Doug
2008-07-06 04:24:41
An uncommonly elegant thief
Smooth and well-spoken, Doris Payne recalls a five-decade career as an international jewel thief.
Payne said she stole her first diamond at age 27, hoping to raise money to help her mother leave an abusive husband. She remembers her mother’s reaction: “She said,
‘Doris, don’t you know that’s stealing?’ ”
“I’m not stealing, because I’m just going to keep what they let me have,”
she replied.
