INGENUITY OF SHOPLIFTERS.
MANY shoplifters have been able to ply their nefarious trade for years, successfully escaping
detection and arrest. Most of them are women, and ordinarily they are clothed with garments provided with pockets ample enough to take in a whole bolt of silk without betraying its presence. A common device is a belt around the waist provided with hooks, on which
the stolen merchandise may be hung under the folds of the skirt of the dress. The other day a shoplifter was arrested by a detective in a New York dry goods store on suspicion, and when searched fine lace and ribbons by the yard were found hanging on hooks cleverly fastened to her garter.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XXII, 30 May 1896, Page 627
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117INGENUITY OF SHOPLIFTERS. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVI, Issue XXII, 30 May 1896, Page 627
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