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Atlanta World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Mrs. Lugenia Preston, a colored woman, was suspected of theft at S. T. Hendricks' home on DeKalb avenue but released after nothing was missing. Police arrested her on Mayson avenue after finding she had more cash hidden in her stockings and shoe than claimed, charging her with disorderly conduct and burglary.
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Neighbors of S. T. Hendricks white, 1210 DeKalb avenue, reported to him as he stood in his front yard that a colored woman Mrs. Lugenia Preston, was in the back of the home trying to get out. She was suspected of theft but Hendricks found nothing missing from his home and the woman was set free.
Police were informed of the incident and they arrested her on Mayson avenue. The woman claimed that she had just returned from the store and did not have but 20 cents on her person but as she attempted to pull the amount out of her stocking to corroborate her story, $2.36 was drawn out instead and police found $2.50 in her other stocking along with several pennies in her shoe. She was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct and burglary.
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Dekalb Avenue
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arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct and burglary.
Event Details
Neighbors reported Mrs. Lugenia Preston trying to get out of the back of S. T. Hendricks' home at 1210 DeKalb avenue, suspecting theft. Nothing was missing, so she was released. Police arrested her on Mayson avenue after she pulled $2.36 from one stocking instead of claimed 20 cents, with $2.50 found in the other stocking and pennies in her shoe.