The sun., 1897-09-22
MISS HARMON ARRESTED.
SISTER on" "CLETELAND'S ATTORNEY-
GENERIL accused OF THEFT.

she stole n Diamond and Opal RinE from n
MAIDEN Lane Jcwrller-Not ConsIderea RE.
spcnsible rpr Tier Acta-Artcr BEING Locked
10 All Night. She Is Released ON Hall.
Florence B. Harmon. sister OF Judson Uar.
mon. who was Attorney General in Presi.
dent Clcvrards Cabinet, was arrested on
Monday afternoon by two detectives OF Can't.
NrCusky's stGr on u charge OF stealing n dia-
mond aud opal ring from Oliver NJ. Farrand, n
iewcl!rr at 3 Maiden lane. There Is no question
AS to Miss Harmon's act, but It is declared by
her friends that shc Is not responsible for
Il. Ecccutricitics of conduct have been noted
In her tor the past few months, and. while great.
" shocked. her friends and relatives are not
greatly sgrpriscd.
Miss Harmon, although approaching her ff.
tetn year, is q tall. slender, and attractive
woman She didn't rouse the slightest sus-
picon IN the clerks mind when she spent near
" twenty minutes looking over u tray Of rings
IN Nr Farrands store and then went away
without buying anything. This was on Friday
afternoon. Miss Harmon had asked to see some
diamond rings. On the pretence that her sight
was bal 4, She carried tho tray over to tho win
dow. While there she managed to extract the
opal ring and conceal 1t. Her act was not OBJ
served by the clerk who didn't miss the ring
until Miss Harmon had left the store. When he
dil notice its absence he told Mr. Farrand about
what had happened and then'scurried out after
the woman He caught up with her at Broad
way bur didn't speak to her or cause her arrest
having no certain evidence OF her guilt
Mis-, Harmon went on Broadway car to
Twenty-dtth street. and then walked to her
boarding house at IS West Twenty fifth street
where she lives with her brother, Eugene NJ
Harmon of the firm Of Seymour S'Harmon, pat
ent lawyers at ~. Pine street. The clerk fol.
lowed and, having located the woman returned
TO the Maiden lano store and reported to Mr.
Farrand.
The Detective Bureau was notified on Satur.
day, and two detectives, accompanied by the
clerk who had traced Miss Harmon. watched
the house until the woman ;came out They
followed her to several iewelry stores and
finally TO the shop OF Hamrich " Co., on Broad.
left there the detectives entered and ascer.
taineL that she had displayed diamond and
opal Substituted. She was advised not to
have The opal changed, the clerk assuring her
thar It was as good a ono of the size as could
the name OF the woman they were after. She
gave her real name TO the clerk. instructing
tier opal than the one she had in The ring.
Acting under instructions from the detectives
her I to- to cali on Monday with her ring, as S' they
thought they could make q satisfactory change
in 1t. Miss Harmon called in compliance
with the request, bringing the evidence or her
guilt with her. The clerk parleyed with her
until the detectives arrested her. The wo.
between her sobs that the ring had been given
her. Then she gave two or three other e1plana.
uons OF her possession Of the ring. and finally
Miss Harmon was taken to the Jefferson Mar
tet Police Court and remanded to the prison
to await examination to-day, She gave her
name Fannie Harrison, and her address as
liS West Sn5y-ninth street. She declined to
identity was not known. No one appeared to
60 on her bond. and she sent no messages TO
Meantime the police had notified tho woman's
friends fn iSb OF her PredSameht and yesterday Law.
nue. a lifelong, friend OF the Harmon family.
called at the Jefferson Market: Police Court.
would give bail for Miss Harman and after
the preliminaries had been attended to the
prisoner was allowed to go away with her
NJ; Seymour said to q reporter yesterday:
Sss s 1u no
thing OF her condition can doubt her irrespon;;
@ ns % seSosn Mna
bailed:her. is physician although not:a practic.
careful %steS On as ss shs sss
knew just what was the matter with her and
sonmisson Of The most asoaissias aet ea INTO 'h'
sufferer from Insomnia. She has tried hard to
combat IL BY physical exercise such getting
up at 5 o'clock In the morning and riding q bi.
cycle to Coney Island and back. but has not
succeeded in curing herself. I met Miss Har-
mon only once before yesterday. but have
learned from several sources Of her eccentric
conduct since her trouble began. Mrs. Bundy,
the keeper Of the boarding house where she
lived noticed 1t, and is not at all surprised at
what has happened.
Mr. Judson Harmon has Just telegraphed
me that be will come on from Cincinnati to-day,
and | expect Mr.: Eugene Harmon, my partner
TO return from Washington to-day. Mr.. Jud-
ton Harmon tells me that his sister has been
treated twice for nervous arrangements"
Miss Harmon, together with a man named
hggs nephew OF Mrs. Schoen, conduc a
magazine known as the Ori at 3 Union SQUARE
Miss Harmon had 81. 500 invested in the maga-
nne and was the secretary Of the company.
y Is likely that the Grand Jury will decline to