Ruth Thompson arrested for grand larceny
- Title of event
- Ruth Thompson arrested for grand larceny
- Type of event
- Robbery_individual
- Persons involved
- Ruth Thompson arrested for grand larceny Alleged offender Thompson, Ruth (1893)
- Address of event
- Ruth Thompson arrested for grand larceny Happened Primarily at 127, W 82nd St
- Report on event
- Ruth Thompson arrested for grand larceny Main report referencing event Elanor Sands against Ruth Thompson
- Start date / time
- April 7, 1917
- Start (general time of day)
- Unknown
- Description
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The defendant [Thompson] - a 20 year old Black woman who was working as a maid for the deponent [Sands] on West 82nd Street - was suspected of having stolen approx. $160 worth of clothing and personal affects from the deponent. The following day, the deponent and a policeman went to the defendant's 138th Street house, "where property stolen from the deponent was found and identified by deponent as hers."
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The defendant [Thompson] - a 20 year old Black woman who was working as a maid for the deponent [Sands] on West 82nd Street - was suspected of having stolen approx. $160 worth of clothing and personal affects from the deponent. The following day, the deponent and a policeman went to the defendant's 138th Street house, "where property stolen from the deponent was found and identified by deponent as hers."