New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-15
CHARGED WITH SHOPLIFTING.
MRS. DELGADO AND THE TWO LITTLE Gu
BAN GIRLS RELEASED ON BAIL

BAN GIRLS RELEASED ON BAIL
There was great crowd in Jefferson Market
Court yesterday morning when Mrs Delsado' the
woman who Is said to be the wife OF wealthy
Cuban was called answer to the charge OF shoi-
lifting made BY two women detectives employed In
a Sxth-aye drygoods store There were a NUMBER
OF Cubans in the courtroom and all were indignant
ut the arrest Of Mrs. Delgado She was arrested
on Monday together with Sophia Delgado ana
Puana Rodriguez The two who were arrested with
her are little girls. and Sophia says that she IS
cousin OF Mrs Delgado. Ricardo Narganes. a mer-
chant Of No 100 Broadway. who lives at NO
DO West FYfty-sixth-st.. received word that Mrs
DeIgado was a prisoner at the T'hirtieth-st sta
ton on Monday evening. Not being the owner OF
real estate in this city, he was unable to paii her
out but he persuaded Robert Blackburn. OF the
Glsey House, a friend OF his. to go bail for the
prisoners.
The three were arralgned in jefferson Market
Court before Magistrate Flammer at IL o'clock
vesterday morning Walter c. ellison. lawyer, or
No William-st.. appeared In their behalf ana
asked Magistrate Flammer TO adjourn the case
long enough to give him time to get witnesses 10
prove that all the property was bought, and not
stolen and Magistrate Fammer granted the re-
ouest by holding the woman and the girls in 500
bail each for examination July 81. at $50 o'clock.
Mrs Jennie " O'Connor and Miss Mamie Qugg.
the private detectives of the store, appeared as
complainants They denied that they had been
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prisoners at the time OF the arrest on the con-
trary Miss Oulgg declared that when she first
saw Mrs Delgado and the girls enter the store
she noticed that Mrs. Delgado and SOPHIA went
to ono counter, while Puana went to another
Later on little Sophia left Mrs Delgado and walked
over to counter upon which were a NUMBER OF
pocketbooks. Miss Qugg noticed that Sophia tried
10 pick I'D two pocketbooks on two different occa-
sions but that her little hands were not large
enough to grasp them. and that both times she
failed. To remove temptation from the girl MISS
Ouirg threw the pocketbooks out Of her reach
aha then the little girl then Mrs pelgadO
and told Mrs. Delgado something. Mrs, Deigado
Ouieg saws Sophia endeavored to steal pin.
again in a ear s hen MISS Ss ,ne sa gn
Sophia, Joined Mrs Delgado' and the two went 10
Mrs oconno5 that in the e, mean time s she
belt and secret it In se o bag sne Deeado and
Snphia Both detectives declare that the two little
girls then scr ssgGd for N her r'v while Mrs Deso
into an umbrella she carrying pair OF silver S.
scissors and a Sst e nc
them to the sidewalk There they stopped ' soon
and b REQUESTED ss them ns into the oce turned
up the umbrella and the scissors Found nl in little
bsg and in addition the detectives found about sl'
worth Of various trnksts o, they had partially un
dressed the girls in searching them as the nn
rad claimed the atom muse
rhay said that as soon they round the articles
IN the umbrella they called IN fonceniah FTP nrcest
the West Thirteth-st. station ana hau MN @"
III" MI Olson told Magistrate Flammer tnat the ue
,nS,r ,s were OF eminent respectaDility, anu WI
n, a,i,v Of having stolen anything he uecisi.u
mat Mrs Delgado had been shopplls III M az raj ~
noon in a number Of Sixth,aye stores anu - nrove
10 was given time he could bring "itleeses ~ IN
ne "as 49, article found in their possession VI,
,Sn, the scissors the belt and belt pm, nau "a
hnuohf nv her He also asked me tban,
~, han the two children instead Of se.ui,s IL
,n rho Gerry Society or the House OF 49,, the
" IA bo,h children were IN a nervous st". 49, "
saq pU.n and ne wanted them 10 be al nome;
e~SSicanoan Behr said that when ne ar ,ns,
,tgado and the little girls, Sophla na s "a ,ha,
80 into commissions. and he mao oeci, al l,,ar
gone mn he seriously H. Magistrate rlaminer
she You'd bail all three prisoners In soU each
and they were allowed to SIT on DEM" bnnS %
sho railing TO await the arrival Oh d oo"uS"""
and were not locked up , o,har drvgoods
ar Observation-Disclosures from several other drygoous
soyne OF the goods came from their stores Dua az
,Sev ala not know whether II was poush' OF s'o'en
they could make no complaint ., h,,a No aro
Mr. Narganes was seen az ms "o,,s or, ~ ,st
evenlng in regard to the case. ne saia'
Jsi1ad 40 is the wife of Cuban VINO Is az presWt
- havana He is a wealthy man. ana Is the owner
Of a large sugar plantation. hiew Sit rs Isau
horns the best OF regulations. DO not believe
,hat she is guilty OF the crime with when she ~
cchsrged saw her last night ana saw ner again
This morning and she said that her arrest was an
outrage. She LEFT the eIty 'n gnna s'" ''''s' "
II In said that Mrs. Delgado ana poth OF tns
,anrg girls rave their address as NO. - west
Ejnety- second-st Tribune reporter called al
thst any woman OF that name had ever iived there
WIG. sn1 nv knowIedxe Of her was also denied