Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-04
QUEER HONEYMOON
A PIFrSBuRa COUPLE 60 FROM A DUNGEON
CELL TO THG ALTAR.
The Bride Did Some Artistic Shopliting to Provide
for Her Marriags-Robbsd Jswslry Stores
and Soaked the SpOils-Hsr Lover
Sticks to Hsr-0ool for an
Amateur.

PITTsBURG, July 3.-Miss Sadie Duff
whose parents reside on Hatfield street
near Forty-seventh, had an eventful dal
| of ii Yesterday. She was arrested about
o'clock In the afternoon on charge o.
stealing several hundred dollars worth
of diamonds, locked up In the Contra
station for several hours, released or
So, 900 bail, and last evening was led tC
| the altar by John c. Cameron, an assist
ant roller In the LaBelle steel works,
and made MIS-. Cameron by due process
Of matrimonial custom.
About noon Inspector McAleese was
notified by Mr.. George w. Briggs, the
| ieweler, corner OF Smlth6eld stree;
and Sixth avenue, that his store
had been robbed Of two diamond
rings. He gave a description OF a
young lady OF pleasant address, rather
tall, wearing white waist, black skirt,
jaunty hat and necklace OF peculiar
design with Roman gold brooch. With
this description the Inspector went to
work, aud in very few moments had
ten officers on the lookout for the lady.
About o'clock Officer Crossin and Do
swering the description on Fifth avenue
between Market and Wood streets. She
was accompanied by her sister and Cam
eron. When the officers politely asked
her name she said 1t was Miss Sadie
Duff. While they were standing Miss
Duff passed her pocketbook to her Sis
ter. She and Cameron were then es-
corted to the Central police station.
She Indignantly denied that she was
guilty of any offense whatever. The
Inspector took charge of her on arrival
and began to question her. She pro-
tested that she was innocent OF any mis-
deed and when asked about her visit to
Briggs store declared that she had not
been there at all. About this time Cam
eron Joined the company, whereupon
Miss Duff seemed to take courage, and
made many threats of what dreadful
things she would do when she regained
her freedom.
While this talk was going on the in
spector had discovered some pawn tick
cts in the young lady's pocketbook
which had been handed to him, calling
for diamond rings pawned at De Roy
Bros. He quietly sent Detective Rob-
lnson after the property and then
renewed the conversation. Miss Duff
told long story of her previous where
abouts, but still denied any knowledge
Of the theft. While thus eegaged De-
tectve Robinson returned with the
JEWELS, and quietly handed them to the
Inspector. Once more Miss Duff was
declaring that she knew nothing Of the
rings, when the Inspector took them
from his pocket and remarked: "Oh,
yes, you do" began to put them on his
fingers.
At sight of the jewels Miss Duff turn
ed deadly pale, andA nearly tainted. She
did not speak for fully minute, and
then only to ask for a drink OF water.
Seeing il was all up with her she pro-
ceeded to tell the story the Inspector
mad 55en endeayoriDg to get. She was
engaged to Cameron, she said,
and they were anxious to
get married. Cameron was part1c-
ularly anxious, but did not have the
money. Finally she decided upon the
plan of producing revenue,
and told him that if he would get GER
tain amount she would raise the rest.
She said he agreed to this, and told her
Of a plan whereby he could secure some
ready cash through the Metropolitan
Fishing Club, of which he was treasu-
rer. Thursday evening was fixed for
the marriage, and this (Friday) morn
ing they were to go on wedding tour
to Huntington, Pa, where the had rela-
tions, to spend the honeymoon.
On Wednesday Miss Duff started out
to fulfill her part of the agreement.
She first called on James K. Reeds
jewelry store on Market street. She
gave her right name and bought
bill of about $500 worth of jewelry and
silverware, which she represented were
intended for wedding presents. She
ordered the various articles packed in
fancy cases, promising to call later In
that or the next day to pay for and get
them.
Then she asked, as apparent after
Thought. to look at some diamond rings.
They were shown to her, but after
looking over a trayful OF gems she de-
cided not to buy any until later. She
had carelessly dropped her handker-
chief on the glass show case over which
she was leaning at the time, and the
clerk who was waiting upon her did not
know that she had concealed diam
ond rirfrsworth about 5000 in its folds
when she picked up the handkerchief
again.
At Sheafer & Lloyd's store, which she
next visited, the young woman worked