The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-10
WAS IT QUEER MONEY?
Mrs. Lena Hill Indignantly
Denies the Charge
Against Her.
CAME TO LOOK FOE A FRIEND.
But Couldn't Remember Where a.
Lived-lncidentally She Bought
Tooth Brushes and Soda
Water.

Mrs. Lena Hill, who with her seven
teen-year-old sister, Annie Brutzer, was
arrested Saturday night In this city as
showers of the queer" talked with re-
porter for The News this morning. They
are both confined in cell on the top floor
OF the Hudson County Jail. The younger
sister could not be seen. Mrs. Hill said
she was very ill, and lying down in cell
not visible to the reporter from the iron
door Through which he talked to Mrs.
Hill. A woman in charge corroborated
Mrs. Hill's statement. Mrs. Hill said her
sister was suffering terribly with throat
affection, and a cell was no place for her
in her present condition. Mrs. Hill does
not look like bad woman, and her gen.
eral appearance is that Of an overworked
housewife. She does not tai K good Eng
lish, and it was difficult to understand
her.
we should be locked up here. We came
over from New York Saturday night In
search OF some people used to live with
about hve years ago"
Who were they7"
IL almost. alb, he was a school
Public school teacher2"
'Ah, music teacher. believe. or some-
thing OF that sort.'
Where did he liver"
Il don't know. It was somewhere in
the neighborhood where we were ar
rested. But it's all so changed now I
couldn't lind it. My sister grew tired
and thirsty, and we went into a drug
store after some soda water. While we
were drinking the soda I noticed some
tooth brushes, and as I wanted one T
bought it. 1 forget whether paid fifteen
or twenty-five cents for it. good 6fty
cent piece was paid for the soda. I had
nine dollars in bills in my hand, and
some silver in satchel. The bills and
the silver were good. I gave good So
bill because had some trouble In getting
the satchel open in hunting for smaller
change"
Mrs. Hill denied that sne entered any
other store. She did not know the m ne
of the proprietor nor the location OF the
drug store where the soda and the tooth
brush were purchased.
AS to the bogus twenty-five cent silver
piece found in her pocket Mrs. Hill said
in explanation:-''My husband gave me
that some weeks ago. afterwards found
out that 1t was counterfeit. My sister
took 1t as pocket piece. One day abe
borrowed my sacque and unintentionaily
leIG UH6 pOck6C-pl6c0 IN bne SacQu0 p0ckeb,
Can't you let my friends know where we
arei"
"Why don't you let them know your.
self? Why dou'r you communicate with
your husbandf Who is hef" I asked.
II have sent word to his employer, My
husband is not able to bail me out. His
name is Frank Hill. He is cigar maker
and is employed in Madison street, New
York. We live at No. 51S Fifteenth abreet.
I have sister. Mrs. Graeft, living there.
She is a well known midwife"
What is the name of your husbands
employer"
II don't know his name"
"Then how did you send him a mes
sage?"
'T-I-sent someone over to search for
his place"
"Why did you not send to your hus-
band first. and let him see his employer
in your behalf?"
II am just going to write to him. Seew
and Mrs. Hill produced folded piece of
paper and the stub of q pencil which
someone had just furnished her.
II am also going to write TO Mr.. Ger
ber of No. 101 Ninth avenue, corner
Seventy-eighth street, where my sister
was employed for four years. / am sure
he will give her good character"
But why did you tear up that insur-
ance policy?"
"Oh, it was no good. I happened to
have it in my hands when we entered the
station house. l thoughtlessly tore it
into pieces and threw The pieces into a
spittoon. The pieces can be easily put to-
gether and the signatures made out"