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December 7, 1957
Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
What is this article about?
A nine-man crime ring in Chicago stole thousands of plastic doilies from Selfix Products, reworked them into centerpieces, and sold them to restaurants and saloons for two years. Police arrested three employees and six others, confiscating 54,000 doilies worth $10,000.
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CHICAGO-(ANP)- A nine-man crime combine, involved in the theft of thousands of plastic doilies from a factory and disposing of them as reworked fancy rosette centerpieces, was broken up here Wednesday.
The ring, said to have been operating about two years, sold the reworked doilies for $2 to $4 each to restaurants and saloons.
Three of the nine - Hosie Taylor, 21, a shipping clerk, and Miss Lillian Whitelow, 24 both employees of the Selfix Products company, were arrested when they left the Selfix plant with boxes of doilies At the same time, Lorenzo Miller, 24, was picked up, while he was waiting for his two partners in a nearby car. They were charged with grand larceny.
Taylor told police the doilies were to be delivered to six apartments which had been converted into workshops. The police swooped down on the apartments and confiscated 54,000 doilies, valued at about $10,000.
Arrested in the raid on the apartments, and charged with receiving stolen property, were Helen Riddles, 22; his brother; Purbis, 23; Paul Taylor, 19; Albert Lockridge 35; Mrs. Alice Ferguson, 41; and Eugene Williams, 33.
The ring, said to have been operating about two years, sold the reworked doilies for $2 to $4 each to restaurants and saloons.
Three of the nine - Hosie Taylor, 21, a shipping clerk, and Miss Lillian Whitelow, 24 both employees of the Selfix Products company, were arrested when they left the Selfix plant with boxes of doilies At the same time, Lorenzo Miller, 24, was picked up, while he was waiting for his two partners in a nearby car. They were charged with grand larceny.
Taylor told police the doilies were to be delivered to six apartments which had been converted into workshops. The police swooped down on the apartments and confiscated 54,000 doilies, valued at about $10,000.
Arrested in the raid on the apartments, and charged with receiving stolen property, were Helen Riddles, 22; his brother; Purbis, 23; Paul Taylor, 19; Albert Lockridge 35; Mrs. Alice Ferguson, 41; and Eugene Williams, 33.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime Story
Deception Fraud
What themes does it cover?
Crime Punishment
Deception
What keywords are associated?
Doily Theft
Crime Ring
Grand Larceny
Stolen Property
Chicago Arrests
What entities or persons were involved?
Hosie Taylor
Lillian Whitelow
Lorenzo Miller
Helen Riddles
Purbis
Paul Taylor
Albert Lockridge
Alice Ferguson
Eugene Williams
Where did it happen?
Chicago
Story Details
Key Persons
Hosie Taylor
Lillian Whitelow
Lorenzo Miller
Helen Riddles
Purbis
Paul Taylor
Albert Lockridge
Alice Ferguson
Eugene Williams
Location
Chicago
Event Date
Wednesday
Story Details
Nine-person ring stole doilies from Selfix Products factory, reworked them into centerpieces, and sold to restaurants and saloons for two years. Police arrested Taylor, Whitelow, and Miller leaving plant, then raided apartments arresting six more and seizing 54,000 doilies.