Exclusive Lingerie Stolen From Line

Oakland, California, 1921

A burglar who will steal women's lingerie from a clothesline in the back yard is one of the lowest kind of thieves, according to Mrs. M. Rigelhupt, 831 East Sixteenth street. The lingerie, which was all made of silk and voile, was of exclusive patterns. Mrs. Rigelhupt had washed it and it was on the line drying. When she went out to bring in the clothes she found that all her lingerie was missing from the line. The police were notified and she values the garments at $75.

—Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, May 18, 1921, page 2.