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WOMAN IS A THIEF AND DOESN'T KNOW IT New York, May 21-One satisfied creditor of Tracy & Co., there isa woman, who collected her due by a process which may be all right by and by, when women get to vote, but which under the existing statues is going to land her in jail if the receiver can put her there. As soon as this woman heard that the firm had gone into the hands of a receiver she did not stop to reason. why, she simply drove up to the Thirty-third street office of the firm with a dray and lugged off all the office furniture Upon the arrival of the receiver's agent at the uptown offices, which are at 22 West Thirty-third street, opposite the Waldorf, he found them empty as a drum. The receiver's counsel was at work all day yesterday finding out who had done this thing, and last night the investigation had gone so well that Ralph Wolf of Hays, Hershfield & Wolf, the counsel, was able to announce that they had struck the right trail. An injunction had been obtained he said, preventing the International Storage Warehouse, in which the furniture is stored, from allowing its removal, and today proceedings will be instituted to punish the woman for contempt of court. And the woman's name is-on, well, that'll all come out. It's an Italian name, anyhow. E. G. Benedict, the receiver, will have preliminary statement ready in a few days. After a conference with Mr. Tracy he expressed the opinion that the firm would not resume. The American Trust and Savings Bank has been appointed receiver in Chicago for the firm.