The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-02-28
MRS. A'tDiM's RECOLLECTIONS.
She Ertertains Onic~r with Some stories
Of her Strange career.

On Wednesday Il sergeant from the Madi-
son street police visited tho penitentiary. and
had long and not very satisfactory Interview
with Mrs Jane McAdam. with reference to the
suspicuusly varied assortment Of property
found In her room IN lOl East Broadway. He
found her. he says. communicative enough.
but, unfortunately. she chose for discussion
subjects that had no great interest for him.
She would begin. indeed. what seemed TO be n
detailed confession. but just as the most critical
point was reached she generally branchcd On
into gracetuly-wordcd description OF the
political cconomy. geographical features. or
national pcculiaritics Of Japan. China. England.
France. or Italy Her extraordinary knowledge
81 every subject she preached amazed. and at
first nearly silenced the sergeant. but be- finally
wring from her !he fact that she did not rcc2l-
lect whrro she had lived before going To the
house in East broadway.
Her memory upon other points. however. was
better. and sho admitted that all the property
found in her room bad bcen. obtained from
throe servant girls, Margaret Taylor. Johanna
Barrett. and Eliza Murray.
used TO live at battery plncc:" she said.
they came aud boarded with me-. when they
had any money they paid mo regularly. hut the
| poor things sometimes ran short Of cash. and
then they gave me- beds and unlercothes and
! siverwurr. don't know where thoy got them
Can't. McElwain yesterday searched for those
| three girls. but the only one he could md was
| either of IN" other girls mentioned. hut she mad
been acquainted with Mrs. .McAdam some
years ago. when shS lived In Mott street. She
! ha'inot boarded with her at any time. however
nor Ind she ever given her such property rs
was found ia her room.
Besides Ia" tire" servant girls. Mrs, McAdam
| SAID she knew a Mrs lewis Of 1872 West Tenth
! .trsct and Hugh Frecl the pnwphrnker of 81
/ Rose street. either Of whom could tell all about
| her.
! Mr. Proofs acquaintance with her proved to
! have been strictly professional one. Sh" had
| frequently pledged articles Mt his establish
| mont. and had always redeemed them
| One other thing he remembered about her
! Last summer. he said. u Captain a. police
and called upon him. Mrs. MrAdam ''rmerly
! lived in Boston. and Mr. Freel snppoSns that
! his address was discovered 10y the BostoG police
! 10y two letters for her that had been sent from
| that city 10 his cnrr. Ie could give no infor-
nation ~ 10 whore she was living. as she had
! not visited him Tor some months. and The law
| yer and Captain went back without her.
! Mrs. Lewis has soma unpleasant recOlicct ions
! OF Mrs. MeAdum. she says thai some two years
| ago the latter lived with her rs a servant. and
| nit'r her departure quantity Of plate was miss
| ing. Mrs. Low = Identified n silver butter knife
| aud some other knives. as well "a number Of
| forks. In the Central ONCE ~ her properly
J Persons who formerly owned tho Central
| ParS Garden Yesterday ident fi-d tho three sill.
soaic properly that had been stolen from them
| some years aga.
Mrs. McAdam admitted to the sergeant that
! she had stolen several door mats. but denied
! any other theit-. She said that she had h,-.n
induced tot ke the mats because pe'lil"r whom
! sh" met in N"Fcy street. near Greenwich street.
! had promised To- give her god price for all
/ articles Of this description that she brought To-
him. She could not rccOlcrt where this ped
/ dl"r lived. hut she had a keen remembrance
| that while she was 'ls ting Penang the Cover
/ nor % the Straits Settlements. who had Just
arrived from Singapore. was robbed OF ring
that WAS never recovered.