Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-08
The Most Daring Group Of Stars
Known In New York City. -
Six Faces in a Cabinet Of Those
Skilled In the Noble Art
of Thlsying.
Annie Reilly, little NelI," Molly Hoey
Sophie Levy Kate Ieary and
the Confidence Quesn.
PeI-Pcturss Of the Girls-An interest
ing Confession by the Chief
Of Police.

OF Detectives, ut the New York Guy
Police Headquarters, there are tiers oil
lalge pi Otographs, framed in massive
walnut ffsmeS, that hide the walls oil
the little room sd aptly named "rhe
CONFESSIONAL 10y the hdbituCs of the
building. Here It is where the evil
dOer Is ushered, in fear aud trembling,
for all interview with the inquiSItUr,
and he - gwen what the detectives call
the "third degree under the persIssiv We
influence of which liz drops often more
OF his anteeedents than prudence would
sometimes dictate. While seated in
the room the cuiprit has an opportunity
perhaps of gazing about HIM aud study.
ing the shTewd and viilaiuous couute-
nances that gaze down upon rIm; some
smiling, come braZen, but the most
scIOwlIng. There. u fellow tries To hide
All anIabie face between his hand
Cutf'd WRISTS; another is trying To- lose
hts head IN the depths Of his shirt collar,
restrained only ly pair Of official
bands thai have not escaped
Th- FaIIhfuI Camera.
as theygrasp the evil-doer's whiskers
and gently eufurc, the photographer
request of "huld Your head a little
higher, please" Below this picture is
another one that would serve Us food
for rtlretiOn-a pale, strong limit
nan, lying Oh cot and apparently
nigh unto death. But among this array
OF masculine ra>caiily aud crime, wU-
mans hair pre>rnce Is not lacking
There, opposite the wounded burglar, Is
an array of female faces, one of them
perhaps good looking; the Others scared
and wIrhered 10 premature age by few
short Years Of wIcke6neSS and prison
life.
There are six faces in u row-faces Of
WOm>n-whUse faces are as we'll Known
10 the police of every surrounding city
~ To become almost household words
Five OF the six are neither good looking
nor pasSable; the sixth might be called
handsome, yet all of the five criminals
seem in their misfnrtunes TO have LOST
that innate quality of wOman's-no
matter what her condition or position
vanity. To zee the expressions on the
STRENGTHENING Faces,
il would be nard To imagine that the
originals knew for what purpose those
photographs were being taken; yet
those women smirk aud smile rs If their
very liberty depended upon 1t.
"WhO is ,5lS" asked the reporter,
pointing TO the most modest looking Of
the seXIet.
THAT girl" answers Detective Ser
gPant Reilly, one at the most skillful of
the Central office force, THAT'S Annie
Reilly. Little Nell, they call her;
sometimes she goes by the name OF
Cooley. She is one OF the cleverest ser.
want gIrl thieves in the country; but
she's Older now than that picture repre-
'sents her Ia be-. a month ago she came
out ui prison, where she's been twelve
out Of the fifteen years that I've known
her.
Little Nell, when first knew her"
continued the detective, twas but ii
Years old, little chiT OF girl, pretty
and modest. Then Sue had forty
charges of lheit against her, and she
Was senjt need To fuuT years imprIson-
menI. But you ought TO have heard
the in,prt cations the woman heaped
on the head OF the Judge who first sent
hertu prison. "Had he but gwen me Il
chaIc, To rerorm, | might not be what
l am," aud then size curses him, al
though he is now in his grave.
LiIIe NrIrs Game
il q simple but always successful one.
She answers au advertisement for 4 SER
want, secures tue place, and then pro.
ceedS To Iull her mistress into a state OF
security. She kisses the babies, II so
careful with the china and silver, and
is perfect jewel If q servant-girl.
When her mistress goes to bed she con-
graduates herself upon having drawn
such prize rs Lutte Nell" but In the
morning her congratulations are not so
hearty, Tor my precious servant girl has
flown with everything OF value that she
could lay hands ON. She hardly ever
s,aNs Ion ger than one night, rarely two.
81 y place, and always reaps q harvest.
Her n story Is rather peculiar Que
She told " To me one day. Her rea
pame IL Gordon, and she Is Que OF the
five children OF "A laborer living up the
Hudson When she WAS IL years old
she concluded that il was best for her
to leave home aud strike out for her
self. and she came here and found work
as - servant. Tnen she began TO steal.
We'll, after she got ont of prison Cor her
first offense she could scarcely read.
She then determined To- educate herself.
She went up To the seminary not far
from EOnkerS, where she stayed nearly
six months studying. Every few days
or SO she would come to the city, to see
her friends, she SAID, al the seminary,
but, in reality, to- work her little game.
She stole and studied and it was only
by a Tick that we caught her. We
had a dtcOy advertisement inserted
In one OF the newspapers, Just such
ole as she would answer, aud sure
enough size came and WAS arrested"
Alongside the picture OF
Annie REILLY
Is one of a raw. bOned, gaunt-lookiug
BpAiish woman, ofperhaps 0O. MOLLY
HOey, alias Molly HOlbrook," says tue
inscription underneath. Molly appears
10 enjoy her sitting and is smiling with
all her might, showing large mouth
lined with teeth OF n huge size. "Shop-
liter aud pickpOcket' is her vacation,
and at this she is said to have but one
equal in this country. Her life has
been checkered one and the most OF
her time has been spent in prison.
Several years ago Molly was wanted in
Chicago and detective from that cky
came here aud secured her eXtradition
He was taking her back by the way OF
Canada on the Great Western railroad,
and while passing through Toronto the
train stopped for few minutes A
Toronto policeman boarded the train
and Molly, who has the reputation OF
being shIewd and well versed in the
technicalities of the law, appealed to q
representative VI heI hSJeSty ioC p'o
lection, alleging that her captor had
Kidnapped her. The officer took her
and the detective from the train, and
after the case had been tried Ia the
Canada courts, Mollie was awarded
her freedom. The next heard of her
was in this city, when
She Robbed q Lady
In Mays store. She was arrested,
convicted and sentenced, but she APP
pealed to a higher court and was re-
leased on straw bail. When the decis.
ion was announced Molly he'd with her
husband TO more eongenisl regions. IL
wss some time before she again came
into the clutches OF the police, but again
she escaped through straw bail, al
though q sentence Of five years inn
-, nment had heen imDOSed on her