New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-03-30
tt6 0iItans Aailp Crescent.
3 FFrom the Bosson journal, March 81
- Fs.fice Outd0nc BY Southern Damsei.

III NV DAYS since come unknown persons entered a
fashionable boarding house near Summer street, kept
~ Nh III passed from one boarders room to anoth
"a making assessments Of such articles as they liked
~ md fe3t Tic place unseen and unframed.
An6snn IND boariers whose goods and chattles were
Il thur pnucremonously taken away, was Miss 4 a fair
dan6hter w the sunny South, who happened 70 be
Spending the winter in the City OF Notions Her loss
N consisted of a beautiful velvet hat.
As soon IS TIE theft discovered the police were
consulted and everything done remove the mystery
but Ill ia no purpose. Is
As Miss H was walking Washington street one Of
the pleasantest days last week. imagine her surprise
& il passing large and masculine looking woman,
dressed ii the heighth of fashion, with hoops and
crinone, and having upon her head the very identi
cal velvet hat which she bad lost What was to be
done? What could be done? Every step was taking
the bonnet further from its owner who alone and
astmnger n the city 1t did not take long to decide
She started in the same direction and was soon
alongsde Of the velvet hat. Where do you reside,
s M Court, = was the reply.
Are you going home ~
~ (ac on, and don't let me hinder you
And onward they walked, now to the right and
now 10 the left At length they entered dark alley,
and after passing several dismal abodes they halted at
i door.
Do you live here ~
I" do-upon the second floor
g Go up, then, for have business with you" They
entered.
After going up two flight of stairs they reached a
d room in which they found five women. They entered
y the room, and here our heroine made her business
known Posting herself by the door, with calm but
defiant look, she demanded of the woman to know
where she obtaned the velvet hat, also the shawl and
the basque upon her person.
~ bought them" was the reply.
s n No, You did not; they were stolen and now
take them off Immediately
Had / bombshell exploded in the room the confu-
sion could not have been greater. But great as it
was it did rot intimdate the owner of the velvet hat
in the least degree. It only changed the happy and
fascinating look of most beautiful face to the
conquered look of q Cromwell.
Now be quiet and own up, and bring forward the
stolen goods, for it will be better for you. Now
have found the goods, and the thief no Doubt am
going for an officer. See that of you leave the
room OF disturb an article while am gonen
Is While descending the stairs our heroine espied a
doctor on his way to visit the sick, and asked his
assistance.
Ihave' said she, found some stolen property, and
have il secure in this house; will you call an officer
to assist me in removing it ~
The doctor readily assented, and while he sought
for policemen she still guarded her trust. At length
the doctor with p0ileemen arrived, when he
roine transferred Tie custody Of both persons and
property to the ofers 81 the law. The remainder Of
the stolen property was BoOn found and the lady re-
heyed Of her borrowed plumage was provided with
at the Cambridge street jail, where she still
mains, waiting the sentence OF the law.