The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-07
ARE they BURGLARS?
Young Girls Admit that They
Robbed Vasseveotio.
But Deny that They Broke Into His
Apartments.
"aNe Up Their Liberty to Free q
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 25l Water street, and Della Smith.
nineteen years old, of 70 Oliver street.
The girls admit that they stole a cold
watch and chain, together with Sl2.JO
from the rooms of Constantine Vase
veotio, an FISHERMAN, OF L. Monroe
street, Friday morning. but they deny
that they broke open the door
Yesterday morning Henry Grossenger,
brooklyn man, was arrested, charged
with the burglary. Circumsts ntial evil
dehce pointed strongly towards him, and
he might have been convicted had not
the girls gone to the Madison street sta
ton Just before midnight last night and
given themselves up.
Nasseveotio lives on the second floor
friend, Rudolph Hasii Hush sni" vent nt
out to party, and 1t was A O'Clock
yesterday morning when he reached his
rooms. There he was greatly surprised
10 nna that the door OF the place had
What's the matter hero?" he cried.
Then Iasseveotio woke up. to discover
mat MS watch and chain and money
sers.
Regardless OF the hour, vasseveotio
started out to notify the police. lie had
door when he found Grossenger stand
ing alongside Of wagon. calmly ex-
aiming the trousers.
Nasseveotio is Greek. and cannot
speak word of English. SO when he
tried to take the trousers away from
Grossenser there was a fight. But II
didn't take the Greek n great while
to get policeman and have Grossenser
The prisoner told the police that he
liNed IN brooklyn, but refused his ad-
dress. He said he had been standing in
came up TO him and said
of pants? They're beauties"
they told him - to go 70 look in wagon .sem
He went, and had Just picked up the
trousers when the Greek came along.
The. police didn't believe the story
Market Court. so they could hunt for
the girls.
The ward men We're still on the search
when Mollie and Della walked into the
They didn't want to see any one suffer
for what they bad done. they said.
Both the girls are small-sized. but
their faces tell the story Of a dissolute
Mollie Weldon says she used to make
paper-boxes before the times got SO
hard. She was moro laxative than her
companion, and told the story Of the
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 q table and pair Of trousers on the
| chair. Della shook the trousers and
they gave a sound Of jingling money.
Della took the trousers under her arm
and fed. Mollie followed quickly with
the watch and chain.
They got as far as Hamilton street
when they met a man who threatened
to have them arrested. for he aaw the
trousers under Delia's arm. But the
girls rot away from him by running
through a hallway. The man followed
them for 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 commotion. SO the
girls We're easily able to escape with
their booty.
To-day in court they were held for
examination. qrossenger was discharged
and will be a witness against the girls,
who gave up their liberty for his.