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ilr\ISIt1Iyyini.iCeIS5,1CI*I-I.leleI*stor*'^. For tricks that arc lt;ann i» *vclasses of criminals, it is said. a;»-proach them.The nKdhoii o: sa ' usin:; t1;.satchel ilh a raise hotiooi is one tc'the cleverest ?)f the tricks.Weil dii:uiser}, the shoji lifter enter.-a store. FJer evt-s run o\er the rottn-ters. She ;* rceives tfm object sf • wants—usual I y sone thin:: sinall aielvaluable, sortietirnes a purse a custo : -er has lejt lyinii: on the counter.Over the f)bjeet tlu shoplifter plae. ^her satcle l. Pretendin.; to depe in»o“(% rtain departnjents Injid esp*Mual lures for shoplifters. 1'lie jew* lr d**-p.irtmeni is invariably iniard*‘d. Win n th*‘ furs coiue in w* hav* sb utiis wiioke»u* their e\es open for th*‘ womanwho likes to take tlie furs to th*‘ win-dov\ to * \amin*’ it. tli* n runuinu for the dtKu: the woman with th*‘.skirt and the woman who ptits on a fi*r and amlaciou.'-ly walk - away.\ltliOUi!h fie* sales d* ca;tm*nts andt* rm. even thou.k:h ih»* thief may haveesc aped ptinishm* nt irad**lphia North American4 •th*^ d*‘t* *‘ti V ** d*‘pindiuent »\eu*n to-■ Uher. tlnu'*- * \its b* twe-n rh* :u aspirit o* jttstiliahl*’ rivaP\. if a de-the saf-h-I to »-xtra'-r a ptsr^f nr han i-j *‘-s slt;nn.* on.* -' ttins;kf‘rc‘hi.*f. tlif UMf'f a fals** hor- ''‘til i:lt;*olt;ls. it ea^ls onton) in Tiio batt, riarios Jintif-rdraws insitb* tiif d.sirr-d aitk‘1.-,justs thf falso bottom, rlosps cafrb* 1 and walks awav.■ Hilt this Is onlv onlt;* of m;Itth*- person behind ih* ctuinr* r fromc'Oi- f} w!iilt;*h the *:oolt;ls were .-fob n. 'hher*Ifore tile sales folk kc* j# an ab rt wairhi for shoplifters.«* t')n(* nii^lit iniaiino fb.ii uoods ar*-clever ruses employed/’ declare d a tb - '^btnped pt il niell on tie* count* rs of | f**ctive the other day. -The xvom* n stores. As a matter of fact 1^'Sjieciallv are ing*nious. Their (M • *“ the cfl'Kient saleslad will hav*»evcr-rI of course*, helfjs them.-One of the methods of steriHnr iIfor the shoplifter to have a slit in 1 her dress near the ?)e|t. As s!i * stand-thiujlt; so arranuefl that she will notice the disappearance of an articb» almost immediately.If a saleswoman suspects a personcI.p'Cnear the counter she can tleftl/ stuze immediately notifies the heail tie-the article desired, be it a jdece o( lac** tlt;‘Ctive. If it is a woman, a womanof costly fabric, or a bit* of jewelry. i^ usually put on the job. Itand slip it into the skirt. The ftdtls ofp^ store managers usually fim!the skirt are voluminous and conceal ! more etficient than men.Few' arrests are ♦*ver made in thethe thintlt; stolen.**Sorne tricks are successful lK*cause of their simpHlt;^‘ity, A fashionablystores, as an arrest j^ives only undesirable puhlicity. The detectives tjsu-ally follow' the suspected f)crsnn fromdresed woman may walk into theclothing department, look over coat! the stfire an darrest him or her oiit-suits, flick up one, fold it neatly up.place it under her coat, and walkside.It Is said that arrests for shopliftingil Ti’ il \rIWe want the mostparticular proiK'rty-owntr in town topaint his hmo^e, onehalf Devoe. the otherhalf whateverIf Devoedoesn’t takeI oalOtherRAiNtless gallonsand moneyno pay.If DevoeI GALdoesn’t weardevoeCOVERSMOSTbetter, then we’llhim enough toit again.!Ir
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Brownwood Daily Bulletin
Brownwood, Texas, US
Mon, May 30, 1910
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