New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-07
GIRLS SENT TO PRISON.
MAGISTRATE MOTT DISREGARDs AsSER
TIoNs OF INNOCENCE.
ABATEMENT CAUSED BY HIS REFUSAL TO DIS
CHARGE AMELIA E. sCHAUER-sHE rs HELD
AS A DlSoRDE2iY PERSON. DESPITE
STRONG EVIDENCE IN HER FAVOR
FURTHER rrrogT FOR HER
RELEASE


rh. oc,io, of CITY Magistrate Mott, at the Essex
Market Court on Thursday, in committing Anehs
Eliza beth Schauer 10 the wor<house as disoraer'S
person although she claimed 10 be innocent ana
y!r;uous caused surprise His REFUSAL 10 ss
her Yesterday after the evidence OF her cl"''' W
responsibility had been admitted causeu inu."
amazen,ent and a lawyer who had been retained 10
demand n rehear,ng of her case Immediately set
about the work Of preparing the papers IN an appi
cation ior habeas corpus pToceedngs-
The Schauer girl. who Is eighteen years oiu nau
been living with Mrs. Joseph Rapp OF NO. gu ri''"
ave. Brooklyn. a nursemaid. She was ai'o''V'
In Firs,-st late on Wednesday nigh; by Policeman
Reagan Of the Fifth-st station, In this city, on 'e
charge of disorderly conduct. and he teshed IN 'e
notice cour; on the following day that he had seen
her follow a man into a hallway. she said she hfu
been trying 10 find her aunt, Mrs. Dittmeier. VINO
had lived at No. le First-st She also declared tHal
the policeman was drunk when he arrested her
Magistrate Mott did not believe her story ana
committed her 10 the workhouse.
Mrs William Ostenburg. OF No 422 Eighteenth-st'
brooklyn. who Is an aunt Of the accused GIRL went
10 the Essex Marke. Court yesterday with Mrs'
Ramp Both women were prepared to testify 10 'he
good character Of the girl Mrs. Dttmeier' the gri
other aunt also appeared at the court and explained
that she moved two weeks ago from No 10 FIRST
a, IN No : Delancey-st a fact which had been I'M
known TO her niece
Magistrate Mott refused 10 hear any OF the women
until after 2 p m. and he appeared 10 De greatly
vexcd when II. j. Goldsmith, lawyer VINO was
engaged In the case, asked for rehearing. Mrs
Os.enburg said she had seen her niece on Wednes-
day evening" and knew that she was intendng 10
GO 70 Mrs. Dit,meer's house In this city. When
Amelia Schauer called before Magistrate MOI
again she said she had ar appointment to meet
George Douglas. young man with whom she was
keeping company. but he failed 10 meet her before
she went in search OF her aunt, Mrs. Dittmeier.
fp,,p fOtt
Odd you go into a hallway with a man? A
Yes sir asked him to be so kind as to inquire
IN a saoon where my aunt had gone, ana Wa!'ei
in the hallway for his return.
Odd the officer in? pointing to Police
man OppenheimerD A.-No. sir. l did not see him
Til the other policeman arrested me.
The girl admit d having been arrested once on
her stepmothers complaint. but she was d.schaTseo
Mrs Os;enbure. the aunt was called as the sec
ond wines. She gave The SRI sood chafl-ie'
The next witness was George II: Mackal or Doug
las, the after being his stepiathers name, ne
said he had been keeping company Win the grI G or
20 marry her, He said her reputation was good
End that he vas to have met her on ihs light OF
m:7t. Mr. Goldsmith thsn asked for the discharge
Of the Young woman. .-r,, -, ,...
Meet Men s she m TeRy sS
could have got protection from any policeman that
she asked TO give her protection She knows that
any policeman she met would have given her the OPP
portunity to find her aunt: or ANYBODY else she
at all But here she at II 80 o'clock at night.
out in the public street. following str1nge man into
a hallway for what purpose don't know.
But she explains away the incident of the strange
man" insisted the LAWYER, and the circumstances
before you now different She tells plausible
story that is not denied by anybody.
Sic has told several different STORIES. snapped the
MAGISTRATE, in regard TO the whole transaction.
Then the testimony OF the young man. who says
he has travelled with her for eighteen months. but
has not made up his mind 10 marry. her. does not
help her. l shan't change the Judgment in the
case
The girl was then taken back to jail. crying BIZ
tery. and her relatives were in tears when they
left the courtroom.
Mr.. Goldsmith at once drew up papers in habeas
corpus proceedings, which Will be begun this
morning.
Magistrate Mott declared that all he had TO say
had been said when he rec0mmtted the girl
Mary Doyle nineteen years o.d, of No 81 Chrystie-
st. was ARA gned in the Essex Market Court yes
terday, and Magistrate Mott committed her TO the
workhouse as a disorderly woman. She said she
worked in n bakery at No III Myrte-ave.. Brooklyn:
Thu slay evening she got home at O'Clock. and
after eating supper went out 10 buy some skirts.
Intending 10 go to a Grand-st. store. she walked
through Eldridge-st, and when she reached the
police station she Detective Bobel leaning
against the railing. She said she nistook him for
Patrick Burns of Brooklyn and tapped him on the
shoulder saying. Hello. Pat!' whereupon she was
arrested. she cried In court, and declared that she
virtuous girl