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Show mm mum hi ALLEGED JEWEL THIEF Had Many Names ; Also Many Diamonds Hidden in Her Clothes. PORTLAND. Or., May 21. Tho police- today arrcetod Mr, "ollle Davln, avlnn Davidson, alias Depew, nlUm Granger, on a choree of larceny lar-ceny from a dwelling. Tho woman Is nllcged to bo a diamond thlof. and when apprehended had about $1000 worth of diamonds and other Jewelry ornaments conccnled about liar clothco. Search of her apartments by the police dln-closcd dln-closcd another J 1M worth of Jewelry. Been Many Bobberies. At Intervals durlnp tho last thrco months resldcnccM of prominent Portlondorn have been entered und Jewelry taken, nnd though tho local dotcctlven have been rusplclous of Mrs. Davis, they word not certain until recently, when photusrnphs of the woman were received re-ceived hero from Tacoma and San .Kranclnco. Was Arrested Before. During theno three months the police assert that the woman inodo a trip to Taconin. where she was arrested, but becauso tho Tacoma authorities au-thorities had no cvldenco on which to hold her. oho was liberated. Sho then passed through Portland, going to San Francisco, returning re-turning hero shortly after the dlsaator. Daughter With Defendant Tho woman was accompanied by her twelve-ypnr-old daughter when arrested. Tho child was later 1 1 bo r rued and plnced In cURtody of tho landlady of the Iodglng-houpo In which Mrs. Davlo was arrested. Mrs. Davis Is a striking brunclto nnd looks anything hut the porpetrator of tho crime with which sho Is charged. |