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

The poles have In custody two girls,
"ho' they believe, are house breakers.
They are Moll,e Weldon. sixteen years
o.d, OF S5l Water street, and Della Smith
nineteen years old OF Y oliver street.
The girls admit that they stole a sold
watch and chain, together with Sl2. So
from the rooms of Constantine Nasse-
reotio, an FISHERMAN, OF tl-2 Monroe
street, Friday morning, but they deny
that they broke open tbs door
yesterday morning Henry Grossenger.
brooklyn man, was arrested, charged
with the burglary. Circumstantial evi-
oehce pointed strongly towards him and
he might have been convicted had no.
ne girls gone ID the Madison street sta
ton lust before midnight last night and
given themselves up.
Na9Seveotio lives on the second foor
Of the Monroe street house with his
friend, Rudolph Husil. Hush went
out TO party, and it was O'Clock
rooms; There he was greatly surprised
been forced.
r., "Whst's the matter here?" he cried.
that his watch and chain and money
were gone, together with his best trou-
Regardless of the hour, Vasseveotio
started out 10 notify the police. He had
gone not dozen steps from his own
door when he found Grossenger stand
ing alongside OF wagon. calmly ex-
aiming the trousers.
Nasseveotio ir a Greek. and cannot
speak word OF English. so when he
tried to take the trousers away from
Grossenger there was fight. But 1t
didn't take the Greek a great while
to get policeman and have Grossenger
locked up.
:, The prisoner told the police that he
lived in Brooklyn, but refused his ad-
Monroe street, when two young women
came up to him and said:
Of pants? They're beauties"
And when he said he, wanted them
He went. and had Just picked UP the
trousers when the Greek cume along.
The police didn't believe the story
and had him remanded In. the Essex
the girls.
The ward men were still on the search
when Mollie and Della walked into the
station-house and gave themselves up
for What thew had done they said.
Both. the girls are small-sized. bu,
their faces tell the story Of dissoluts
Mollie Weldon says she used to max.
paper-boxes before the times got sc
hard. she was more laxative than heI
e ronhonn and and told the story Of the
1T was like this: He tried to do u,
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
mud 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 a watch and chair
on table and q pair OF trousers on the
chair. Della shook the trousers ant
they gave a sound Of jingling money
Della took the trousers under her arr
and fled. Mol followed quickly with
the watch and chain.
They got as far as Hamilton stree
when they met a man who threa tened
to have them arrested. FOR he saw tn,
trousers under DeliRs 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 lao 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. 30 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 witness against the girls
who gave UP their liberty for his.