New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-29
THEIR EyENING'S PLEASURE SPOILED
NOTORIOUS FEMALE THIEF ASD Dishonest
EUoaK EEPER AEREsIED Al TIiH NITRO
PoLITAN OPERA HOUSE MONDAY NIGHT

A NOTORIOUS FEMALE THIEF ASD \ Dishonest
BOOZE EEPER AEREsITD Al TIE NITRO
PoLITAN OPERA HOUSE MONDAY NIGHT
Inspector Mclaughlin and several detectives 81
the Central ONCE at tho Metropolitan Opera
House on Monday evening 10 protect the audience
against plckpckets. and they made two arrests.
Before the curtain rosc Inspector Mclaughlin sent
Detective Armstrong 10 speak to handsome
woman about thirty yearC Old who sat close to
one Of the alslcs. She looked Ike woman Of
wealth and social position costly fur cloak
which she had been thrown back from n
handsome SILK gown, and there were diamonds In
her ears. her fingers and at her throat The
detective walked up the aisle. paused AZ the
woman's shoulder and whispered in her ear:
"a gentleman In the lobby wants 10 speak TO
you"
The woman gathered the cloak abou, her shout
ders. rose with a smile. and walked with stately
grace out TO the lobby. where Inspector Aci.augh-
lin said 10 her:
There Is a coach waiting for you OF the door.
Alice"
She bowed slightly. as she darted angry glance
at the suavc Inspector Then she walked TO the
coach in waiting. accompanied by Detective Arm
strong who took her TO the Central Once. In the
Detective Bureau she was searched by the police
matrOn. Later she was locked ny for The night al
the Mercer-st. police station At the jefferson
Market Police Court yesterday morning ahe Was
Inspector Mclaughlin said yesterday tina, the
alias Annie Smith. a notorious thief she was ar
rested H. october, 1870. In London England. for
aiding George Williams. "thc diamond swallower."
In stealing a diamond brooch valued nj 100 from
the shop OF jewcller In cheaIsde She was
sentenced TO hard labor for eighteen months I'm the
pententary at NORWOOD scrubs and at the ex-
piratOn OF her term abe returned To this city.
whore she previously had been know, 10 the
police the partner OF Aionzp Hem. sneak
thief.
The other person arrested was Albert McMicn.
the former bookkeeper for l.. L. cady. merchant
tailor at No. 81 Ffth-avc. II had been MIR Cady =
habit To sign checks In blank and let McMen
M In the sums required for the payment Of bills.
on April .. 1889. McMillcn niled up one Of The
checks for SSQo got the check cashcd ~ the Mndi-
son Square Bank and feel from the city with the
money. Mr. Cady Appealed 10 the police, but they
could get no trace OF the fugitive. Mr.. cady went
TO witness the production Of Faust" on Mon
day evening, and astonshed to see McMen
sitting In the family circle and enjoying the per-
Torrance. Mr.. cady was looking at The crowd
through pair OF opera glasses at the time and
he nearly dropped tie glasses when he recognized
hts former clerk. He left his seat went into the
lobby and told Inspector Mclaughlin that the
Fugitive from justice In the family circle.
McMicn arrested quietly. and he made no
attempt to deny either his identity 81 his guilt.
He said he had been intending To give himself up
to justice. az he WAS tired Of keeping out OF the
way Of the police. He had been hiding in New
Orleans most Of the time since. his crime was
committed At the jefferson Market Police Court
yesterday he was held In s3,0o bail for trial