New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-28
PARTNERS IN CRIME CAUGHT
A DISCOVERY IN MRS OKEEFE,s HOUSE.
THE PLAINTIFF IN THE wTNANs DIVORCE CASE
ROBRkD BY A SERVANT ANn A NEGRn

| iHk PLAINTIFF IN THE wINANs DIVORCE CASE
| ROBBED BY A SERVANT AND NEGRO.
Among the boarders at No. 1876 Madison
ave. the house OF Mrs Alice oKeefe who is suing Ross
H. "inans' the Baltimore millionaire for divorce,
Mira e. Sumner, with son and a
daughter Some time ago Mrs Sumner sent
package containing handsomely ernbroi
dered piece Of silk valued at $3.50, to lady in New
orleans with view to making SALE The
oroidery aid not suit and sent back
oy express to Mrs Sumner. 1t received by a SER
want III the house. named Ellen McGarry and was
placed In a closet The girl made no men,
uon OF the fact, and some days later Mrs Sum-
her becoming uneasy at the nOnrecept Of the package
maze inquiries at the express Office the receipt
was shown to her. When inquiries were made Of
the servant she at first said she had not received
such package, but when the receipt was shown she
remembered the circumstances aud told where she had
placed the package. 1t not there. however and
three days later Ellen McGarry left the employ OF Mrs.
Okeefe and went to the house OF Judge Glider
sleeve In West Forty-eighthst Mrs Sumner then re-
ported her loss to the Twenty.ninth Precinct Police.
Detective James X. Price was put on the case
Mrs. Sumner was certain that the McGarry girl
was the thief and insisted that she be arrested,
but on investigation Price became convinced that she
was not guilty and refused to make the arrest. Mrs
Okeefe also endeavored to throw the blame Miss
MeGaTy and took the case to Inspector Byrnes
Price continued to work the case, but could get
little Information from the inmates OF the house and
made little Roadway until last Friday morning. when he
found slip on his desk stating that Patroman Car
pentcr had reported that at 9 O'Clock that
morning slight fire had been discovered in closet on
the second floor OF No. 1876 Madson-aye and that vau-
able dresses aud coaks to the value OF
$1,000 had been stolen from adjoining
closet. Price found that the stolen pro-
perry consisted Of light silk and satin dresses vaned at
$1,000 velvet cloak valued at 5000. diamond
pin valued at $1,000 and other articles bringing the
total value mp to about $4,000 Mrs. O'Keefe thought
that the fire and robbery were the work of some
enemy made by the divorce suit, and
was not disposed TO give much informa-
ton. The detective made inquiries OF Mrs. OKeefe as TO
what servants she had had recently Between January
% and March IL there had been eleven SER
wants in the house. list OF whom Price
procured from an employment agency in FOurth-ave.
Mrs OKecfe showed him receipts wages from two OF
the girls Maggie Heay and Pauline schackcr. The name
OF the latter was familiar TO Price, and he con
cluded that she was implicated IN the robbery
Pauline mad first been employed by Mrs OKeefe
month ago. through a newspaper advertisement This
was about week before the package from NewOrleans
received ut the house day before the dis
coycry that the package missing Pauline got per
visit her sick mother. she gone sew.
sa is . DAYS Vas and the robbery was discovered
work until last Thursday when she left the place. saying
that her mother WAS dying.
Mrs told Price that in company with her son and
daughter she had been 10 Brno iIyn Thursday
evening and did NOT return until about 1890 o'clock
As they approached the house they saw a come
down the sOop in her stocking feet and walk seathy
toward Thirty-second-st They found the front
doors open and aroused Mrs. OKeefe.
search OF the house was made but
apparently nothing was missing. About O'Clock Mrs
Summers found his was full OF smoke and
gave an alarm The IRE was put out with little or
were open aud no gas was burning. further search
ddeelyeored i4e robbery. A second visit to Mrs.
acting under the advice Of Major Morton.
one of her boarders, determined to say
had been given 10 the Central Office detectives.
Later on she refused to see Price and when he
sent word to her that he he'd made .unimportant
discoveries I'm the City Paymaster Falls. who
boards in the house. came down and said that Mrs.
informed Mr. Falls that he knew nth the thief,
but he refused to give either Mrs. OKeefe or Mrs.
The detectives started in to locate Pauline and
her parnmour, Charles Bond, cOlOred, twentysix
VINO had eeeh her accnnplice IN number OF SIM
liar rObheries. Bond was found AT No Mnettast
i rGed anu rumher ey' 81 M room rho "sre
kerchefs belonging to Floyd Jones. another OF Mrs
OKcecs. bonreIs, and some napkins be ring the names
stating that she would be there AT II o'clock. Price
took Bond to the station. leaving Casey 10 look
the proof Of his guilt; he weakened aud said that
Pauline in Kingston. Price started yesterday
to Kingston to look for her, and after consider
able trouble succeeded IN finding her at
the house Of her sister in East Kingston.
Twenty-niuth Precinct station Bond taken to
Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday and remanded
The partnership existing between the two prs
Oners Is OF long standing. Panlnes first trouble
occurred about six years ago. At that time
she living In the family Of George b. Hubbard in
sprng-sL. Kingston. while there some laces were
stolen aud she accused OF the theft. That
night at supper the entire family became i'll, with
the symptoms Of arsenical poisoning but their lives
were saved. An analysis Of the contents Of the tea
pot showed a strong solution Of arsenic. The District
Attorney did regard the proof sufficiently strong
convict Pauline and she not brought to trial She
came tONew York about three years accidentally
fell In with Bond shortly after her arrival for
May 4. 1888 Bond arrested by Price "a charge
OF larceny. On their way TO the station
house Price accostrd by Detectives
NcGovern and McCuf. OF the Nineteenth Precinct
who were looking for Bond charge OF
having committed robbery at house in East Forty
thrl-st having been admitted TO the house
by Pauline. When discovered Ivy the mistress OF the
house. Brud held pistol to her head and frightened her
into nsenSibity. Price gave him up to
Inc at No. 23s West Thirtieth-st. where she
WAS living, servant When they were
taken to court the lady declined to make a charge
and the prisoners were discharged. Last
summer they again got into trouble by
working the game I'm the house OF Mrs. Armstrong
at No. 1876 West Twenty -hrstst, and
again escaped by the indsp0stOn Of the
MIST 10 make char ge Their last trouble was at
No. % West Twenty-seyenth-st, on the same charge
aud with the result