The evening world., 1894-08-30
IN A SISTERS 'GARB,
A Woman Claiming to Be from a
Convent Begs Money.
Visits Merchants Weekly and Is
Very Successful.
when Caught She Admits that She
Is a Fraud.

fraudulent Sister of Charity was
rausht Yesterday afternoon Through the
y,eilance Of Detectives Delaney and
Dale, OF the West Forty:seyenth street
souad. She proved to be Kate Arnold
widow. thirty-six years old, and gave
her residence at 46 Sackett street. Brook
iyn The widow is Of medium height
and fairly good-looking.
Delaney. and Dale were having their
shoes shned at the northeast corner Of
Forty-seventh street and Ninth avenue
when they saw the woman. attired in
the garb Of Sister Of Charity, enter a
saloon. Delaney at once thought that
she was fake.
After she came out the saloon De-
laney entered and asked the bartender
what she had said. The bartender
seemed surprised at being told that scrnc
one had been in the saloon n. saying hshigi ,,s
bar and did not see any one"
Fastening to the street Delaney saw
her going up the avenue, entering all
the saloons on the route and securing
The detectives proceeded to shadow
her with the intention Of taking her to
the st. Paulist Fathers Church. at Fifty
ninth street. and have her confronted by
some OF the priests. At the Fifty-eighth
street corner the woman found out that
she. was being followed and turned to
Eighth avenue. and down that avenue
back to Forty-seventh street without
entering single place.
At Forty-seventh street corner she
threw, hasty glance backward. and see
turned east towards Broadway and then
down to Forty-first street,s where De-
lsney stopped her and said:
Madam. pardon me If have made a
v,,ta oh hoxy xrrn
derstand that 1t is for the good OF the
church that you belong to that we should
be vlgilant to see that there are no i'm
posters"
Turning Indignantly upon the detective,
she said sterniy, What do you mean?"
Her actions did not sh AXE Delaney's
opinion opn More firmly eo;iyincsd that
don't think you are :he person you rep
resent yourself to be-"
In answer to the detectives questions
che then said that she was sister Of
where she is known as Sister Bernard
She added further that Sister Mary
Francis was the Mother Superior Of the
me now. 1 have, l hope answered your
questions satisfactory and am at liberty
to return to my convent. which must
now hasten. as am late.
Church, which was but two blocks away.
For a time she puzzled the. clergy
men BY her direct answers: Finally
cred that she had erred in the exact
location Of the convent, but she still!
insisted that she was Sister OF
Dale and said: "You are a kind man.
Take me to the convent and I'll prove
that what I have said is true. The
Mother Superior will identity me-"
Dale's answer to this avs: II am sure
that you are an impostor. You are
prisoner" :,
nUi on SISTER Of charty In her defense
she said that she was widow with q
five-year-oid daughter: Being poor and
out Of work she took this means of sup
porting herself and child.
Under her skirt the matron at the
station-house found a white straw hat,
which she then placed on her head in
s% Of he w hSa SASH shs a %Sas 10
forhead,- ana the change in her appear
ance was, wonderful. ... o..
Her collections yesterday amounted to
She carried the money in bag at
tached by a string around her waist.
In the bag was found also hes wedding
ring. which she removed when she
After. she was locked in a cell the
detective went about the store-keepers
the precinct and learned that she
q been in the habit Of coming to each
Known to them as "the little Sister" !,
Among the complainants who ap-
peared against her at Yorkville Police
Court to-day were Alderman Frank
Rim, Of the Eighteenth Assembly Dis
trict, who keeps a saloon at Forty-sec-
ond street. and Ninth avenue: James
McCabe, f16 Ninth avenue: William
Diver, Of 76S Ninth avenue, and a dozen
others also doing business on the same
avenue. ..
On a charge of obtaining money un-
der false representation, Justice Meade
held her for trial