Evening journal., 1893-08-21
TRIAL OF MAMIE SMITH.
SHE is ACCUSED OF sNATcHlNG
MONEY AND FLEEING.

Her Boy Husband Came to Her Rescue
From Montreal-Ran Away From His
Father Who Parted Him From His
wife Two weeks After the wedding.
NEW YORK. Aug. 21.-Mrs. Mamie NJ.
Smith, tall, fashionably dressed blonde,
who occupies fat at 25S West Forty
third street, and whose clandestine
marriage was recently spoken of in a
proceeding in the civil courts, was
charged with grand larceny in the York
Vile Police Court Saturday morning.
The complainant, ]. B. Graham, of
2s5 Monroe street, Brooklyn, who is in
the law office of H. S. Chatfeld, at 243
Broadway. failed to appear. but Mrs.
Smith was held in 81, 500 for examination
on Tuesday.
Mrs. Smith, who was born Macgavook,
came to this city from the West, and
nothing is known of her antecedents by
her husbands relatives. Last November
she met Bennie T. Smith, the 22-year old
son of Robert B Smith, who lives at No
i 104 West Seventy fourth street. The
elder Smith is said to be wealthy. Smith
became a visitor to Miss Macgavock's s
fat in Fifth-ninth street. Finally, in
the latter part of last May he went to
/ live with her at No. 25S West Forty
| third street, and on July 10 he was
married to her in the Forty-third Street
Methodist Episcopal Church. The cere-
mony was performed by the pastor Rev
Frank L Wilson, by whose wife 1t was
witnessed.
The elder Smith was incensed when he
heard Of the marriage.
A fortnight after the marriage he
took his son to Boston and thence TO
Montreal Three weeks later Mrs.
Smith brought suit in the Superior
Court, through A. H. Hummel, for a
separation from her young husband, and
it was given out that the suit had been
compromised.
On Saturday evening, about II o'clock
Mrs. Smith was arrested by Detective
Casey at Roster & Balls. The complain.
ant, Graham, charged that she had
stolen $3.50 from him. He said that
he went to her fat and advised her to
leave the city. She answered that she
would, but that she had no money. He
then drew a roll of bills from his
pocket. and she snatched It and fed
from the room.
Mrs Smith did not want to 90 to 4
cell, and ples ded with the policeman
to let her wait Just little longer fol
her bon6sman. She had sent for Mr.
Graham, she said, and was certain thai
he would go her bail.
Finally Graham came He whispered
to her for moment, and, after caution
! ing her to keep quiet, went around as i
to 90 to Justice Grady's private eXamina
tion room. She said he had gone to giv'
r bail for her, and she was furious whel
= she learned that he had not been nea
the Justice. AS she started for her eel
! she said with flashing eyes;
'If they don't let up on this prosecu
tion tomorrow, I'll tell the whole stor.
they are so anxious to suppress, and tn
Pollard case won't be a circumstance"
4 The prison door had scarcely close
upon Mrs. Smith when her husband,
? boy with light brown hair and eyes
r rushed into the prison, and with tear
y in his eyes begged Keeper Lynch to lie
i him see her.
"She is my wife, he said, "and hsv
a right to see her.
He was told that no visitors wer
q allowed on Sunday, and then he sent
s note in to his wife, in which he assure
her of his deathless devotion and tbs
he would do everything in his power
! liberate her.
He said that his family was stil
Montreal, and that he had run away
K come to his wife. "It would kill me
@ he added, 'if she should get divorce