The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-07-03
SHOCKING DEFRAVITY.
A Gang Of Little Girl
Swind1ers Unearthed in
Hoboken.

1IODOAClls
An organized gang of pretty young
girl swindlers have been operating in
Hoboken of late. Their method was to
subscriptions ostensibly for the benefit
of St. Francis Hospital Last night
Policeman DAWN succeeded in catching
the leader, Henrietta Dugan, fourteen
years old. of No. 131 First street. The
young swindler has been working the
steamship piers and hotels. and the
brownstone front residences on Hudson
street.
When she caught sight of DAWN she
ran like deer. The policeman followed,
and after lively chase of several blocks,
which attracted large crowd, the girl
was caught. She fought the policeman
all the way down Washington street, and
made frequent attempts to kick him.
After she had been registered on the
blotter and was about to be led back to a
cell, she clung to the railing of the desk
and refused to bulge. and it required the
combined efforts of two policemen to lock
her up. This morning she was arraigned
before Recorder McDonough, and after
considerable questioning she said ner as
sociates were Blanche Barnes, Annie
Rody, Lena Violet, Irene Sugar and Lena
Oswald. These girls ages range from ten
to fifteen years, and they Were no doubJ
led on by Henrietta. They are all respect
ably connected.
Policeman DAWN brought Lena Os-
wald, of No. 149 Bloomfield street. befor e
the Judge. She Is pretty and only
twelve years of age. She told the follow
ing story:-s Henrietta asked me to GO
with her several weeks ago to get money
.l..
day she made forty-four cents and she
gave me half. A couple OF nights after
wards Henrietta asked me TO 90 to
Jacobs with her. When we went to
the theatre we met two nice, well-dressed
men from Jersey City.
whats that?" asked the Court in
astonishment
The child began to sob violently, but
being treasured, continued:-
After the second act Henrietta s
mother came to tine theatre and had Hem
rietta arrested. My father was on the
sidewalk and took me home.
The child's story created q sensation in
court Recorder McDonough said TO me,
This Dugan girl is bad egg Her Sis
ter is notorious character. II she Is al
lowed to run at large she will ruin in
Vulnerable little girls. | would like to
lay my hands on the well dressed, nice
young men from Jersey City"
-sE lA1bpt1Gl AAet5 A0t y GU lutl0f QD LIS
mind what to do with the Dugan girl.
She will probably be sent TO the Re-
formatory.
In Hoboken's Morgue.
The bodies of four persons who have
met violent deaths within the past forty
eight hours lie at the Hoboken morgue.
Three await Identification. Yesterday
afternoon the body Of man was found
floating in the ri yer Off the West Shore
ferry in Weehawkep and removed to the
morgue. The deceased was apparently
about forty years of age, five feet six
inches in height, OF medium build, dark
hair and mustache. The deceased was
well dressed and wore two studs in the
bosom of his shirt. He wore q pair OF
| boots. In the pockets was found o copy
of the New York Herald of Monday.
| At four o'clock this morning the am
| buIance was called to the foot of Six
| teenth street. When the ambulance
| reached there, there was found another
| terrible railroad casualty. Doubled up
beneath an engine Of the West Shore
| Railroad was u mass Of human flesh. The
| body was extricated with considerable
| difficulty. Although the body was sew
cred In two the head and trunk Of the
man were yet alive and he watched the
ambulance attendants gather up the rest
On the way to the hospital tbe mutilat-
| ed semblance of human beiug con-
Yersed with the attendants. He SAID his
name was Antonio Carrello, of fremont
| street, West Hoboken. just before St.
Mary's Hospital was reached the man
| expired, and the ambulance went to the
| morgue instead. The attendants say
that in all their experience they had
never before Witnessed such display of
| courage.
! Scarcely had the body been placed on
the slab before another call was received
| from the foot of Fifth street. Special
| Policeman Jones had tished two bodies
out of the water. The bodies were that
of handsome woman and six months
| old male child. The woman, evidently
| the mother, had her arms clasped about
the child, and after the bodies had been
| drawn up 1T was almost impos-
| Sible to release the child from
the grasp of the woman. The bod
les are laid tenderly side by side
on slab in the morgue. The woman
was evidently well to do. She is appar-
emily about thirty-five years of age and
| five feet eight inches in height, aud had
| dark hair. Her clothing is OF the very
best material, and she wore plain gold
wedding ring. Her underclothing and
handkerchief were marked "a. W."