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Show I Shoplifters Give Ogden Wide Berth j Since Drive Opens IBl FLIjOYD riMMEKMAM . Professional shoplifters will give t li - city pf ogden .i wide berth If "iv y hjv-pony hjv-pony method oi signalling between mom Oi'i x uf ih ir 1 ' and ' i ' "in ruunlcaUon with um mg women who a few days ago :am to Huh City to ply their HUcil trad.- a; the expense t o( Ogden merchants t The two young womwi roehMoned art now on their way "out wet"' With' - no love -in their hearts for igden and i In all likelihood in search tor n hei a cities; that will offer easier hunting (grounds and les resourceful store de--. ' rtives. mO "i l Dre ssed at nniitir-. !y in expensive I clothing the n women burst miu . Ugilen from a polnl i is ward, uppm ft cutty with the hope thai Ihcj could I take their toll from the Ogden stores nnd continue happily on their west-. west-. ward Journey. The-, continued west-J west-J ward, according i" their schedule, but f not happily, v Their first want in Ogden seemed to hr expensive shoes, Vliey, entered s i ii ..i partmeni store and ordered ftlif clerk to trot out the footwear. S Only one of the girl ordered the I -l oos and at last sh" found an i" n csive pair thai Just fitted'. While one of the girls had on.' of w the new shoes on. the Other iuddcnlv asked the clerk lb show hcj ptit t spats. The clerk left for the t,-otrator I to procure the spats .md then the ac-t ac-t (inn began. Ill Hl.'li - l If The girl who was trying on the shoes r-ipiirkly slliped on the other n w on land hurried from Ihc dore As the I i-k way returning to the shoe bench I with the spats, she was Intercepted by the second jrlr!, nhn flopped her and j , care full examined the Spats while hrr i pal made off With the new pair "f t .hues. She suddenly decided thii lh' I spate were not the grade wanted and J walked from the store. The clerk Hnued on her whj lo the shoe bi n n J ti find that her shoe customer had j I flown with the new pair or "kl ks, 'Clever little trick. Wasn't it? Sot this is only part of the story. 3 In days gone i-, the merchant who Sloe' the shoes would have probably! I scratched his hcud and warn. . his J clerks to be more careful In tin future, fu-ture, liut recently i campaign was begun by the merchants through the credit rating department of the Og- den chamber of commcice and each ' merchant had pledged tht i he would do all in his pom r t . Catch the I hit and see thai th weAild do no fur-- fur-- th r "lifting" In n Mi IBIUZE ll l i I i 1 1 I S So the store manager mobilised h-.s store detective and h fioormea 1 sent them scattering to all pari- ol the city to hunt for the wlnsoim m Lids B with the expensive habits, For hour the search continued In every store in the dt and alth-iui:h leveral mer-i mer-i bants reported that thi glPUJ h.n' visited them, mui h to their : tw, i h- . ould not The searchers returned late In tht afternoon, tired and weary. The: 1 ll ved they had accomplis.:ed all in their power lo apprehend the shoplhT- Ors, Bpi th manager had uJlly begun the hun That evening he ag.i.ti niul.il .. searchers aiui v nl them to i-.r ln-tei ln-tei and rooming house In gdet.. He" felt that prirls srhd I rd engineered a steal ao vorly ai! v. iin no show of confubSon or nervousness, must profeasionuls .md on.-aqiu Ml1. wi-:e transients and movi ,1 from cUy to lie then came to the Conclusion iti.it if ihf- were transients they would b--found in a rooming house or hotel. Hi also prob.itl deducted thai thej woulQ not be found lh private bouse in 1gdn unless thev had -pen -A months In search for any empty one bvt that is another st r Shortly before midnight the hunt proved successful. The g:rN dl.---oered in a room ait a local hotel. They were found with the shoes and ir.any other. In then; possession. At fn st they stoutly maintained the;, had purchased the goods In a legal man-net, man-net, but when faced with the barragi of evidence, they confevseil .is mos' . people dO, When raujfht With the g.iod:. 1 ' obbed i and and finally paid in full for the K I they had stolen, but this left them w r, h no mone with which to settle i heir hotel bill The hotel man.iger was called In and decided he- would rather have the spare room and no compensation, rather than a pair who n.ighf make away with the electric 1 1 gill fixtutes or the plumbing. I J '9 ' ' m : . 1 Later the tfiris were escorted to the d pot where they were placed on i train and allowed to cpntiuue oii their .. i Westward on their tickets on whit h they had obtained stopover. V hit the -aid about ogden. It." merchants, and the campaign sgaiha! shoplifting when the; stopped aboard the train, is .inotlur st(u" I I i: i it WOliSI A man who walked ;n o the men's ft -nlshing- department of a store m Ogden c few days ago. did riol fare bo well', lie appal, l.li' d ;id al he Wfinted ft .arm men-oat without going througl. the formality of visiting tho- cashier. Tht slorc was QTOWdCd and !ljtnc on-ftlSlon on-ftlSlon of sales, he slipped n coat from the rack and walked to" the street With the garment thrown over his arm. But a pair i.f cr.,s had been watching watch-ing and hardly had he reached the -ideu tlk v.Sicii i h"nv hand descend- d upon his thonliler and lie tvu5 caught. Brought buck into tpp store ho protested tha: he had purchased the com in a r'Ctti tr manner. He was asked to p bint oaj the clerk who hi ib-the ib-the sale and he picked out p small salesman, which he probably figured could not hit vcrv hard. But the cleri. faced the burly overcoat thief and told him a feW things abo n the e-onsc-quanceS of telling an uiflruTtb, Bnl that is another storj- The man wa prosecuted In cour? by thv store manager. A day later he stock his DOS through the bars and sk. d of the i.ur-riat to the imai coll, "Hey. what time Is it?" "Whaiu ih want to know for." came the reply i "yon ain't gjnu," "a place for f.fty Then there is the case recently where a wonun walked Into a stor v.;;: tWS -niall chtidti a. Sh OAITeld .i huge h ipplng bag and a- she stood at the counters, sin had the phUdren trained to slip &fttoles of laldl from th. sic. ii tras Into the bag which she i.eid pa 1 1 up n bj her sloe Bhe w as caught and begged for mercy , plcadlnsj that fhe Mole to suppurl her children. An in est nation .'J10V.114 iln : slie h.id been stealing for months and a search hi h r home disclosed hundreds of doi-lars doi-lars worth of stolen property. 8he is now follow in? other cmplovtmnt add finds it caster work. "SPORT" t A I . ! J I Also thece was tht ".spoil" who strutted Into a men's; furnishing start a few daya ago and chopang one of the most expensive beaver hits? placed it on his head', lit a cigarette and strode oul. lie got as Lnr as the side walk and tfi days in Jan. Tin r are but . f, X (. i. Instances which are talcing place in Ihc campaign cam-paign of the kncrcthaiitK, wi ich is now on In the city, under the direction of o M. Stewart of the merchants redlt bures(U of thee hamber of com-. com-. nicrce. l'ollov. ing a recent conference, the stori- propi V tors decided tliat Strenuous action was necessary to eil-minatr eil-minatr store thieving in ogden. The have won the cooperation of J. Ray vvard. police i cinml.vdouer. who has agreed ro appoint policewomen and special detectlres with full police now -jer for the prosecution of the drive. 'Other method of capturing the guilty .one nrc being used 'io '.impaigu I which arc not made j ubllc. I '"ounty Attorney Jcjseph U Hutes has offered the morchanla his department depart-ment In the prosecution of the- shop- lhi-rs after th ir capture. The name o: every pctxoti caught nd prosecuted for "lifting" will be made public t h.- a u thorn les in the future and Inves- I ligations will be made to find out the tiue nam' of the person arretted in pursuing vigorously the plans ofl ihe campaign, the merchants TPe that! shoplifting win be practically ollmtn- ;aied during the pre-hollday rush in the store |