil pu-pil was taken to a store and given personal per-sonal Instruction by Mls4 Klowers, who criticized the pupil, giving npeclal attention at-tention on how to act when suspected. After the pupil had been pretty well grounded In theory and plain shoplifting, shoplift-ing, Miss Flowers Instructed In t'fnncy" lilting, that Is In tho taking of frklrts, dresses, waists, Jewelry, suits mid piece goods. It Is estimated her pupils stole moro than $10,000 worth of goods. |