The evening world., 1892-01-30
THREE ROBBER MAIDS.
Locked Up fcy steAIing Mrs,
Stewards Jewels,
A Diamond Necklace That MAY Have
Been a Bracelet.
The Able Defense Presented h.,
Maud. Lizzie and Sarah Jones.

No 2S3 West seventeen street Is II pretty
homestead owned aud occupied by Mrs. cora
stewart, the bane " whose domestic happi-
hess is cuored help.
My early morning push II her bell-DuttOu
brought IA big grernhD Drn girl with sore eyes
and baseball hngcrS To the door.
'ls Mrs. stewart at hom"Y'
e She Is then"
May see herr
YOU may not"
"Why:'
she's Ia bed"
"When does she breakfast :"
AT l or! O'Clock"
"Will YOU ASK her 10 speak TO a woman
from TmE ENESiNG WORLD ui1lc"H
"No, viii not. cam" here day ago, amt
II woke her ia be wa,kin' the streets again
with newspaper In my hands
"Dld Mrs. S,rwor, lind her diamond neck
lace
How should Know when | ,nl below all
III" time at the tubs or the range or the FUR
mace
the turnkey IN Jefferson Market thought
he could arrange tctc-a-tcte Tor me with the
unhappy cook. chalGOrrmad and lnundresss
IN the matron~ roou, and he did 30.
There was grim humor In the pr, scntn,ion
made by Miss Harrison.
Here's the ladies :" was her s,yle II
phraseology, which an anti-Dclsartlan wave
OF tho hand ana good-naturcd smil. en-
phas!zcd.
This criminal reception room was painfully
clean, ccm'nr' nbly warm, and tant aizngly
bright. ,iutrluu tl. n ne rn,l nf Ia,
women who u,e It.
ON In tie corner, under the little queen
Anne window, as meekly arrayed as Faith,
Hope and Charity, sat three pretty yellow
girls-Lihlic Powell, Mary Maud Fuller and
Sarah Jane Archer, the unhappy innocents
according to their own statcments-charge
with stealing IL $1,000 necklace, a diamond
ring and the body linen, narery ana bed
linen belonging TO Mrs. stewart.
A graceful manner, gentle voice and per-
sonal beauty Will do wonders for Il woman.
IL was the defense OF these poor creatures
and turned one heart dead against the lovely
plaintiff
Maud, who has a voice like a mandolia. told
her story III Il straight forward manner. She
told some very iunny lhings about herself,
some very rathrtl" things about her life and
some hair-rai,ing things about her former
mistress.
"NOw the good ord knows don't want to
say word against Mrs. stewart" she began
with yelling eyes, " but she hasn't treated
mc right. Mi. Jack Arthur, Of West Forty
third street, gave me letter to
her saying was a iirst-clasS rOok and II good.
capable servant. didn't only cook for her,
but did the chambcrwork and run the fur
mace and wen, for cabs ana carried letters.
and Just about ran my legs to pipestems.
Mrs. stewart Is n pretty lady, but, my
lands, Mrs. Harrison herself couldn't please
her. She don't get mp to hor breakfast til
noon, she don't get her lunch iii night,
and 1t was mornin when got her
dinner ready. Laws mercy, used
to DC dreaming. was 50 sleepy, cooking
eggs and opening wine Tor her friends at :.
O'Clock IN the morning. And then she says
took her diamonds and linen"
Mary Maud> breath gave out, and pretty,
olye-Lintcd Lizzie seized her chance to say u
good word for her companion.
"~he couldn't get her pay no how. Mrs.
stewart owed her $3.50, ana she owed me
$3.50, and when We lett we Just made up our
minds To collect he money
How"
gwen, VIC knew her hours, and we went 10
collect between and II O'Clock al night.
"One oI H. looh the basement and the
other the upstairs door, ana We Just kept
those two bells rinsin' like "A church steepie
New Years Eve"
"Dld they let you n:'
Laws, no. We didn't want to get IN. All
we wanted was our pay, and We got some
uf 1t. Mr. Ferris Thompson was there
al the time, visiting Capt. Stew
art. hes holy terror. lie Is, but rich as
.oll mine, and don't care no more about
money than he does about going ti,hin In
winter
He cam" out, asked what tie racket was
al! about, and when W. told him he gave
Maud 1880 and NE s4.JO. That's all the
pay we ever got and Sarah Jane got LETT"
about the necklace. Well now, IN lust
tell you,' continued Lizzie, digging pin in
the flower garden OF her calico dress, Mrs
stewart haou't got a necklace, or she would
hay, worn II. she has a heap Of diamond
rings, and She wears them all--on her thumbs
and al. NJ land, alvin, II sou cJuld see
her when she has EN- all On, yUu'd think her
hands was alire.
But are Sou @UrU You did not borrow her
n"CkiaCcf
"Su helm me-" here Maud iutcrruptcd
to say that h icwel of their discomfort was
Il bracelet, and liHLic proceeded to d"scribc
MI. ..StrWarr'S : haety visit 10 her country place
IN ,d~tl, uill on Monday, and the return OF
her diamond bracelet irOm Ihc jewellers the
following uaN.
:" Tuc gentleman made IHc sign his book /;
he >harpcncd the pencil 10 he could have no
mistake, aud told M 1t was very Valuable
ana to luJk out IJr II. Ana 81 did. ] put
tho bon IN my stocking. ana when Maud
cam" m nom mdrh"i told her where |
had II. Then when | went out any place
t"oN II out uf my stocking and Maud She
pa Il Ia hers, Ana a night she slept with
II under her pliiow. Mr.. stewart
didn't come back Tor u week and day, and
Ihar5 the way We kept her vsluables 50 that
burguler~ couldn't nHd them"
" Ana d:d YOU wear the bracelet 10 ball:"
"SaNcs u live never was 10 ball IN all
N! born days and LlIGicS pretty hand FELL