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

The police have in CUSTODY two Girls.
"Ho' they believe, are house breakers.
IEey are Nellie Weldon. sixteen years
q Of 2Jl Water street, and Della Smith,
nineteen years old, Of % Oliver street.
Tho girls admit that they stole cold
watch and chain, together with slc.50,
from the rooms OF Constantine Nasse-
veotio, an FISHERMAN. OF l-2 Monroe
street, Friday morning, but they deny
that they broke open the door
yesterday morning Henry Grossenser,
. brooklyn man. was arrested. charged
with the burglary. Circumstantiai evil
dshce pointed strongly towards him, aud
lie might have been convicted had not
the girls zone to he Madison street ata-
ton lust before midnight last night and
given themselves 40.
Nasseveotio lives on the second floor
OF the Monroe street house with his
friend, Eudolph Husil. Husii went
Yesterday morning when he reached his
rooms; There he was greatly surprised
TO find that the door of the place had
been forced.
what's the matter here?" he cried
Then Vasseveotio woke up, to discover
that his watch and chain and money
we're gone, together with his best trou-
Regardless of the hour, vasseveotio
started out to notify the police. lie had
gone not dozen steps from his own
door in % Iol,n1 he found drossenger stand
ing aionssIue OF wagon. calmly ex-
Nasseveotio is a Greek. and cannot
speak word OF English. so when he
tried to take the trousers: away from
didn't take. the Greek a great while
to get q policeman and have Grossenger
locked up.
The prisoner told the police that he
f1 nrNg I@,,s II.
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
OF pants? They're beautiee."
And when he said he. wanted them
they told him to go look In a wagon.
He went, and had Just picked up the
The police didn't ia bel Believe e' the ft. Story
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
station-house and gave themselves UP.
Ihey DIDN'T want to see any one suffer
TO- hat thev had done they said.
Both the girls are small-s,zed, but
their faces tell the story of dissolute
life.
Mollie Weldon says she used to make
paper-boxes before the. times got SO
hard. She was more laxative than her
robbery for both.
ut 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 o'clock In the morning
and called her and Della 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 watch and chain
on table and pair Of trousers on the
chair. Della shook the trousers and
they gave a sound Of jlngling money.
Della took the trousers under her arm
and fled, Mollie followed quickly with
the watch and chain.
They got as far as Hamilton street
when thev met man who threat tened
to have them arrested. for he saw the
trousers under Delia's arm. But the
girls got away from him by running
through 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. GrossenEer was DISCHARGED
and will be witness against the girls,
who gave up their liberty for his.