Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . AMELIA LEVY. LENA KLEINSCHMIDT. * THE lilJVinVMIf. 297 all the proceeck of the stolen property, he was more than will-ing- that his agent should be put in a prison cell. On the otlierhand when Chaffee undertook to dispose of the stolen property,in order to get the highest price, he went to a dealer of thebest standing and offered sets of stamps which the dealer hadmounted for a customer, and knew to be stolen. It is practi-cally certain that Barrett would ne
Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . AMELIA LEVY. LENA KLEINSCHMIDT. * THE lilJVinVMIf. 297 all the proceeck of the stolen property, he was more than will-ing- that his agent should be put in a prison cell. On the otlierhand when Chaffee undertook to dispose of the stolen property,in order to get the highest price, he went to a dealer of thebest standing and offered sets of stamps which the dealer hadmounted for a customer, and knew to be stolen. It is practi-cally certain that Barrett would never have blundered sogrossly, but the receiver was obviously a combination of fooland knave. The portraits of two sisters are ranged side by side on thesame page. Lena Kleinschmidt, alias Black Lena, andAmelia Levy, alias Black Amelia, are two of the most noto-rious shoplifters and receivers in this country. Under variousassumed names, and in association with other women of likecharacter they have visited nearly every prominent city east ofthe Missouri and attempted to plunder the leading dry goodsstores. They have been repeatedly
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