Show JR s I Secrets of the Shoplifters lifters of New York f t WRITTEN FOR THIS PAGE BY JACK ROSE r. r dont don't work on r tormy days They are safest they i-they they are hidden in crowds of never work when the they ers rs they arc aro half empty 7 No 1 It is oes oes es shoplifting pa pay y most risky of all kinds of f I will explain this later on in article an honest shopper likely to be beed ed 7 led ed of shoplifting in any of the tho New ew York stores 1 No Kol I there no DO danger of mistakes be- be made by bv the clerks or store deves deves de- de No mistakes are aro practical practical- ves 7 o over ver er made and this I will e explain plaiD lr nest shoppers have ha nothing to shoplifters have havo all nIl the chances rj st them And yet et shoplifting the city and there are i on on nil all over less than one hundred arrests a n aMany Many aro caught on OD their very very rf attempt some manage to escape for a while and a acry very cry few 3 been able to systematically carry time and andi heir thieving for a long big bip scale scafe i shoplifters are arc about 10 o 0 successful women In the store storo dressed best beet for tor the parts Parte they y yet have to dress drees believe that a criminal foet et at people criminal The looks like Uke a how clean n. vcr not very I la l that they are threadbare and r clothes are t pretty pretty This mU must t be bethe boko betho be- be havo bad faces face of criminal the public kind hands ko tho the policeman's ens en's hands In a often otton sees K drunkard a 0 street tramp or WI WELL LL LS CRIMINALS TN bt T imi always dress drees eeB well It e i more morer u DO work York dress areas moi mUI T em l less of Now f-Now Now Wall street b brokers r i Kully than the day during durin their theirL 1 re every ever well washed wellIs wen well L' L J 1 a p oke of the well gunmen with Is d med mad well well dressed d clothes and d 1 carefully trousers pressed Tho The gen gentle Jy iq crew created ed seat next nert to you Bitting In the tho may and nd a 1 cane Ilk Uk hat hot gloves 1 bur burglar or shoplifters a bunco dont don't bother dog thread They are r after a 11 spool of valuable arts a A After t Jewelry or hat an and toes seedy leech lifter fter with a shoes would at- at sl her Ing nf through a well dressed d attention But tut automobile out of an nn v tJ i who hops bops tho the store storo dee dei de- de mu ns stra straight ht un What to floor Is le the says s e and i chance I ale It Tc on has a 1 BE TE GOon coon ACTRESS has hoR to be bo a goodis good rood shoplifter suspicion sh shit must I is Jl- Jl to 8 to evade the part Onen One r and dress he part vor well wull her ho six 51 charge charge n I know very York stores store bl big No Now six ntH H In hills bills with real money mone her ay ays da day she sho told mo me ono one Is s what fall fan suit cult at one store et a swell lots bier fuss over It I get gat nake Ike a n send fittings and for fitter titter and tho the head head hearl wal waist t he e face fao and name named and und get g-et my fitter titter tho the heads of very very- veryn MJ rubbed bcd d luto Into department T I have hn tn in the suit quit n with and pa pay rge r e account standing In In ck That vc mo me anything goon goes oeR wrong store tore If Tf wh why Ive I've Im I'm working tn th that thU t store tore from nil all hands up reference nice nice custom customer o cult Dult suits sulU 50 charge i account Recount buys hus with her own check chck spring suit salt ewer every cry uy ty a stunning cou couple pl le leR store 1 I I. b buy a n at i another luring during t tho ho o year at R priced h hats on ono ono one o swell 8 Then I buy buyon rd d store ona at nt t a fourth winter Inter of fur ev every ry they will r rt and a sixth store storo fifth firth and a still t a 0 at all an thc these c cOtros gives me a also fixes mo up tv with ith and It St ores fit ft of clothes that gives s me ae a In an any bunch of ro e 5 are my tools to Those clothes clothe n n. n i to have o good with and It It pays E HANDED ANNIE re woman works B on v a regular Plan colts II 11 one big blK busy husy storo each 55 but ut does not rt return to lo work wore this 3 par r store nr for fOI sIx lx weeks She mostly its 14 r stored but bat dew not work an any on one of oC them theta often enough to bo be spotted The Tho rest of or her hor time timo sho spends around the Waldorf aldorf and I other hotels watching for a 0 chance chanco to pick up a n. sable boa or a 0 fur coat some guest has laid on a chair for tor a moment mo mo ment Does this woman Toman carry n a bag bOoS or spa spa- big pocket to put nut her stolen things In In No Her Iier scheme IS 13 to rei rely on her stylish clothes to lo disarm suspicion sus sus- and across her arm openly Is the safest way she can get away auay with ith the tho goods Many professional shoplifters do work with a a. special outfit of pockets hooks an and other things I shall never forgot ono one device that an acquaintance of at mine showed me and she was very proud of ot it It This womans woman's special line was priced high-priced articles like lIlee diamond rings s pearl necklaces etc eta Some of the greatest Jewelry stores along Fifth avenue and other cities have hae suffered from her touch We called her Three Handed erl Annie and she certain certainly deserved deserted the name She was tho the wife of a man who had formerly worked at the tho trade of making making mak mak- In ing ing- artificial limbs and surgical Burs band band- ages ED D STUFFED GLOVE GIOE She Sho had been tho stuffed glove and muff scheme home She would pall pad out a white kid ld glove and sew MW It Into the muff so that about half of tho the glove could bo be seen slicking disking out of ot one end of the snuff muff This looked like a A. hand but there was as a hole In tho the side of tho the muff through which her rea real hand would creep out and gather up what she wanted The Jewelry stores store were wore pretty well wellon wellon on to this game an and they had ha J got to watching big muffs mutt So Three Handed Annie got tho Idea of having an en entire entire en en- tire Ure false arm and han hand m made mado do that would cut out the n need ed of a muff This seemed easy enough h but It was a el tiresome tiresome tiresome tire tire- some Job to fix up the so th that t tIt It could bo ho worked e PR satisfactorily An And even then It was wae stiff and queer lookIng look look- lag Ing- and It look took many months of ot practice tice b before tore she h could use une the tho sIRe false arm armand armand hand without arousing suspicion and l rr T. 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A. 1 l i j h oe k i III i nu ee i Annie winno for tor some somo time but hl had never met hAr when sho she was rl rigged JotI out for business One day n I ha had business with her husband husband hus hus- band n nn and J called cl at his flat fiat In One OneHundred Hundred rl and Twenty sixth street His Hla wife was Voas Just leaving a as I 1 runG runt the belL HAND HA NOT IN USE Excuse me me she eald lIl extending extending- ln her hor left hand but I cannot use tine my right hand when mv my coat Is If buttoned up Yes Tee I T see I r raid but wh why are re you vou such uCh a big coat and such broad broa shoulders rs T i will show you you OU she whispered smiling and stepped steppe back Into the flat fint You ou sec this thing Jim and I T have hav Invented In has taken ua us nearly two years year oarl to perfect It Tt Is II more of a fl trick than to make mako tco It work vou tou 1 0 would think m smoothly T I thought I could Just hang haner q n false e arm and nl hand up my and keen the tho other hand l free fro to work with n under my mv coat but hut you bet It wa nt so RO envy aa as It looked Well on It tool took three months month of ot hard hart practice nT to get tret the fake arm and hand w JI right ht nil and then we wo found foun w WI we pad and out the left lert would rould have hav to dor der to make up nit for th the tho arm that tnt hung from the right Then v we e hn had to fill till out th the whole 1 left poI sM p pt of t mv my body to mako up for the thick n of m mv my rl right ht arm that was teas hid hi mv my Jacket I The only onh way ny to fly fix un my wa wn fo to tot get a cor corset et ed with a anne on sidel d sort ort of make up po flO that when I lout tit lit It on and nut a n waist wl over It H the tho left able of ot mv my body hOlly would 11 liv thu ht stile de which had tho the arm n hilden under th the coat Then when hen this thin W wow was all fixed up tip Thid T hid bid to have n a now new coat oat made mado to tc tofit tofit fit tit over m mv my nl padded J shoulders and help rover un the lines of mv my un UD figure fig fig- rc ure so that It tl would not look Queer SCHEME SPLENDIDLY How does it work wont I asked Oh fine said ald Id Three o Handed Annie with enthusiasm Here look I will spread all nU these things out on here and ou stand right b the tho table you by and watch me I 1 will win take alx Ix of ot th the thu articles right light before your our eyes ees and you will never notice Jt It it lId And she he did ld Three Handed e Annie could walk Into a n jewelry shop with on one or two friends and they would get tho sho ol oh rk to set act Ct out oat 1114 hi goods Handed ed Annie would flop out across tho the counter that false falso arm rm and hand with a white kid glove gove on It almost almost touching touching- the clerk and her left lert arm armand and hand would be held up In to front of his face faco wl with wish h a ring ring- or something some somo- thing thInS else she was was' looking at and at and right there when whon felt Celt certain he co could ld see both her hands sho she would then use uso the tho irm that was hidden under tho the coat and steal whatever articles she had already picked out and located close cose enough to her Jacket to be reached by the tho hidden hand This woman Is now no leading leading- an nn honest life liCe and acid has hal moved to a 0 city In tho the west On Day of IK Ilig Stile SnIt It Is on a 0 day when a big big- sale Is announced an- an announced an nn- that the shoplifters s Join In among tho shoppers Some of the women In the crowd come to worry the girls behind the counters with requests to have havo the store storo goods laid out tut before thorn them for inspection After Atter n a lot Jot of talking and questioning these expected exp buyers buers e len the counters without having hav hav- having In ing bought a 0 thing tiling These women are aro tho the stalls confederates confederates con con- federates for the tho boosters as aa as tho professional shoplifter Is le known In the underworld While hUe the stall is worrying worryIng worry worry- Ing InS the overworked ed salesgirl with re- re questa for Cor further display of or goods tho storo spore booster Is at work Tho professional shoplifter m may have ve arrived in her own automobile or 01 In one ono hired for tor the tho occasion This automobile automobile auto auto- mobile store booster Is not however the only one of her profess profession on to ar- ar e at the tho storo store this morning Other Outer lees leP Important members of or this profession profession sion slon havo have arrived on foot root and have o en entered entered entered en- en this store storo to start at nt work A If any Rny of ot the women who arrived b by foot toot see the entering of or tho occupant of the automobile In to this store or meet moot her he afterwards they thoy tho make mato a hasty exit They Thoy look upon the tho latest arrival as tho the queen of ot their profession The Tho lessor titled ones fear rear the daring of or orthis this queen of shoplifters Tho They Thoy know eho Is there for Cor bl big game frame If It she sho should shoud get g-et what she is after atter and mak make mako her geto getaway way In her automobile they may bo be made the tho objects of suspicion I and bo be arrested If It the tho missing missing- of tho the goods boosted Is la discovered before they can enn got out of ot the tho storo Ono One of the most successful shop shop- Utters litters In the tho business who has baa an established es established es- es reputation I will 11 designate as ns Dutch LUo I 1 havo In mind when 1 J describe Dutch Lit LillO a a. woman I have known for tor eight years She has haa been beena a shoplifter since she was 16 Sho She Isnow is isnow isnow now 28 S Sho She Is married and has two to children Her lIer husband IB is an Inveterate gambler They live In a 8 handsomely furnished house which has been bou bought boucht ht and paid for tor by this woman out of ot her I earnings s as aa a n shoplifter Her neighbors neighbors neigh neigh- liar bors have have hav not tho the slightest Idea of or her hor mode of livelihood or that of liar her husband hus hus- band Dutch LIT LU makes about 00 a week Her lIeI principal dissipation Is 15 poker That Thatis 13 js how I came to know her and others of her kind She Is not Dot seen In any of the gambling houses I 1 was vas over er interested Interested Inter Inter- ested In or frequented No woman Is But nut she finds plent plenty of opportunity to gratify her passion for tor or gambling In an any of ot the man many private poker games gomes conducted conducted conducted con con- ducted for tor women In New V York HUTCH LIIAS LILS METHOD OD Dutch Lii LlIo like the tho rest of ot her ber profession pro Itro- seldom works In the morning It H is only when a 0 big salo ealo has been ad advertised advertised nd- nd that sho she ventures Into a store storo before noon Storm Stormy days daY are considered considered considered consid consid- ered tho the worst for business by department department department depart depart- ment store storo keeper Those days das are aro really renny their safest Not maD many persons are out shopping The Tho stores tores stores are almost almos al- al mos most t de deserted It If Dutch LIP or an any of or her kind hind ventured Into tho rho stores on such days dM's tho they thoy would soon bo be caught I Stormy days daye as ns well as Sundays and I holidays holidays arc aro days das for rest for tor tho the I store boosters What does Dutch Lit LIl look like She IB la a modest appearing almost demure young oung woman Make up of or any aDY kind IB is not use used b by her when out for tor business Sho She must not ap appear cur attractive tive tivo looking Second loos are aro not w I Ir r 1 1 t t r q la 1 Ir t. t J t 1 1 Madame 1 said the store storo detective Ill trouble you for the fan which you 1 Y took by mistake Ii beneficial to tho the successful shoplifter Her costumes are almost oue ous She might be taken for tor a school schoolteacher schoolteacher schoolteacher teacher never nover for what she he Is la Lit LUIO wears a 0 different costume ovary every day Jay and dresses her hair differently She 1 a 0 diary to toll tell her ber tho the e exact oct things she Ahe wore ore and the style stylo hor her hair was combed on her ber last visit to the tho store sho Is le going going- to visit today Her lIeI automobile is of or great assistance In preventing pre possible shadowing from the store detective whose suspicion may have been aroused by he heI her I was vas passing a prominent Fifth aye avo- nuo flue store storo on afternoon and was struck LUs automobile automobile automo automo- b by the sight of Dutch bile bUe rolling up to tho the carriage door of this thle store The Tho liveried attendants I rushed over to open the tho door to assist this queen of at shoplifters out of her automobile then opened tho the door for her to enter the tho store storo and begin her plundering On co In tho the toro store the work ork of Dutch Lit LU begins Her pal has already alread preceded preceded preceded pre pre- ceded her and is awaiting tho arrival I of the queen The They meet moet at the counter counter counter coun coun- ter that Dutch LU has hns decided upon for lor her lnor days day's operations |