Article clipped from Monmouth Daily Atlas

WEDNESDAY, FEiiRUATEACH CRIME INCOLLEGE IN TEXASFeminine Fagin Instructed PrettyGirls in “Theory of Shoplifting.”T»x.—Miss Verd« Flowers 1§ iiudt^r Hrrest Ui iMs city, cliairged wUh •hopUflliic and wJtli tcactiing others the «rt of jifonUng for r living. Accon!-tlt;i evidence In the hands of the jKdlce. Mi«» Ki^wers mntle a business of bH’fttiiig rreify young girls who were wurklng for sinaU j^alaries tuid taking thotn to lunch. Then she xmfohlwi a |)lan whereby for a fee of $25 they, would he taught how easy it was to innke some real money and wear the flnestaof dolhes at no cost.Miss Flowers was not arrested for shotiUfting, blit was caught while **tu-toring’* one of iter students In a Ae-liartiHeuf sit'Fc. I-ater four other young ladies \M*rc caught and $3,00(J worth or finery was recovered.'fhe of instruction In tlie school eomiufted hy Miss Flowers included ie*'ttires in *1110 “ilflwy of sltovUftJng/*I . I*i
Newspaper Details

Monmouth Daily Atlas

Monmouth, Illinois, US

Wed, Feb 18, 1920

Page 9

Full Page
Clipped by
Profile Icon
Dianne P.

WI, USA 12 Jul 2018

Other Publications Near Monmouth, Illinois

Monmouth College Society Catalogue 1856 to 1880

Monmouth College Yearbook Ravelings

Monmouth Courier

Monmouth College Newspaper Courier

Monmouth College Newspaper Clipper