The record-union., 1892-04-11
FEMALE DEOPERADOBS.
There Appear to be a Few Of Them
Still Here.
Lily Thompson and Bertha Dufour
Attack and Assist in Robbing
Chinaman.

A Chinaman named All Lin, living in
shanty north of L street, near Second,
was murderously assaulted and robbed
about $3.50 on Saturday night.
Hi Greer was passing along the street
when the Chinaman's screams attracted
his attention, and All Lin ran up to him
with his face covered with blood. He
stated that he had been robbed by two
girls and two men, who had at once
made off in the direction of the depot.
Greer at once reported the affair at the
Police Station, and Captain Bradley soon
ascertained the train taken by the China
mans assailants. He telegraphed to
Marysville, and learned at midnight that
the quartet had left the train at Roseville.
Then he and officer Ferral boarded a
freight train about A. NJ. and went to
Roseville, where they found the parties
at the Ross Hotel. The four were ar
rested, brought back and confined in the
City Jail. They were identified yester
day morning by All Lin as the parties
who committed the assault and robbery.
The Chinaman claimed that sos was
taken from him, and little less than that
sum was found in the possession of the
parties arrested.
The girls proved to be well-known dem
liens of the Second and L-street dives,
operating under the names of Lily
Thompson and Bertha Dufour. The men
gave the names of George Love and
Johnnie Green.
All Lin was found at his store yesterday
morning, and gave his story as follows:
About half-paSt 8 o'clock on Saturday
night he stepped outside his door for some
purpose, when he was hailed by one of
the girls, who wanted to ask him some
questions, and who told him to come to
her. lie had no sooner approached than
she struck him, and then the other girl
and the two men set upon him.
An Lin says the girl struck him with a
knife over the eye, and then the men
struck him and choked him to prevent
him making a noise. He was searched
by his aSsailants, and $50 in gold and So
in silver taken from him.
The four assailantS then left him and
ran hastily in the direction of the depot.
The robbery and assault were committed
within twenty feet of All Lin's produce
store, where his wife and two children
live with him. He is small Chinaman,
and speaks good English. When inter
viewed yesterday morning, he said the
officers had the right parties. His face
was badly bruised, and the cut made by
the knife had barely missed his eye, but
is not serious wound.
The Dufour girl, although young in
years and innocent-appearing, is one of
the worst females of the many degraded
ones IN the dive and crib quarter, and has
been connected with various shady trans
actions Whereabouts. 1t is said that one
OF the youths concerned in the Saturday
night assault is but II years old, and only
recently fell under the influence of this
woman.
The other man Iove) is, however, a
hard case. Captain Bradley states that
shortly after leaving Roseville, and while
he was settling with the conductor of the
train for the fares, he saw Love take a
letter from his pocket, quickly tear it up
and throw the pieces through a window
On arriving here he telegraphed to the
Roseyille Constable to pick up the scraps
of the letter. The latter did SO, and for
warded them to Captain Bradley. The
letter is deemed by the Captain as quite
important-so much so, that he tele-
graphed its contents to Chief of Police
Crowley of San Francisco.
According to statements made by the
girls, they returned from the depot to their
quarters in the old Grand Hotel-the up
per portion OF which appears to be
clearinghouse for people of their class
and after remaining there about twenty
minutes they went to the depot to board a
train, intending to GO from Roseville to
Grass Valley yesterday. The Thompson
woman spoke of dirk-knife which the
Dufour girl had when they went to the
Chinaman's place.
Captain Bradley is to be congratulated
on his first piece of detective work. The
pursuit and arrest of the parties was con-
Quoted with 'promptnesS and Dispatch
Had there been any delay the parties
would no doubt have divided the money,
separated, and struck out in various di-
rectiOnS