Salt Lake Telegram | 1921-08-07 | Page 12 | Bands of Women Thieves Are Busy in London Stores

Bands of Women Thieves I Are Busy in London Stores By Universal Service i LONDON Aug 6 The Tho Tho summer sales Bales season has disclosed a n. new and remarkable development in shoplift shoplift- ing Bands of or women shoplifters thoroughly thoroughly thoroughly thor thor- organized now invade Im-ade the shops on a n regular plan of oC campaign Well Vell dressed men accomplices re relieve relieve re- re lieve Hove the tho women of at the stolen articles at specified intervals during the on onslaughts on- on of ot these of tho the shops Wo We suspect that the tho gangs of at I thieves have amalgamated in man many c cases cs said eald an official of ot a great London shopping establishment We think there is a G. G H. H Q directing operations and launching mass at attacks attacks attacks at- at tacks on certain shops at nt the most crowded hours The usual procedure is 15 for tor a man and a woman woman sometImes sometimes accompanied accompanied accompanied nied by a a.- a child to child to to enter a 3 shop hop and push their their- wa way through the crowd A single woman follows and presently presently presently pres pres- tho the supposed married couple are aro leaning over oyer the counter examining socks sock or other goods Th Tho single woman Joins them and impatiently asks to bo be She thus distracts tho the attention of ot the attendant A pair of ot socks swiftly disappears into tho the I womans woman's dress or the mans man's pocket when n. n large number of at accomplices are arc present the stolen articles are passed from hand to hand right ht to tho door making detection almost Impossible The The- gangs ha have ye picturesque names A woman recently sentenced to six months for shoplifting was described as a n member of or Tho The li Forty Thieves Jan gang