The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-29
AN ENTERPRISlNG SHOPLIFTER.

SARAH REDMoND's PASSION FoR CARRIAGE
RIDING FOR WHICH BROOKLYN sHoPKEEPERs
pArp-A GOOD CUSTOMER FOR THE PAWN
BROKERS.
An excellent arrest was made In Brooklyn yester-
day. news OF which cannot fail 10 give general salts
faction to s,orckeepers who have for long time
suffered losses ut unknown hands, and who have, IN
certain instances. wrongiuliy suspected their en-
ployes OF the thets The attention Of Detective David
Corwn OF the Central once, last November called
by Mcssrs Balch, Price Co., fur dealers, on Fulton
street. to the fact that several seaskn sacques had
disappeared from among their stock In most unac-
countable manner. Suspicion centred on some OF the
clerks but there appeared to be reason Tor enter
tanning such an OPINION except that the firm could
not In any other way for the loss On January
IL sealskin sacque, valued at $45, was missed. and
the officer named was again notified OF the circum.
stance, while the proprietors OF the store dis
pc nsed with the services OF several employees The
detective inquired whether they could DOT recollect
any person who had been In the habit OF calling the
store and sitting there for any length OF time This
inquiry recalled the tact that young woman had
called there intervals of and three weeks and
had been the habit of 'wang to see her brother"
Tho last time the store she selected sacque
and directed the salesman to send II to "Miss Willis.
Mo- sS uo nsrsSn yo Tho address
given. That was January IL, the night the iorty-fve
dollar sacquc missed. Corwin made up his mind
that "Miss wills' was the culprit and upon that
thread information he set out TO work up the case
and arrest the thiof Ho obtained description Of the
complaints were, meanwhile coming in from numer-
Gus stores to the Superintendent OF Police.
the sScous IN pswnsroKer's shop, where they found
tho description OF the person who pledged the article
correspondent with the woman for whom they were
III search. Last Saturday they traced her TO her
homo In a respectable tenement, No 1873 Twenty.hrst
street, South Brooklyn, wherc the woman, whose
name is Sarah Redmond resided with her mother and
brother. Whenever the detectives, alter this dis
covery, called and inquired whether Miss Redmond
at homo, they were met by her mother and In
formed that she was out
THE REWARD OF PATIENT Toll.
Yesterday morning. about seven O'Clock, the officers
stationed themselves Twenty street and watched
the premises, and soon they had the satisfaction OF
seeing her leave the house and walk toward them
hand, saying '.Good morning, Miss Rcdmond!'
''Good morning, sirl" she replied. And then tho
officer informed her that she was his prisoner, and
thut the suporn tendent wished TO see her. On ar
irving at Headquarters, where she Joined by
her mother, Sarah wept bitterly, and admitted
having stolen the forty-Gve dollar sacque from Balch
Price, and other articles. search OF The
house made resulting IN the recovery OF thirty
Character to The value Of about $50 The suporn.en
inquired whether there were any more tickets ut
the house. and she said there were some in bureau
drawer Further search however, disproved tho truth
the statement and the prisoner was then searched
by the anitrcss OF Police Headquarters, the result
being tho discovery OF iorty-three pawnticKets ON
her person, making the total number OF tickets
recovered seventynve The tickets represent scaskln
goods French calfskn CATERS, opera glasses, dress
goods pocket handkercneis, curtains laces &C., all
OF which were stolen, and pawned in Brooklyn, with
the exception OF i've pairs OF shoes which were .'ted'
in shoe store IN Second avenue. New York. Some OF
the pawntckels date back as far as 1879 The prs-
oner who prcpossessng in appearance, Is twenty
years age and has heretofore borne good rep
utation She snowy In Dress however, and Is rep
resented having been exceedingly fond OF carriage
riding Her mother says that her daughter always
ha ritz ell hrOu
were presents, and she believed her. The father OF
The prisoner said to be habiiual drunkard, and
does live with hts family. Detective Looney states
that she has been known 10 the pawnbr0kers for the
past ten years. Tho picture OF sarah Redmond was
taken, after which she was arraigned before Police
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