Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-04 | Page 8 | Merchants at War with Shoplifters

MERCHANTS AT ATAR WAR AR WITH SHOPLIFTERS Three Prominent Matrons o of Newark 0 O. and Will Be De Prosecuted NEWARK Ohio Feb 4 Warrants have been sworn out charging Mrs Laura Kara Kara-is Mrs Ella Haughey and I Mrs Rose White all married women residing in Newark with shoplifting an and grand larceny They were vere arr arrested ar- ar r rested sted and locked up in the city prison It is thought that other arrests will follow Systematic shoplifting has been goIng going go- go Ing lag on here he for some time and it is isI I estimated that thousands of dollars' dollars worth orth of goods have been stolen from dry goods stores Since the discovery of f shoplifting persistent efforts have been een made by certain parties to settle the ie matter with money and hush it up but ut the merchants who have lost so heavily seem determined to let the law take ake its course and in this they are backed by the best public sentiment