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Show GIRL CONFESSES TO BEING THIEF Salt Lake, April 13. Catherine "WInthrop Sargent; aged 19 years, a domestic in the homo of Malcolm Koyser, 1106 East First South street, was arreBted by Chief of Police Barlow, Bar-low, Private Detective Luke S. Bay, City Detective Frederick M. Cchulze and Patrolman Walter Griffin Wednesday Wed-nesday afternoon oa a grand larceny charge. The girl is accused of robbing rob-bing the Keyser home about ten days ago and haH confessed hor guilt. Tho plunder taken by tho girl Is valued at $700. Luke S Jray, chief of the Maylon detective agency, had been working on the case Just eight days, being assisted as-sisted by his brother, V B. May, who recently came here from the Pacific coast. The girl had been shadowod constantly and outside evidence was gathered up to Wednosday. when May confronter her with the evidence that ho had gathered against hor, after which she made a confession and showed tho stolon property, which she had In two trunks, a suit case and a telescope, in her room In the Keyser homo She had all of the missing property, In addition to some articles taken from the WertheJimer home, in the Prescott apartments, where she formerly had been employed. When May was satisfied with his case he asked Chief Barlow to go with him to make the arrest The girl is Intelligent and well educated, edu-cated, but appears to have a mania for taking anything that she sees. Among her collection were to be found men's clothing, baby clothing, several of Mr. Keyser's pictures and three fine revolvers. Her father is supposed to be J. D. Sargent, who owns the Pine Tree ranch at Moran, Wyo. Her mother Is thought to have been murdered mur-dered in tho Jackson Hole country in Wyoming In 1897. Tho girl has a collection ot classical classic-al books and has attended the Smeads school for girls at Toledo. O. She alBO seems to havo had a hobby for horoscope litoraturo and works of astrologlsts and fortune tellers. She had been for a short time a manicurist in Chicago, but at tho time of her arrest, and for some time preceding, had been working as a domestic in private families. In appearance the girl Is not unattractive, unat-tractive, being five feet five inches In height and weighing about lln pounds. She has a good complexion and bright red hair. on |