The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-22
A RICH WOMAN ACCUSED.
HELD FOR TRIAL ON a CHARGE
OE SHOPLIETLNG.

paid 70 Have Taken mn Umbrella valued at
rs Hailed by seth W. NiiILsn.
who Says the Charge AEainst Hsr IL Ia
credibie-AEea by Her Might In n Cell.
Among five prisoners who were arraigned in
Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday on
charges Of shoplifting was a woman about 80
years old, Of good appearance, who, according TO
tho police. Ia n member of q wealthy family in
this city. She described herself as Mrs. Annie
johnson, and said she lived Mt "a Carlton street.
PlRinficld, N. ]. She was accused of stealing an
umbrella valued at $l.9s from a department
store In Sixth avenue by Detectives Mallon and
Butler of the Central Office. who arrested her
on Monday afternoon in front of the store. They
took her to Police Headquarters. She refused
TO say anything about herself there. or at the
Mercer street police station, where she was
locked up for the night.
when sho was led from tho cell room Of the
Mercer street station yesterday morning TO be
conveyed to court her brother, who Is n lawyer,
and her husband, a business man, were in the
station house. On her failure to return to her
home on Monday evening, they became alarmed
about her and, thinking that she might have
been taken i'll, began q search Of tho hospitals for
her. They could not find her in any Of them,
and finally went to the Mercer street station to
learn whether any unidentified women had been
taken there overnight. On recognizing her In
the line of prisoners they went to the court.
When tho woman was arraigned she was held
for trial on the testimony OF the detectives.
Her brother telcphoned to Seth NJ. Milliken of
the wholesale dry goods firm of Deering. Mill
ken & Co. of 20 Leonard street, to 60 on her
bond. Mr.. Milliken hurried to the court. The
bail was liked at $500. Mr.. Millikcn gave as Sc
curity his residence. 800 Madison avenue. The
woman left the court with her husband and
Mr.. Milliken said last night tn at he had known
the woman for years. and that he could not have
been more surprised at anything than no was
at the charge brought against her.,
said. and that she should steal anything
seems Incredible to me-. Her husbands check
for $75,O00 would be honored anywhere in this
city. She denies absolutely that she took any.
thing, and her relatives. do not think 1t Is
possible that she should commit u. crime.
No charge S. such Sa,o as this sb6 has h. ever sTsr Sssn brought ,Sat
she can need. and the means to buy anything
she wishes. I know of no one on whose bond !
be more slow to believe guilty of crime.
IT she is accused unwarrantably her hus.
band and brother arc men in positions to pro-
has done her an injustice. They, told me that
she looked twenty years older when they saw
her yesterday morning than she did on the pre-
vious day, such had been the effect on her OF a
night in the station house. She was In n hys-
terical condition when she left tho courtroom
and could not carry on q conversation connect
edly."
Annie Rosenberg. who said she lived Mt 116
LUDLOW street, and Hannah Cohen Of Brooklyn.
Monday by Detectives Kenny and Chrystal.
who had watched them on Broadway for some
time. They were held in $1,000 bail for exam
~ination.
A woman describing herself as Minnie An.
dyews. a dressmaker of Newark, was held for
stealing $40 worth OF gloves and handkerchief.
third street. who confessed to stealing a pair OF
opera glasses. shared the same fate.