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Show Mitt MY; ACCUSED OF i THEFT, VEHEMENTLY SAYS-SHE SAYS-SHE IS NOT A THIEF Is Anna May of Spring City a petty thief or Is she.the yictlm of an ugly plot to win her name andxeputatlon?- Thls Question will be answered In the Police court!' when Anna Mty is tried on a charge of petty larceny. . The young, woman was arrested yesterday yes-terday afternoon by a " deputy sheriff on complaint of Er'.ca Carlson, who alleged al-leged on oath that Miss May had stolen, from her a silk skirt valued at $20. Miss May and Miss Carlson were domestics do-mestics employed in the White House hotel. Several articles of wearing apparel ap-parel were missed from time to time at the hotel. Suspicion could not be directed di-rected toward any one in the hotel until un-til yesterday, when a silk skirt claimed by Miss Carlson as her property, waa alleged to htve been found, together with other articles which were alleged to have been stolen, in Miss May's room. Complaint was immediately made by Miss Carlson and Miss May's arrest followed. fol-lowed. She was arraigned before Judge Dlehl this morning. She is a girl of fine appearance, ap-pearance, well rounded form, beautiful brown hair and deep brown eyes. When she was told to stand up for pleading, the tears sprang to her eyes, and when asked to plead she cried impetuously: "l am Innocent oh, I am innocent!" Then, overcome by the humiliation of the ordeal, she sank to her seat, sob bing broken heartedly. " ' A plea of not guilty was entered for her by the court, and her bail, fixed last night at $100, was allowed to stand. The case will be tried May 16. Miss May was unable to secure bail and, her body shaking, with sobs, she was taken back to the county jail to She vehemently declare her Innocence Inno-cence and affirms that if the alleged stolen goods - were found in her rtom she does not know who placed them there. She says she believes that she has been made the victim af a plot to Injure her reputation, and to humiliate her. i , |