The evening world., 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 to Free a
Man Who Was Arrested.

| The police have in custody two girls.
who. they believe are house breakers,
They are Mollie Weldon, sixteen years
old, of 35l Water street and Della Smith,
nineteen years old, of ~ Oliver street,
The girls admit that they stole gold
watch and chain, together with $3.50.
from the rooms of Constantine Vase
reotio. an FISHERMAN. of L. Monroe
street. Friday morning, but they deny
that they broke open the door
| Yesterday morning Henry Grossenger,
a brooklyn man. was arrested. charged
with the burglary. Circumstantial evil
dence pointed strongly towards him, and
ne might have been convicted had not
the girls gone to the Madison street sta
tion Just before midnight last night and
given themselves up.
eVassevSotio lives on the second floor
friend, Rudolph Husii. Husil went
out to a party and 1t was 4 o'clock
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 Easseveotio woke up. to discover
were gone. together with his best trou-
sers.
Regardless of the hour, vasseveotio
started out to notify the police. He had
door when he found Grossenger stand
ing alongside of a wagon. calmly ex-
aiming the trousers.
Nasseveotio is Greek, and cannot
speak 81 word Of English go when he
tried to take the trousers away from
Grossenger there was a fight. But 1t
didn't take. the Greek great while
to get policeman and have Grossenger
locked up.
The prisoner told the police that he
livcn In Brooklyn. but refused his ad-
Monroe street, when two young women
came up to him and said:
Say. do YOU want a hrand-new pair
of pants? They're beauties"
And when he said he wanted them
they told him to go look In a wagon.
He went. and had just picked up the
trousers when the Greek came along
The police didn't believe the story
and had him remanded in the Essex
Market Court, so they could hunt for
the girls
| when Mollle and Della walked into the
station-house and gave themselves up.
They didn't want to see any one suffer
Tor what they had done, they said.
Both the girls are small-siZed but
| their faces tell the story of dissolute
Mollie Weldon says she used to make
paper-boxes before the. times got so
| hard. She was more laxative than her
| companion, and told the story OF the
robbery for both.
1T 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 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
Della took the trousers under her arm
| and fled. Mollie followed quickly with
the watch and chain.
They got as far as Hamilton stree,
when they met man who threatened
to have them arrested, for he saw the
trousers under Delia's arm, But the
| girls got away from him by running
| through a hallway. The man followed
| them for n time. but they climbed over
seven fences and came out In Lovers
Hallway" at 14O 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 commoton, so the
girls were easily able to escape with
| their booty.
To-day in court they were held for
| examination. Grossenger was dischar sed
and will be n witness against the girls
| who gave up their liberty for his.