School for Shoplifters

Posted on January 28, 2010 by lmharnisch
 
 Jan. 28, 1920, Briggs
“When a Feller Needs a Friend,” by Clare Briggs.

Jan. 28, 1920, Shoplifters
 
Jan. 28, 1920: George Sutton is charged with teaching his wife and daughters how to shoplift. According to The Times, Sutton’s wife, Elsie, and daughters Dessie and Doretta would enter a department store and distract the clerk at the silk counter while Sutton stole whatever he could grab at the other end of the counter.

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