Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-10-19 | Page 2 | Police Nab Suspect in Purse Thefts

I POLICE POUGE NAB i SUSPECT IN I PURSE THEfT 1 1 i Arrest Follows Flight After Alleged Attempt to Victimize Theatre Patron Patron Patron Pa Pa- I tron Loot Recovered I Termination of a snatching purse-snatching epidemic that has been prevalent here the past several weeks is thought by the police to have hae been effected Saturday night when a woman woman woman wo wo- man giving the name of Mary Webber Webber Web Web- ber bel 25 was arrested and lodged in inthe inthe the th city jail for investigation f fol following following fol- fol l- l lowing her alleged theft of a pocketbook pocketbook pocketbook pocket- pocket I book containing more than from from froma a woman patron of a local theatre theatte The po pocketbook with its contents intact was and restored to its owner o The Webber woman police say took a position near an elderly woman woman woman wo wo- man and her daughter in the foyer of the toe theatre The mother laid her hei pocketbook on a ledge mome momentarily when she turned to pick It up It was gone The Webber Vebber woman Is said to have told the owner that someone had taken the pocketbook to the ticket window The daughter went to secure It When she returnee returned with the report that it was not nol there the Vebber Webber woman is said sale to have taken flight I She sped from the place easily outdistancing outdistancing- her pursuers Police Police- were summoned to assist in the chase diase After nearly one hour of search the Webber Vebber woman was taken into custody as she attempted to evade the officers by running into an al alIcy alley alley al- al ley Icy at South West Vest Temple street police sa say The loot was recovered reco nearby where the woman is said to have thrown it when her capture seemed inevitable