Show CHARGE AGAINST YOUNG GIRL She is Accused of Stealing a Gold Watch and Other Jewelry but Strongly Maintains Her Innocence Ellen Blundquist a comely girl of 17 I was taken Into custody by Chief Hll ton and Detective Sheets last night and the formidable charge of grand larceny placed against her She is accused of having purloined a gold watch and chain and a case of rings from Mrs Botsford of ITT North West Temple who had employed the girl as a domestIc domes-tic Since the girl has been working at the Botsford domicile something over a week small articles of scaring apparel ap-parel have been missed from time to time TIme girl as suspected of being time thief but as nothing of value disappeared disap-peared Mrs Botsford did not investigate investi-gate However she spoke to her husband hus-band about It and he suggested that the girl bo h discharged Before letting the girl go an Imentory was made of the valuables of the household yesterday yester-day afternoon A case of fingerrings and other jewelry were missing and when Mrs Botsford opened her trunk she discovered that it had been ransacked ran-sacked From a corner at the bottom a gold watch and chain valued at 150 hud been taken Suspicion fell on nilcn and she was confronted with the charge of having taken the missing valuables The girl strenuously denied that one had even so much as seen the articles and zl efforts ef-forts to Induce her to confess were fruitless Finally Chief Hilton and Detective Sheets were called In but their questions ques-tions did oL cause the girl to admit her guilt A close search of the house revealed the missing Jewelry In an old cupboard near the girls bed Ellen was told that she must cither produce time missing watch or go to jail Slu lien rcmembei It Is stated that she had seen a watch under the mattress on Mrs Botsfords bed and time timepiece was found there The girl was taken to police headquarters but she could not be Induced to confers Insisting that the valuables had been placed where found by Mis Botsford l herself The accused girl has been in trouble on one other occasion when she was accused fify having stolen a pocketbook from a former employer She lian no relatives itt this country having been brought from Sweden the home of her parents by missionaries a year ago |