A Saloonkeeper's Wife and Her Mother Caught with $1,500 of Stolen Finery

May 4 — Special. Headquarters tonight looked like a dry goods and millinery store holding a spring opening. Fifteen hundred dollars' worth of furs, umbrellas and clothing of all kinds are piled high there. Mrs. Fannie Fogelstrom, aged 40, and her daughter, Mrs. L. A. Olsen, both of South J street, are under arrest, charged with stealing goods from various dry goods stores. They slept at headquarters tonight with a poodle dog between them. Mrs. Olsen is the wife of a prominent saloon keeper on Pacific avenue.

For months past millinery and dry goods stores have been missing goods. Suspicion was directed to Mrs. Olsen one day when she left a store with her cloak bulging out in a peculiar manner. Detective Ashby was put on the case and followed the clue. This afternoon he secured a search warrant and went to Olsen's house, where he unearthed the goods. There are twelve waving hats, four sacks, fifteen silk dresses, silk umbrellas, twelve pairs of shoes, one pair of summer trousers, four pairs of men's shoes, a basketful of perfumery, a man's suit, five dozen pairs of gloves and a large amount of other goods. Most of the catch has been identified by local firms.

When Ashby made the arrest both women cried, three children howled and the dog barked. The women begged to be released, and offered to return the goods. At the station they recovered their nerve and indignantly denied having stolen the articles.