The evening world., 1894-08-30
IN 4 SISTERS GARB.
A Woman Claiming to Be from a
Convent Begs Money.
Visits Merchants Weekly and Is
Very Successful.
When Caught She Admits that She
Is n Fraud.

A fraudulent Sister OF Charity was
caught yesterday afternoon through the
vigilance Of Detectives Delaney and
Dale. Of the West Forty-seventh street
SQUAD She proved to be Kate "inold,
a widow, .thirty-six years old, and gave
her residence at 46 Sackett street, Brook
lyn. The widow is of medium height
and fairly good-looking.
Delaney and Dale were having their
shoes shined at the northeast corner Of
Forty-seventh street and Ninth avenue
when they saw the woman, attired in
the garb of a Sister of Charity, enter a
saloon. Delaney at once thought that
she was a fake.
After she came out OF the saloon De-
laney entered and asked the bartender
what she had said The bartender
seemed surprised at being told that scmc
one had been In the sal BON. saying:
II was fixing the pumps behind the
bar and did not see any one
Fastening to the street, Delaney saw
her going up the avenue, entering all
the saloons on the route and securing
quarters and dimes from each place.
The detectives proceeded to shadow
her with the intention of taking her to
the Paulist Fathers Church. at Fifty
ninth street. and have her confronted by
some Of the priests. At the Fifty-eighth
street corner the woman found out that
she was being followed and turned to
Eighth avenue. and down that avenue
back to Forty-seyenth street without
entering single place.
At Forty-seventh street corner she
threw hasty glance backward, and see
ing the detective still on her tracks,
turned east towards Broadway and then
laney stopped her and said:
Madam, pardon me II have made Il
mistake; II :! have. you will readily un-
church that you belong to that we should
be vigilant to see that there are no i'm
Turning Indignantly upon the detective,
she said sternfy. What do you mean?"
Her actions did not shake Delaney's
opinion. More firmly convinced that
she was a fake" Sister, he said Il
don't think you are he person you rep
resent yourself to be-"
In answer to the detectives questions
she then said that she was sister Of
where she, is known as Sister Bernard.
She added further that Sister Mary
Francis was the Mother Superior of the
convent ndn and said , You must pardon
questions satisfactorily and am at lib
erty to return to my convent, to which
must now hasten, as l am late"
She was then taken to the Holy Cross
Church, which was but two blocks away.
For time she puzzled the clergy
men by her direct answers. Finally
cred that she had erred in the exact
location Of the convent, but she still
GSare1 sbs t5s se to Sister
Dale and said: You are a kind man.
Take me to the convent and I'll prove
that what / have said is true. The
Mother Superior will identify me-"
Dale's answer to this was: IT am sure
prisoner"
She then burst out weeping. and. fall
not a Sister OF Charity. In her defense
. she said that she was a widow with a
five-year-old daughter: Being poor and
d porting herself and child.
Under heI skirt the matron at the
staff n-house found white straw hat,
whicL she then. placed on her head in
lieu of the hood. She was made to re-
move the white sash that covered her
forehead. and the change in her appear
ance was wonderful
Her collections yesterday amounted to
G.5o. which was found in her possession,
She carried the money in a bag at
tached by a string around her waist.
In the bag was found also he.' wedding
played the role OF a Sister Of Charity.
After she was locked IN eel the
detective went to the storekeepers
IN the precinct and learned that she
once a week for money She was
known to them as the little Sister"
Among the complainants who ap-
peared against her at Yorkville Police
Court to-day were Alderman Frank
Rim, Of the Eighteenth Assembly Dis
trict, who keeps a saloon at Forty-sec-
McCabe. ZIG Ninth avenue; William
Dunn, of 1853 Ninth avenue, and a dozen
others also doing business on the same
avenue.
On a charge OF obtaining money I'M
der false representation, Justice Meade
held her for trial.