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Show WOEAN GETS 7 YEARjENTENCE Mrs Blackworas' arrest in this city was made through adIces received by the police department from the authorities au-thorities of Sacramento, Detective Charles Plncock nnd Officers .1. F Kellllier and John Connor taking her from a Southern Pacific (rain. Al the clt prhon she was searched by the prison matron and the cltj physiHan, but no diamonds wore found. After sho w'nn takon back to Sacramento the officers of that cit found the stolen diamonds neatly sewed in tho upper rim of hor stockings. Had the diamonds been found whilo the woman wo-man was in the custody of tho local officers a large reward would have boon received by the officers making the arrest Following a futile effort to save from imprisonment tho man she had lured from homo and duty. Mrs. Anna-bpllo Anna-bpllo Johnson Blackwords. who was arrested In Ogden last Docember has gone to San Quentin penitentiary In California for seven jears for tho theft of jewelry valued at 1100 from tho homo of W T3 Gcrber, president of tho California bank at Sacrnmonto. Mrs. BlnckwordK was sentenced to San Quentin at Sicramonto SnluVlaj The same day Blackwords was seni to Folsom for six years for complicity in the theft. To " the last the woman pinng to the story that Blackwords knew nothing of the theft, and when he received his sentence she rushed to his side In Criminal Judge Hughes' court and begged his forgiveness for getting him into trouble Exercises Charm Ovir Him. The imprisonment of the two is an Interesting chaptor In a story beginning begin-ning in Denver that led from home and duty to prison and dishonor. Blackwords, at the time he becamo infatuated in-fatuated with the Johnson woman, was one of the most efficient peace officers of-ficers in Denver. Ho was Instrumental Instrumen-tal in effecting her arrest on a charge of larceny nnd later, after she had exorcised ex-orcised her cha.rm over him, helped her to secure ball. She lumped her bond and Blackwords followed her from Denver, deserting his -nlfe. Annabelle Johnson and her sister, Alma, were the (laughters of an honest hon-est Svycdlsh carpenter. They worked as domestics in Denver homes about ten years ago. They becan a systematic system-atic "pilfering which, with Annabelle, became, serious larceny. In 1902 sho landed In thu county jnll because of the gra.vit"of charges against her. Resigns to Follow Her. While she was awaiting trial on a grand larceny Information Blackwords interested himself In her He Induced the mother of the girl to mortgage the family home and secure bond. When this was arranged tho accused woman promptly loft Denver. Blackwords resigned re-signed his commission and joined her . j ear later Mrs. Blackwords secured a divorce. Promptly after that the two returned to Denver, but Miss Johnson was not molested She nd Blackwords motored to Cheyenne and wero married. Cheyenne at that time being Denver's Gretna Gieon. From that time on nothing was heard of Blackwords or his wife until last December. Then the woman was arrested at Ogden, charged with stealing steal-ing Jewolry from tho Gerbor home at Sacramento. Blackwords was arrested arrest-ed at Sparks, Nevada. He protested his innocence and the woman declared that he had nothing to do with tho theft. - nn |