Policewomen Break Up Theft Ring in 1919

A terça-feira de noite, Fevereiro 18, 1919, edição do St. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Ciente de que um anel de roubo estava trabalhando algumas das joalherias locais, o St. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the arrests of the four conspirators.

St. Louis Police arrested the main suspect on January 15, 1919. Ela deu um colar de jóias loja de Sourenfeld em 1003 Olive Street (um lote vago hoje). A mulher, Mrs. Louise Pfeiffer, identificou-se como “Mrs. Martin”. She gave her address as 4926 Enright Avenue. Depois de um mandado foi emitido, detectives found out no one by that name lived at the address. The police women were assigned to the case.

They quickly picked up on Mrs. Martin’s trail. The female detectives followed her and another woman, Mrs. Alice Hayner. After observing them steal for several weeks and following them home, the unidentified police women were able to obtain warrants for Mrs. Pfieffer’s residence, 4265A Manchester Avenue, and Mrs. Hayner’s residence in the 1100 block of Union Boulevard.

Police found a sable coat worth $1,050 dollars ($25,000 today) at Mrs. Pfeiffer’s residence. Police also found loaded dice and opium smoking equipment. Mrs. Hayner had several pieces of stolen jewelry at her home. Mrs. Hayner and her husband were also stealing electricity for their home. The police took both husbands and wives into custody.

Both women tried to claim their husbands bought them the items. However, Mr. Pfeiffer era um bacharel em direito, que nunca teve uma prática. Em vez, ele gostava “to frequent the billiard parlors in Downtown” St. Louis. Mr. Hayner era um vendedor de café.

I don’t know if they served any time but the arrests and subsequent publicity cost both Mrs. Hayner e Sra. Pfeiffer seus casamentos. When Mrs. Hayner caiu da varanda do segundo andar de seu apartamento na Rua Eichelberger em 1945 after the bannister gave way, she was a 64 anos divorciada.

Quando o Sr.. Pfeiffer neste 1953, ele é casado com outra mulher e de vida na área de Baden. What happened to Louise Pfeiffer is unknown.

Enquanto as mulheres policiais eram raros antes da era moderna, they were effective. William F. Hayes foi morto no cumprimento do dever em fevereiro 1919. His widow, Nona Hayes, would become a successful police woman in her own right after his death.

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