New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-24
LONGING FOR A TIN BOX.
TOO TRUsTFUL Mr.. NUGENrs Loss.

| SERVANT GIRL WHO PROTESTED HER vrnAcrrx
BUT CARRIED OFF HER EMPLOYERS SAVINGS.
A. Nugent, who has been for many years in the
service OF the New-York Gas Light Company. lives
ct No. 245 East Thirty-second-st. and keeps
ocarders. The bane Of his existence has been
troublesome servant girls. They have caused him
siecpless nights and days Of misery. About May l.
MS servant having left him, and, thinking that he
might have better luck in selecting girl than his
wife had had hitherto. he sauntcred forth from
his house to make tour Of the intelligence
Offices. Mr.. Nugent before he went
to the Gas Company was the porter
and acting night clerk In French's
Hotel He gained while there an intimate
knowledge Of the ways and doings of servants, and
felt confident that he could penetrate any mask
which they might employ to hide an evil nature.
Being thus equipped he entered an employrpent
agency In the Bowery. His piercing glance enabled
him to SEQ the many defects in the characters Of
the persons who were presented to him and to pass
them by as worthless In the course Of his inyesti-
cations his eye lighted upon the comely face Of
kitty" Hughes. Kitty said in response to ques-
tions that she was "greenhorn," having landed
In this country only two months before and her
| innocent voice and lamb-like expressions seemed
to guarantee her greenness aud hoessty.
Mr.. Nugent engaged Kitty.
She had been in his house only short time be-
fore lhe had gained the confidence of the family
and boardeIs. 1t was true that she knew
bat little about homework, but her artIess ways
and willingness to learn made up for her lack Of
knowledge: She hadn't any Of the bad tricks OF
servants. No Young men burned up the gas In the
Kitchen m her eoup.ny no one wrote her letters,
aud sht wouldn't take day OF a night off for any.
thing. As tine work in the house vas hard, Mr..
Nngent urged her frequently TO 90 out and take an
excursion to some Of the parks or laces OF pleas
ure near the city for change, but she always
answered an IN SAD VOICE No, there Is no one here
old many stories about her life in Belfast and sbe
seemed to live IN the memories of the Emerald Isle.
and would always vouoh for her statements by
adding " It's Gods truth" There was nothing
hidden or sly about. Kitty" and the boarding.
Nothing IN the Nugent household was kept from
the honest girl not even the fact that underneath
the bed where Alr; Nugent and his wife slept was
heavy trunk and in it were Mrs. Nugent's Jewels,
large sum of money and securities valued al
$4,000 inciosed IN small tn box. The house
being full of boardsrs, Mr.. aud Mrs Nugent slept in
small room III the basement off the kitchen, AMI
Kitty in her willingness to obIge her mistress,
whose house was overcrowded, had given mp her
room and courted sleep on q sofa In the Kitchen.
KITTY grew in the estimation of her employer
& the Scarder % VIII. % hsd @ Mr. s%ssnts roe% eD
to % their OWN bed aud lett Kitty in n'%S mndspatsd
possession of the kitchen aud their confidence in
the SlteIy Ol tne tiQ DOx.
About three weeks ago kitty suddenly be-
came possessed Of the notion that she would like
10 moro of the world than could be viewed FROM
the Nugent house, but with her usual modesty she
kept her desire to herself. aud would not harrow
the feelings of hcr kind employers by telling them
she going to Ieavo them. She selected her own
time TO go. la order that there might not be sad
parting scene she fixed 1T at a. m while tine
| family were sleeping With a far-reachng eye,
Kitty saw that she could SEQ but little OF the
| worlds pleasures without cash, she went
out to the wSSodshed, got an axe,
| the tin bsx containing tne money aud treasures.
Feeling that her own calico wrapper might not be
consistent with her sudde0 increase in wealth. she
| took Mrs NugeuVs best dress along also. The last
\ person who saw the gentle Kitty In the neigh
| borhood was woman who lives directly opposite
| to Mr.. Nugent and she says that KIttyn hurried
out of the house soon after daylight with the tin
box on her arm aud the dress wrapped up paper.
| Mr.. Nugent and his wife were hOrrifeo when
| they came down stairs in the morning and found
their trunk, their fortune, and their confidence la
human nature wrecked. Within two hours Mr..
loss and offered q reward of $3.50 for tho
recovery of his property and the arrest of Kitty.
Detectives have been on "Kitty's' tIach ever
since the robbery but have not got trace f her,
though they have found ont someting about her
history. Her name Is Mary A. Mines. and she cams
work in the Barbour Mills at Pa ersoo. She was
discharged from the mills, and has since hyed
wherever night overlook her. ture oi her
was obtained by Mr.. Nugent from "a t~i ta.ntsnce
OF hers In Paterson, and tke police &. ait to
lind her hs = not Ntsn knew g ihsn = ,si bog
tanned at the time Of the robbery S7Ool. aoney,
Jewels worth 44OO, and bonds and securities worth
$4,000. Payment the bonds and securities
has been stopped as far as possible.