The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07
ARE THEY BURGLARS?
Young Girls Admit that They
Robbed Vasseveotio.
But Deny that They Broke Into His
Apartments.
Gave Up Their Liberty 70 Free a
Man Who Was Arrested.

me police have In custody two girls.
"ho' they believe, are house breakers.
They are Mollie Weldon, sixteen years
90 OF 25l Water street, and Delta Smith,
nineteen years old, of ~ Oliver street.
The girls admit that they stole gold
watch and chain. together with Sl25
| IRON the rooms of Constantine Vase
Ncotio, an FISHERMAN, OF | IL Monroe
street, Friday morning, but they deny
that they broke open the door.
Yesterday morning Henry Grossenger,
Brooklyn man, Was arrested, charged
with the burglary. Circumstantial evil
dence pointed strongly towards him, and
he might have been convicted had n1t
the girls gone to the Madison street sta
.loil lust before midnight last night and
given themselves up.
Nasseveotio lives on the second floor
OF the Monroe street house with his
friend. Rudolph Husl. Husil went
U Uns ,e 10 a party, and 1t was 4 o'clock
rooms: There he was greatly surprised
been forced
What's the matter here?" he cried.
Then lasseveotio woke up, to discover
that his watch and chain and money
were gone, together with his best trou-
Sers.
Regardless OF the hour. Vasseveotio
started out TO notify the police. He had
gone not II dozen steps from his own
door when he found Grossenger stand
ing alongside of a wagon calmly ex-
aiming the trousers.
Nasseveotio is a Greek, and cannot
speak a word of English. SO when he
tired to take the trousers away from
didn't take the Greek a great while
to get policeman and have Grossenger
locked up.
The prisoner told the police that he
dress. He said he had been standing in
Monroe street. when two young women
came up to him and said:
Say. do you want brand-new pair
or pants? They're beauties"
And when he said he wanted them
He went, and had just picked up the
tr fpho o When TIES ths Greek came along:
and had him remanded in the Essex
Market Court, so they could hunt for
the girls.
The ward men were still on the search
when Mollie and Della walked into the
statton-house and gave themselves up.
They didn't want to see any one suffer
for what they had done, they said.
Both the girls are small-szed, but
their faces tell the story OF Il dissolutt
life.
Mollie Weldon says she used to make
paper-boxes before the times got sc
hard. She was more talkative than heI
companion, and told the story of the
robbery for both.
at was like this: He tried to do us
and we done him." she said. Then she
told how the Greek had looked out OF
his window at 2 o'clock In the morning
and called her and Delta upstairs. They
went, there was some beer drunk and
the Greek went into another room. He
had no sooner gone than the girls look ed
around. There was a watch and chain
on table and pair of trousers on the
chair. Della shook the trousers and
they gave a sound of juggling money
Della took the trousers under her arm
and fled. Mo!lie followed quickly witt
the watch and chain.
They got as far as Hamilton stree
when they met a man who threatened
to have them arrested. for ne saw tbs
trousers under Delia's arm But tbs
girls got away from him by running
through a hallway. The man followed
them for time. but they climbed over
seven fences and came out in Lovers
Hallway" at 40 Cherry street
Just when they came out Alice Nc
Carey, the Cherry Hill barmaid, was
being carried out of the hallway to be
taken to the hospital. There was a
crowd and much commotion. so the
girls were easily able to escape with
their booty.
To-day In court they were held for
examination. Grossenger was discharged
and will be a witness against the girls
who gave UP their liberty for his.