The sun., 1897-07-20
CHILD CATCHES A THIEF.
PoBIoBlrAN sTEWARTs YoUNGEsT
DAUGHTER n SLEUTH.

ne RellsvFu TIE Servant who HAD Stolen wer
s,stor's watch FOR Raspy E,iools, and n
pally ee1s Passing Policeman - Arrest
He~-The scptunReBnFian Thiar7s story.
Mary Schmidt, sservantin the family Of Police.
man John Stewart Of theHast Thirty. nfth street
station. who lives at l15 East 1o7th street, was
aprisoncr in the Harlem Police Court yesterday.
on charge Of stealing gold watch belonging
to Stewards daughter Mary.
When the prisoner was arraigned before Mag
istrate Kudllch she said that she was ~ years
OLD. Her thin, snow-white hair. bent figure and
shriveled face furnished corroborative testi-
nony to her statement. On the Magistrate ask
ing who was the complainant, little girl
stepped before his bench, end said,
al am, your Honor"
"who are your asked the Magistrate The
question brought ont tho fact that tho old wo-
mnn had been really arrested by the small com
plajnant, although Detective wilbur, assigned
to Harlem from the Central ohicc. had locked
the womanup.
The little girl was Kittie Stewart, tho youngest
daughter Of the policeman. She told the Magis-
trats that the prisoner had been engaged by her
mother 40 servant about three weeks ego.
Tho woman had told such pitiful story to Mrs
Stewart. whom she applied for tho situation,
that the policeman's wifo took her In moro out
Of charity than anything else.
marry On Sunuhy evening mary SteWarL, tho
complainant's oldest sister. went out. leaving
her watch on tho plano in the parlor. Shortly
after Mrs. Stewart saw Mary Schmidt when
near tho piano slip something In her pocket. A
little later the servant asked IL she might 60 10
tho drug store. Mrs. Stewart let her go and al
most imm mediately missed the watch. Calling to
her youngest zhter she said:
"Kitty, Mary Schmidt has stolen your sisters
watch. Go after her and SEQ where she goes"
Tho child was out OF the house in a moment.
Half way down tho block abe saw the Schmidt
woman hurrying toward Second avenue. Tho
child caught up with tho woman after little
Mamma says % You have. ave- AZ and % want it. "a''n'
What are yoy talking about. childf' asked
ss,s Sss :sd to me- ii ~ you DON'T run homo ssis
TEL her II you like" said Kitty. "Iwon'trun
o%S SepsT epd isana T !oi'o" you eo-h you go
The c&tid made good her promise by following
ThsFs The ola woman stopped. and turning to
,; ,;AeEo: sSs SssE . 70 the house with you this
iMity wa. By 81 staggered BY this, and stopped
th
Aonee short distance from the corner. The
fhiid had seen where the woman went, and go
tp8 mp to man who was coming up the street,
Please won. You hslp me catch the woman
down into the Basement % OF that house. N'' 49,
The man accosted happened 10 be Detective
oa S stsnSR the SSss
ment Into which she had run. When asked for
the watch, the woman told the detective that
can. and, looking Into 1t, the detective saw tho
watch. The woman was then arrested.
c r. siesn aoqss M5
Sspso @ and %en sse to said the that sGs Se
Schmidt woman on last Christmas stole
pocket Of ,hor, dress, which was hanging
was not FEELING well at the time. and that the
Schmidt woman gsye her glass Of water which
had been IN order S s'spst her while
never saw her again until she saw her with tho
After kitty II us Stewart had told her story tho
prisoner told the Magistrate that she had served
i've years In Sing SRg during the civil war for
was working at the time, she said. for family
named E%sfis Who Ih lived in ~, West Eleventh
IN robbins the Earle family Of q, 900 worth
people enfe tho house as ae %s
when the members OF tho family were out. For
ths abe was to rsssive Sneshird Of tho proceeds
@hsst her sns shs sws
xs ths ohs heHss ~So
caught In Februery 1899, she stole 1 sealskin E
S FS Sy bSm sbs 81 EAST
servant. Magistrate Kudhch held her in 900
Headquarters for the purpose of determining
whether or not abe was the same Mary Schmidt
TSoss picture is 7oi in the Roguss GALLERY
The prisoner was searched while at Headquar-
ters, and It was found that her dress skirt was
Of the style worn BY all shoplifters, having deep
baR-Shaped pockets ON the inside,