Show band of women thieves caught by soviet police moscow the operations of a gang of 20 thieves here have been cut short by the arrest of their lead er alme L the police indicate that these women have robbed hundreds of homes in the leading russian cities over a long period of time beroe Is described as a highly cultured and elegantly dressed woman who has been living tor some time in the best moscow hotels her game has been to insert advertisements la various newspapers announcing that she sought a place for her macd whom slie recommends highly but whom for various reasons he could no longer employ in this way ale got her confederates into good homes which soon thereafter were mysteriously burglarized TIP arrest of one of these maids recently on suspicion led to desclos ures involving mroe and her 1 assistants |