The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-05-25
KATIE LAIRD'S NEW STORY.
4 orr OFFICyAL'S SON WOULD NOT
GIVE RER HER $4,000

0AVE HEN HEN 00sVOW
sAs IstssAsA - ray her Hstsi DsiIs: asA
Went ~ vasssas Names Because she AaA
hight - TAsa-shs 10 frsa Nswpsss, n. r.
Miss Katie Laird had q now lawyer ct
Jefferson Market yesterday whom she was Or.
raigned for swlndling hotel keepers. OK
Assistant District Attorney O'Byrne appearing.
II have bsen told" he said TO . reporter
that this woman has been shnmefully wronged
By tho son OF man who holds q high once In
the city Government. and do not doubtit."
Miss Laird was brought out from the prison
BY keeper. She wore tho black satin dress.
crepe shawl and poke bonnet she had on We'd
ncsdsy. and the same dark veil.
Samuel F. Smith Of tho Morton House was
tho first witness called. Raise your veil.
please" Justice Smith said to the prisoner. and
she raised 1t Just above her eyes. Her face wns
flushed. and her dark eyes were still red and
swollen. She kept them fixed on the table till
the Justice asked Mr.. Smith II he recognized
her. Then she glanced quickly at him and
lowered her eyes again.
Mr.. Smith wa positive that she was the
woman who. under the name Of Mrs. Boyd.
sna q. w It BIZ S Dssna Ssa SH April "a
they cossslsl Thsy contain brtc-a.brac, :
Ens :s s:e ehHs
ma one yhsIe oisSs q lace; : iuT.iin.d 81.
dreds q dollars. She made no attempt to re-
move them surrertitiously. did she"
orss ts ''
Let's hear the other cases." said Justice
White. moustached Samuel L. White Of the
Everett House testified that as Mrs. James the
prts0ner hhd engaged rooms from him on
aO, She r % nS is wss IT, bin
White was tesns and washsd the wtnss:
Belvederv said that he first saw the prisoner
on Friday or Saturday. He did not know the
her msd snd sat IN ss pssof ana .sn
:sjd shss sheIT S;SssSs VA so%Ins oSs tISnf
she had drcppsd x out Of her portemonnsi Elm in
sS%s sS
following day. when she sent Mr.. Wehrle u let
ter telling him that she would have to reserve
and could not pay him at once. but would 90 70
ssS a. Sss :or, DID sSoGs ss
80: 81; y. siS answered Mr.. wehrle. for never
hay: .,a + gu, hGs s The prisoner on that
.l.d obns hear Tx Ts 70
60 on the stand. She .hesitsted aud he had to
talk e her tine befG ore shs would
is years old. had lived at il9 East Seventeenth
in New York four years.
Odd you inherit sum of money from any onsi A.
ons s ,S :ss; ss az .sss:l time:
ssS az Kew 'i;
Sbid y.S deposit any portion of this money with
Q,-with whom. and how large was the sunni
o'Byrne said. Don't mention The name. "T sHnd
i iSs e; IN; very prominent public osls q
en'. ~ ,,ssiva ssssSs fns this 5000 nom hi.
III: in 81; NsIwsii :.or.s. w.rsSoass in one Of III.
S%hsp you iss. .Ss Belyeaer.: saying you w.r. 70.
Ing to the bank where did you go TOT AL went to the
9.1Did you SO him, A.-YsS sir; l saw him and .
xsu!s1I give me any unless gave him the receipt for
rS;s 81 s want r f: ~:
SS lose PHI IL :s 81. 'ts In and
lost III Tue sSs hallway y
b. man
me so.
Qwhsts rho value Of tho trunk At the Morton House
A.-Abuut SAD.
Q.-Dd YOU intend to defraud any Of tho hotel peo-
pie 4: A-So. air.
Justice smth-why did you give the name Knox
AL wanted to gain time TO obtain money 10 pay my
bills.
Q.-why do you US. false name' A-Its not false
mime its my own name.
Q-low many names have you! Al have three.
Q.-why did you give the name Of Boyd A-Bs
cause had played under that name In ST. James's
Church.
Horace Brockwsy testified that on May 6 the
woman was at the Ashland House under tho
name OF Knox. On May ehe went away owing
u bill OF S6.85. She had said that her baggage
was coming. but mono came. and he sent q boy
to tell her she would have to leave. Mr.. O'Ryrne
said he could prove that the baggage had been
delayed.
story about theslinmond ring Minnie says she
wns once rescued from a cruel relative BY the
Children's Society. and worked a long time for
Superintendent jenkins. She believes In her
mistress. and went back to prison with her
when the case was adjourned to Monday.