Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-07
ESPECIAL rrIrenAx TO THE DrsrArcH.,

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATcH.1
NEW YORK, October 6.-Shortly before
going into the country. at the end Of june,
Mrs. Thomas Hunt, of 40 West Twenty
second street. engaged German cook
named Bertha Schrade from an intelligence
Office. Bertha had been such short time
in this country that she had no character
of her own, but her sister Matilda, q seam
stress, was so favorably known at the in
telligence Office that this omission was over
looked. So far as performing her duties
went, Bertha proved model servant, and
Mrs. Hunt went away satisfied that her new
cook was an acquisition.
Soon after Mrs. Hunts return, September
10, several plates belonging to blue and
white set were missed. Not long after lot
of other things were missed, 5000 worth in
all, among them Dresden china vase and
an ulster overcoat. simultaneously, Ber-
tina, who had previously sent away. her
trunk, went away herself, leaving behind
her, however. the address of her sister in
East Seventy-ninth street. This was last
Wednesday. The next day Mrs Hunt
gave
LIST OF THE STOLEN ARTICLES
to Inspector Byrnes, and told him where
Matilda Schrade lived. Detective Titus
went to 237 East Seventy-ninth street, the
address given, and had no trouble in recov-
ering the missing articles. except the Dres-
den vase and ulster. File made NO arrests,
and an hour or two later the two Schrade
women made call upon the Hunts, in
which they bewailed their badness and
promised to return the articles which were
still missing il they were not punished.
They failed to keep their promise the next
day, so Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt, accompanied
by mis- brother, on Saturday returned the
Schrades' call.
While looking for the vase and ulster
they found expensive gowns of Mrs. Hunts,
clothing of Mr.. Hunts and his brothers,
jewelry, bric-a-brac, china and other arti-
cles which had never been missed because
they had been packed away in trunks. The
clothing of Mr.. Hunts brother, who is an
officer in the navy, was in a trunk which
had been sent to Mr.. Hunt for safe keeping.
Four pairs of trousers and several of his
shirts had been taken, but his uniform had
been left behind.
FINDING LOTS OF THINGS.
Mrs. Hunt filled the air with EXPLANATIONS
as she went about, discovering in trunks
and closets first one piece of her property
some more china and another Of my dressesl
Is that coat yours or your brothers, Tom?''
was about the way of 1t. The climax of her
excitement was reached when she found her
bridal veil, which had been taken, although
the dress was left behind.
The Schrades met the discovery of the
Hunts property and proof of their guilt
with mixture Of defiance, denial and con-
fession. Matilda tried to perplex Mrs.
Hunt by showing her articles which were
not hers and asking if they were. When in
confessing mood, she said that Bertha hzd
sent the things to her by their brother Ed
ward, and supposing they were honestly
come by, she had given them storage room.
They both told so many lies that Mr.. Hunt
finally went for policeman. Another po-
lceman collared Edward Schrade, who had
just obtained place as clerk in q grocery
at Third avenue and Sixty-seventh street.
He had on a pair of Mr.. Hunts hose, which
he had already worn holes in, and one of
Mr.. Hunts brothers shirts.
All three were locked up in the Eighty