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Show C BOXES HER SPECIALTY. Woman with a Mania Is Betrayed by Burglar Alarm. Stnmford, Conn. Refrigerators and clotheslines breathed easier when Mrs. Kd win Arnold was arrested and confessed that sho Is responsible for tho disappearance of nbout $500 worth of meats, butter, eggs, and woarlng nppnrel from the buck yards of n scoro of houses. For Ilvo weeks tho pollco Jmvo been bodied In their efforts to locate lo-cate tho thief. Mrs. Arnold was cnught robbing the Ico box of Harry C. Hoyt and admitted her guilt. "1 don't know why I stole," sho said; "thero was no necessity for it. I'vo got ovorythlng I want." Thero was considerable sympathy for Mr. Arnold. Ho has a responsible position and makes enough monoy to keop his wlfo and baby In comfortnblo circumstances. Mrs. Arnold was formerly for-merly Helen Roberts Tomplo of Now York. Sho is 29 years old nnd comely. Her husband attributes her mania for stealing to a recont illness. Ho claimed to bo Ignorant of his wife's ponchant for other peoplo's edibles nnd lingerie, although tho pollco found i room filled with It whon thoy sonrched his house. Mrs. Hoyt's Ico box wns robbod. She rigged up a burglar alarm and whon Mrs. Arnold enmo on a roturn visit tho buzzer betrayed her presence. pres-ence. Sho started to run, but Hoyt pointed n rovolver nt hor nnd held her until tho pollco canio. Sho was released re-leased on a. small bond on uccount of her bnby. |