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Show A SHOPLIFTER ARRBSTE1. A Prominent Soeiety Lady Apprehended In Crime." , One of the .leading grocers of this city has long had occasion to bo auspicious of one of his best customers, the wife of ouo of the leading business men of Salt Lake. Every time she has come mto the store he lias noticed that sho acted suspiciously, aud that wheu she had left something was sure to be missing. So bo determined to watch her and this morning when sho entered to order her daily amount of groceries he quietly sent for a policeman in plain clothes. The oilicer did not have long to wait.for bo had been in the store but a short time when he noticed her glido over to the counter and slyly slip a package of Quaker oats under her shawl. When charged with tho theft she broke down and confessed but gave as her reasons that Quaker Oats are such a delightful breakfast dish that I she could not resist the temptation. The grocer agreed with her and sho was permitted to depart after she had paid tor a dozen packages of this delightful compound. .. . |