Deseret Evening News | 1906-12-15 | Page 105 | Shoplifters at Work

n SHOPLIFTERS AT WORK mid Thieves steal roe time tho Big Stores The near or of when It itIs Is the duty or of nil all to make other glad makes the shoplifter wore bold and de da One hall Ical store was as tabbed 1 eight la in ono evening nut not counting the I numerous little arlaca s that weld eIO and would bo be found an tit tle lI luny Inuit are taken doilY dally by both bolh old and I young In plain sight ot of the clerks or oth others ers ern hut but nothing to HI dune III the matter maller Tho rho thieves actions are so well concealed that tha 1 It Is 18 impossible to detect them Thu larger stores otter time the best hest opportunity for tor hoth the tiro amateur and the pro prot ce t JI light hl thief thle These ThebO have havo havon I n beset liPset with will both local and eastern and omen wino who mono tram from one city then company have havo had great ully 1 he firm arm row has men mend d 1 women detectives who have bravo taken lakon the Iho In hand so well that theca le Is little I chance to get away All the large larso stores have put Iut on men extra clerks anI and ox ex detectives whoso whose dut duty It Is to notice and detect nn any pith light lingered tendencies Salt Sail Lake Is not bothered with lIh ns as ninny professionals nil as Is tho 1110 east rho opportunity hero Is 13 less leM and they dare not the work with the odds so great greal n against them flan amusing tales are told by detec lives tives or of tho actions or of both the prates and rank amateur shoplifter Only n a few ell ago n a woman II a resl resident ent o a t BaJt Lake Lak went watt into Inlo ono one ot of the largest rte art m e nt t stores Mores a n panted b by Il a small girl She went to Il counter r and asked the tho el clerk rk to see peo PO Acv erel articles B The These o silo sho handled studying Ih the weave and knit or of the article Finally ono one was IM found which would woul do This she phe began n to grad roll liP up slowly and almost t Imper Another customer came lome up UI beside be besIde sIde her She dropped the embroidery and moved over ocr a lit III Alter the new ar arrival rival land hod taken stand tand silo she came hack back and began to roll roil up the mirth do cle finally this wn w n small to permit placing It in hI her waist its IS she Aho d 1 so po tile the detective C e l and looked her In the tho e eye e RR as turned The I womAn became nn and Mashed tried to stammer ut r At she Ahe moved mv ore Ott n a little 1 hl ruin her bar hand In h her r waist toward the tho back