The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-09
MRS. CRAUS;S 30ARDERS.
ENTERTdINING rue WRONG SORT OF
ANGELS UNAWARES

How n Gray-IIaired Ari-tocrat aud Dnuah-
ter Deiudcd the In india DIV BagVage TINT
Didn't Arrtve-Thc Old story. with Nnrta-
tions-A Young Man sleeps IN the Halt
On Nov. An gray-hared woman, dressed
In black, calling herself Mrs. Elizabeth lila mes,
called az Mrs CrAus's boarding house at II West
Twepty.frst street. aud asked for board and
rooms for herself and daughter Mrs. Ctaus
showed her a richly Furnished room for which
she asked. with board. $40 a week. Mrs. HAYNES
wanted To- piy only s2s a week. and said that she
would 90 to her hotel. the name OF which she
did not mention. and send her daughter, Laura.
to look at the room.
An hour or two afterward the daughter called,
saw the room, and arranged TO take 1t at t2s a
week; but she wanted to pay at the end Of a
month, because, she said, some money due to
her mother and herself would not be paid to
them until then. Mrs. Craus, thinking 1t would
be all rlgh', from the plausible manner OF both
mother and daughter. consented to mis- arrange
ment. and the same day her two new boarders
took possession OF their room. The only bag
gage they brought with them was some neatly
arranged parcels Their trunks, they said. were
In warehouse. and would soon follow them.
They represented that they had lived all sum:
mer In a cottage ty the sea which they owned
at Atlantic CITY. Mrs. Craus was not quite sa is
Ned with the reference which Mrs. II ynes gave,
but, thinking her new boarder looked like an
honest woman. she PISSED that by
Mrs. Haynes proved herself "A sociable sort OF
person. and was soon on pretty good terms with
some Of the other lades boarding IN the house,
as well IS with the landlady. She professcd to
be acquainted with a great many nne people.
anu sid that Peter Cooper was friend OF hers.
she pretended, Mrs. Crsns . VA To- have some
vague source OF iucoWe. aud hssetteu that she
daughter sid that 1850 WIS owed them, and
number ~ small ar,iccs stockings. under-
Sloth,ne. &c-b,g to be missed from the
trieu to throw suspicion ON servant named
Lucy; whom she said sue had seen ering the
borders rooms.
One day Mrs Alien. one Of the borders.
missed her gold spect Giles from her room ami
at the dinner table told MIR. HAYNES that she
feared they mad nccn stolen Mr.. HAYNES soon
afterwaTd met Mrs. trius, told her tn Il MIR.
the girl Lucy mitht he the thief Mrs. raus at
once declared that Lucy's baggage should be
searched. After she haI said That. -hs says she
saw MtA HAYNES 20 INTO sits. Aliens room. he
latter being absent. and when Mrs. Allen re-
turned To- her room she Immediately discovered
her spec acles on lounge. although before du-
ner she was unable To nnd them. Last Fiid ~,
IL conso qucnce Of the suspicion which Mis-.
HAYNES bad directed upon her, Lucy was dis
charged 10y Mrs. Or us, although sue protested
her innocence I'm tears.
After they had been with her three weeks IL
occurred to Mr.. Craus that her new boarders'
trunks had not Vet come. but. when she spoke
TO them ABOUT IL, the, made some piausiblc ex-
cuse about The confusion Of their goods tn being
stored from their summer residence. and about
the difficulty which the oaugnter mad had III
from attending to othtr business. Mrs. Craus
did not Ike the looks Of una tiers. but. h wing
agreed t. Keep the women a month before tneY
paid, she disliked To make any trouble with
them
Wnen the months rent and board bill, amount
ne 10 sll2 became due. las; Monday, Sirs. Craus
demanded her way. Mrs. HAYNES and her Il Ugh
ter put her ~, declaring that they had MT the
money, but wOuli 4. RI inlv get II mex dav. On
Tuesday. Mrs. trdus saws. Ia ~ friend OF Mrs.
becKer one oi tue ooaruers ~ the house, called
hnd, incident NV learning OF the suspicious con
duct Of the old lazy and her daughter. dec red
her belief that they wer- the same persous VINO,
Few weeks before. bad run ANY, from Mrs
fry's. at 81 East Eleventh street without paw.
ING weeks board. Mahin9 some excuse. she
called at Mrs. Haynes door, anu immediately
recognized ter as tue woman she baI seen 10
Eleventh street.
Mrs. HAYNES and her daughter now SCENE ed to
become alarmed aud on Tuesday night, beliey-
lug that the bris would attempt to Nv, one OF
the bosrccrs. young man, made his bed in the
hallway near the ir Dt door. which he 1 stoned
with strings in such way That II could not bs
opened without q. knowledge. Mrs. Craus says
she heard Mrs. Haynes or her daughter several
times during tue uignt approach the staircase
above and look down. md she believes that they
saw the young man asleep In the h II, and were
consequently deferred from trying to get away.
" that was their object Inc next day, the
money was not yet forthcoming. rs. Crius had
niIs Hafhe- ai1eSleu ana she VS. co united
atEhe Washngton Place Police Court hv J -stice
hasmre. W men the daughter, who had beeu
out, returned ana learned OF her mothers az
rest sue professed great surprise and tndigna
hon. on lhnrsd'y the case up before justice
Haynes. and she was disch. rgeu. He told the
boarOtn.-huuse keepers, who we're ready TO tes-
thy against the prisoner. thai they ought to have
been more careful 10 inquire about Mrs HAYNES
before they trusted her Mrs. Haynes was re
1Oiced at her discharge, and wanted to shake
hands with the Judge before leaving the court
room.
UpOn opening the elaboratelv arranged pack
ages Whicu Mrs. II yucs had left. and wuicn hne
had SAID contained clio ming. Mrs. Crau- .ys sho
found nothing but RAGS and Did papers rolled
together 70 make them appear like baggage.
On paper ia Mrs. HaYnes'- room was the name
OF Lord Alfred Iurch" In the court room
Mrs. Haynes tod Mis-. Craus that she owned
bOUO acres Il Ind Ia Tennessee. Yesterday
AIRS. ii ynes cane to Mrs. Craus's house. and
call, d on one " the lddy poarders. she iran
tically lLqlired where her daugh ar was, aud
when Nrs.Cr us ordered her to leave the house,
she threatened To have Mr.. Cruus arrest, q for
Else imprisonment She also demanded her
packages cf ciO hing, and when Mrs. Or "a, tod
ened ner with arrest iOt opening her baggage.
Mrs. Fry OF 81 East Eleventh street SAID yes.
terday tina Mrs. hlynes. with her daughter.
came TO her house Ia the latter part OF October,
aud wanted rooms ana board for the winter.
Mrs. Fly did not want to DO ird them, but tn y
pei, -ded nor to do sO. They said tney came
from New Jersey. Mrs. Fry agreed TO let them
pdy a. tue end II week. Ihoy brought nc
baggage, but Id II would soon come 1t did
not come. however. nd although Mrs. III aynes
spoke tamilihrly ~ " Jun Stuyvesdnt as al az.
quetnt ance Of het-. and knew the nrst names ol
many u or note people, she and her daughter
suddenly dtchmued at the end Of the weeI
without saliuR anything about their GA board
again until Sue met them on Tnursday Ia tn,