The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-27
PRICE TWO CENTS.
MRS. M'ADAM'S COLLECTION.
THE QUEER VIRIETY or ARIICLES
FOUND IN HER ROOM

snying NothinR About them Un,ii, nfer Some
weeks on the Island, she Grew Anxiom
About Her Fets-Wns She IA Recciverf
| Capt McElwain OF tho Madison street
| police made inquiries concerning Jane Nc.
| Adam. whoso extensive collection Of dogs and
cats. at lOl East Broadway. has. within the pasi
| two or three days, attracted some attention. II,
said that she had frequently been arrest d bc.
fore but never for larceny; the charge ngainsl
her being always disor1crly conduct. when
| taken to the police station she WINS generals
| violently abusive. and defended herself In Q
| loud and toisicrous tone. Tho Captain said
| that he thought hor mind was. In some degree
| disordercd. but that there was a very marked
method in her madness. She was suspected NJ
one time OF being receiver OF stolen goods. buf
hns OF late taken n more active part in tho bus
ness. md committed divers thcfts on her own
account. Tho latter notion Is corroboratcd bJ
tho nature Of the last arrest. which resulted iu
her committal for six months to the penilen.
tinrY. She was wandering around up town
ana hrr attention WIS ntlrncted 10y
| ilist street. Nobody seemed To be wat h.
ing. and she hastily seized IL. But the house
uniortunniely for her. was tenantcd BY two
Howe, WIS going out at that minute. He ar.
| rested her, and took her to the police station.
| rive mais aud three smnll rugs were found IN
| her possession. She gave tho nnme OF Hon.
| retta Snowmnn. but retuscd TO say whore she
timo N the peniientary that she became un-
easy about the safety OF her property nnd the
welfare Of hor pets. and wrote to Mr.. Borgh
The singular variety Of articles found in her
| room corrobornies Can't. McEwain's first no-
| Inh thht she was once 2 receiver OF stolen
goods. An inventory OF them WAS made yts-
| tcrdny. ANA there were found to be stacks Of
| cniuH rnd glass ware and great quantity
| OF Undertaking. be Is. mats. and similar ar
tirlcs. Sho seems to have had particular lik-
| ing for mats but there was no outer clothing NJ
| al, and such street garments NJ she POSSESSED
| $40 must have worn every day. She told
Warden Fox that the proop"rty in her room
| police hnve been able 10 ascertain. II will not
iai, iar short OF that sum.
Bisides the proprrty already described there
were six butter dishes. four toapots. two milk
pitchers. ono sugar bowl, three mugs. ono
thirty-four teaspoons. seventeen tAblnspoOns
two doz.n forks. three knives. three butter
knives. four mustard spoons. Ave barroom
spoons. threo saltspoons. one sugar spoon. one
berry spoon, one gravy ladlc and one strainer
Ihrre were. O"sides. six knives with silver
handles. worth about sl5, and one teapot. two
@ss,sp2fons fo, two r forks, and two kniyes marked
| dem was on one milk mug. six tablespoons
three forks two knives and one snltspo0n.
Among the silver articles were thrcc spoona
mnrked " AmphStryon:" two spoons marked
Gicnham one spoon marked Al" two
A. j. D. H' !" ono @ spoon. % marRed @ M. NJ" oGa
s9S.r spoon nnrs,d Baih Hotel" and one
Neither Nancy. MIR. Shaw nor any Of tho other
| persons represented 10y the marks named have
| appeared To claim their property. with the ex-
| c"ption OF the uroprietors Of the St James Ho-
tel and Of the Central Park Garden. All the
property bearing these two marks was id 'nti-
ned by the owners yesterday ut the Madison
stract police station, The Central PARK Garden
| manager said tuAt the articles marked are
| part of the booty OF an extensive robbery pcrpe-
| trated upon them two years ago. the whole
amount OF property taken on that occasion. they
alleged. being worth upward OF 81 900. The
| propretor OF the ST. James Hotel did no. know
| when his goods were stolen. hut conlcctured II
| must have been n long time ago.
| Mrs. McAdlm told the police officers that
there WAS $3.50 IN cash ~ Aig, fpep,, vhiit 1f'i
| rolled Hbout in al directions. and once silver
| quarter WIS discovered. and the amount gath
| cred finally aggregated nearly ia" sum she
| claimed was ther'.
| The two dogs md all the full grown cats are
| being we'll treated. but tho four small kitlcns
| have puid the penalty of their youth and use
| lrssn ness and will never bo afflicted 10y the ills
| that cHts ur" h"irs To.
! cant. McllWuin said that ufter he had finished
| his in-p" ton of Mrs. McA Adam's room on Tues.
| day evening. and was crossing the street To- g"i
some holte To iustrn the door. he saw two mon
! going up Er~t Broud dwAy leaning hehNY casa
| labelled " Caira-o." Tho men seemed t. hd
| suspicious characters. and he arrested th"m
! They said that mgn had given tlrm twenty
| five cents TO carry the box 10 u house VA Ensl
! Broadway. but their replies were evasivn ana
uncertain. The box WAS ascrTlalncd To contain
| dry goods. and the men were locked up.