New-York tribune., 1894-10-29
SHE'S A CLEVER FRAUD.
4 WOMANS ORIGINAL SWINDLES.

A wOMAN's ORIGINAL swINDLEs.
SIZE ENGAGED ROOMS At HOTELS. ORDERED
HATS SENT THERE FROM MIELrNERs WITH
CHANGE FOR BIG BILLS TAKING THE
CHANGE. SHE WOULD Go INTO
ANOTHER ROOM TO con-
suit \ MYTHICAL
GRANDMA AND
DISAPPEAR.
Millie Horrow!tz. alias Minnie Howard alias
half dozen other names is locked up in
cell in the Mercer-st. police station. with
skill that would have done credit to a pr r1fes-
sional crook Of mature experience this pretty.
dark-Ayed girl. barely twenty-onc years, has
been swindng millincrs in this city and
Brooklyn by method plausible as IL was
original. The girls innocent manner and her
quiet air Of good breeding made her work all
the more effective The wonder is that she pos
sesscd tho nerve to carry ont her plans.
Miles first move in her little gam" Of conl-
dcnce was 10 engage carriage ana drive 10
some nrst-cass hotel She always well
dressed wore diamond earrings. and a finger
ring or two displayed the same giittering gems.
I
pro1ch the desk and engage a suite Of rooms for
herself an. grandma "Grandma" was myth,
hui the myth played an important part in the
proceeding
ono stipulation always made by Miss Horro-
witz was ihat ono II the bedrooms should open
on the hall. After engaging the rooms and in
spncting them. she would drive to miiliners
| aui purchase couple of hats. one 81 them for
grandma" at cost ranging anywhere from -
/ ilaff % ID
/ hotel was always complied with as was also the
| request that change b. sent for 500 of SlOo' as
the case demanded.
When the messenger arrived Miss Horrowz
| was always IN her room ready t. receive the
! hats. These She would carry 10 an inner room
/ where conversation would "nsu" with the
! mythical Grandmother. Then returning To the
! messenger. this pretty swind,er would declare
! that grandmother liked the hats. but she had no
| small bills
Had the messenger brought the change for
500 as requested? OF course he had. ana in
/ nnr cases out II ten 'hr chinge amounting
/ t. sl5 go and sometimes ~" would b. handed
Then Miss Horrowitz who never at any time
| used her right name. would disappear IN me
! bedroom - get tn" bill from "srandIna iier
next NOV" was to slid" out o' the door leading
| into the hail. leaving th' messenger {" wait III
! vain for the grcenback that was never chahse
! Detective Scrg~auts Carey and Do!an arrested
| Miss Hnrrowitz at noon Saturday at lexington
ave AMI One-hundr,d-ani-"eventh She AT
first denied all knowledSe u IN" swlndles. nut
]
/ Laugh'lu At rol.cc Headquarters. she was taken
/ before Justir" Ryan. in tn TombS Ponce Court
/ yesterday morning. and r"Wandrd until TINS
/ morning
/ II was IN October last that handsome car
riage stopped In front Of the Hotel Hamilton, at
! Onc-hundred-and-t 'niy-hfth-st. ana Fishth-
! ave- and from II stepped Miss HorowtI car
| r,,ir.. AS usual her itt.e satchel. She o"Eaged
! rooms for Mrs Howard" and grand idu%htcr
! irving Mcclure. 81 22i v"st -hundred-and-
/ iv..rf,-nffh-st. whcre -he Ordered Two rn-S
/ valued At 81. and asked that IN" messenger
! d.llvcrlng the hats bring change for $50 She Sc
| cured t35 by the meth Il described. and TWO days
| later she registered AZ the -. Cloud Hotel, ana
/ mad. ,i4 by a similar operation There she was
registered "a Miss Mott Afer leaving inc ~
! Cloud slc registered At the Norton houa" on
/ th. same day as Mrs Beck" and In the after
noon she secured ;3l 80 The change for n $50
/ BIZ minus slS - the price of two hats she had
| ordered from th" store of 7 OpOn'hu'' 40. :
! W., Nln.tecn,h-sL She secured 81 10y another
/ deal ana "a October Is changed h"r basr oi
/ operations to BROOKLYN. whore sh" registered a'
/ tho p.crr"pont Iious" a. Ar' ray anu go x, '.,
! daughter" and secured so change ~ 81" on
/ ih,. purchase oi twu hats r. M 'Thbtlrl hau'"
| sior.. nt 80 ilS and i2o Fultun-st
hnplrenily she did not Ike Brooklyn. in spite
! - hr- success for she came back - New-f0rk
next day. and registered at nc Savoy. r MY, ,
| '.uiss Au"r = Trov. Y" Then she visited
the millincr, store - Mrs. Y. l.uscomh. ~ l9D>
Third-aye.. and ordered i~" ma" worm <-p en- taa
ing that change be sent to the Sav1y t'r S.V'
Mrs Iuscofnh sent one II the slIcsE!rlS III ulr
/ ,,rri,p. with Miss Alien" Arrived az IN" NOT.
/ the girl refused 10 gif" up lie wv '"'''7' "
/ the 800 blll was pr lurrd 49, .
/ Mrs Ancn" didn't expect this. and after
! consultation with "tirandma. she took th' @ sI,i
+ in ihe carriage back as far a. Mhdls"H-d\', an"
. one c-hundrrd-a d-siNth-si- "h"'' Sn t"ir '' -,
giI T., get uut. IN" was eng To- Fl'h-aN', ""
I make a all The Girl was asked t' ,aN' @ .l.r
/ hnt. to the Savoy In the "F'n!nE III 'ou.
/ ..Nis. ,ll.n' didn't gt back 20 the savoy. Sn'
/ rover returned 10 hotel after once i'aNlns y, -,
/ she always told the hotel clerk ina gr'lui'"
iu Z.
. nvhilr complaints had been poullhB III 10
Inspector MCLAUGHLIN. and l)',c'tV,1 - 1r |
Car.y and Doran were detailed MISS ti',u H., ~"
name had never appeared IN any G." ui' Wv. ~ W. 49,, -
L,t If occurred tu carey that tn" 'scrlI''i H,' u
/ her Carey had arrested her On NusuS' 10 1 a..
in Albany y Y. On charrr "i s''h''HS " " ta Da,
7 - diamond earrings worth $50 from MISS Nil y
4 ~ ~, , nilIimrr. at Twcn;y-ninth-st. and
Hroadway The Jewels were recovered II > avn WIZ
/ shop in this city. Miss ilorro"l'| SPcnt wv w.
weeks I'm the Tombs and thrn WIS trt'"S'' >"
| .,,s. Miss Bloom refused to press IN" ch"Ts'
Carcv's surmise proved correct, miss hp,io- p.
wiz met him with pleasant snll" - Di' I,,
GrcJ-and- -eIcvcnth-st and LcXington-aNc' Ia1'
/ SATURDAY How aye do. Mr. Carey Sh" Shli'
When told II the charge she denied II nun ,,
lv bat at her home. ~ ia Fast 'S r,or
/ and -f,uriccnth-st where sh" lFes' III t"' %
/ h,,s. with her mother. one of the Stolcn ht's
vas found and a, Headquarters Mr7. "o''''So ~.
Identified the hat Miss florr"wliZ wore ~ "' WV =,
/ ,.,.tcr had ordered Then the other NlcilhS ".,i
i,,, Insnector NcIaughliu's Ollie" ana pr'"p''y
/ identified the pretty prisoner. J. WIS Inv" "'''
| sh. broke down and confessed ,-,., -,
Miss Horrowi,z is an only cnild me daus",ei ~
respcctabe Polish parents. Her ia'h'i i ','', IN
! I'm Troy. y Y She Is nv" feet Two lh'nrS @ ,n,,,
nf ,,lunp build with regular i"a'ure" ana f "a.
! brown eyes She has An abnndancr 81 JET pIrS r ~
hair and Is an interesting c"nv'rSat u" -
,''i,re s,v there are ninety -nirc chances III Il
! hundred II her going t" state pfisoh'
poryDED Tr 4 GiNG or R'R"LARM
| por,Iand Mich oct. %.-From midnight uh''
| roa,lv davbrcak yesterday morning thl' Town WAS
.,.,. of tcrror Revolver ShOtS rang out ire