The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-30
IN A 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 Fraud.

A fraudulent Sister OF Charlty wal
caught Yesterday afternoon through the
vigilance of Detectives Delaney and
Dale. of the West Forty-seventh street
souad. She proved to be Kate Arnold
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 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 saloon, 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-seventh street without
entering single place.
threw hasty glance backward, and see
Ing the detective still on her tracks,
turned east towards Broadway and then
down to Forty-first street, where De-
laney stopped her and said:
Madam, pardon me II have made a
derstand that it is for the good Of the
Be yssnt to see that thers s' aTs n aooa m
postors.'
Turning Indignantly upon the detective,
sh Ms said ae stterniy What do you
she was Fake " Sister soh he said: maj Il
don't think you are he person you rep
In answer to the detectives questions
she then said that she was sister of
the Franciscan Order of Brooklyn,
S sh she is known as Sister Bernard:
Francis was the Mother Superior of the
convent and said: you must pardon
me now. / have. / hope answered your
questions satisfactorily and am at lib
must now hasten, as l am late"
r., She was then taken to the Holy Cross
Church which was but two blocks away.
men by her direct answers. Finally
she, referred to a directory, and dlscov-
ered that she had erred In the exact
MARTY. She then turned to Defective
vale and said: You are kind man.
la q
Mother Superior will identify me-"
Dale's answer to this was: II am sure
that you are an impostor You are
the then burst out weeping. and, fall
not Sister of Charity. In her defense
ive-ssar-old d aug TTs Being 0p poor m'a and
out Of work she took this means Of sup
porting herself and child.
Under. her skirt the matron at the
which 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
ESQ. which was found in her possession.
She carried the money in. a bag at
In the bag was found also he.' wedding
ring. which she removed when she
played the role Of Sister of Charity.
Alter Sne was locked IN a cell the
detective went to the storekeepers
in the precinct and learned that she
had been in the habit of coming to each
once a week for money. She was
known to them as "the little Sister"
Among the compliments 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-
2nd street and Ninth avenue; James
NcCabe,. MS Ninth avenue; William
Dunn, of 75S Ninth avenue, and a dozen
others also doing business on the same
avenue.
Yer false representation, Justice Meade
held her for trial.