New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-20
MISS ANDREWS DISCHARGED
UNSUPPORTED ACCUSATION OF SHOP
LIFTING AGAINST THE ACTRESS
SHE HAD BEEN ARRESTED AT THE 1NsT1GATloN
OF WOMAN DETECTIVE IN FRONT OF

sIXTH-AvE DRYGOODS STORE.
In the Jefferson Market Police Court yester-
day morning Miss Pearl Andrews, the actress
and daughter Of the former Street Cleaning
. Commissioner w s. Andrews was arralgneu
before Magistrate Brann charged with shopnl'-
Ing. The complainant in the case was MISS
Florence He'll, a private detective in sixth
ave. drygoods store, at whose instance MISS
Andrews was arrested by Detective SerseahtS
Monahan and Strip, OF the Central once III
front OF the store Saturday Miss Andre"S
at tho time surrounded by a hundred oi
more Christmas shoppers. She was conducted
to the Office of the superintendent OF the store
searched. and finally taken to the Central once
at Police Headquarters where she was oalied
out by Tony Pastor. the theatrical manager
Miss Andrews was present In court yesterday,
accompanied by A. II. Kcffenburgh, her coun-
sci Miss Hell, when called upon to tell her
side OF the case said she saw Miss Andrews
acting peculiarly while I'm the store. especially
when at the glove counter Finally she had no.
ticed the young woman make n movement
which convinced the detective that the act
ress had taken pair Of gloves, and she
had followed her out into the street and there
had stopped her and accused her OF theft
She had called upon Miss Andrews to accom-
pany her to the store and submit to a search
To this the complainant said. Miss Andrews
dcmurred declaring that II the detective had
any ground for suspicion she would have TO
call n policeman and arrest Miss Andrews.
big crowd had collected in the mean time, at
tracing the attention OF two Central Office
detectives who were in the nelghborhood. ON
the complaint Of Miss He'll they had taken Miss
Andrews to the office Of the superintendent IN
the building They left her in the room with
the complainant. who had searched Miss An
drcws. hut failed 10 find the alleged missing
gloves or any other article belonging 10 the
store
Miss HoiI said that before searching the young
woman she ran back to tho street where she
had seen Miss Andrews drop the gloves. and
there found them. Returning with them she
had shown them to the Central Office men and
told them to take Miss Andrews to Police
+ Headquarters
Mr. KaYcnburgh at this point asked Miss Hell
how much the gloves worth. She re-
nlied eighty cents" He then asked her If
the gloves were mates. and she replied that she
/ presumed" 50. The lawyer then showed her
that they were marked being worth 81 40,
and tina. they We're not mates. being slightly
different In color. with different lining. while
fur of different kinds adorned their tops The
Magistrate examined them. and found the
gloves IA described by Mr.. Kancnburgh. This
could not be explained by the detective. who
! said all she knew that Miss Andrews had
taken the gloves
MAGISTRATE Brann then asked Miss Hell to
explain why she allowed the gloves TO remain
on the Sidewalk when shc saw Miss Andrews
, dron them Her reply was that she wanted "a
/ sre Miss Andrews taken To- the Office an5 report
the matter first. and that K did not occur 10 her
/ that some one in the mean time might pick up
I the gloves and disappear with them. This OK
planation did not satisfy Mr.. Ka'fenburgh who
/ called the arrest and subsequent proceedings
! most outrageous
/ Detective Sergeant Monahan. I'm reply to a
question Of Magistrate Brann. said he did not
! see Miss Andrews drop The gloves. nor had Miss
! HcU told him ~ the alleged fact untll after she
| returned with them.
! Mis- Andrews then told her side OF the story
/ and Indignantly denied taking the gloves. She
| admitted being in tho store. and told how she
! was apprchendcd in the street by the store de-
! tectivc. and then taken to the office Of the
superintendent and searched. The superintend-
.rt had told her sh" mus admit taxing IN"
! gloves or she would he arrested. She had re-
/ piled. Then arrest me- Miss Andrews fur-
p thrr declared that the superintendent had SAID
/ that il mad" no difference VINO She was. that
/ her name would appear In the newspapers. lie
! ho1 thrn added. "Now. own up 10 II. You are
, GOOD ont, You can throw a good bluff"
These threats, Miss And .ews said. had no ef-
! feet ON her and she had refused 10 be co"rced
or frightened into admitting th"ft or when
she was innocent After beng taken away ny
IN. Two Central Office detectives she said she
trlcgraphcd To- her father at Lakewood. y. j..
/ and then To her mother with whpn she lives. at
/ NJ GlJ Lexington-ave She had then Informed
! Tony Pastor who called at Headquarters and
bailcd her out.
! vIea Uril had only one witness In court. a
| Young woman also detective In the store.
F vho however. admitted that she did not sec
Miss Andrews take the gloves or drop them
p 'rhis settled the case for Miss H"il. and after
/ ur Kafrcnburgh and Sergeant Kelly Of the
| court sdlad told the Magistrate that thej had
known Miss Andrews FOR several years ana
| vouched for her character. Magistrate Brann
| discharged her from custody, remarking. as
/ thev left the bridge: II took no stock in that
, female detectives story She has been de-
, tcctiyc I'm the store for only about two months.
and I'm telling the story she did she was only
! irving to save herself Her story about going
| Lack and picking up the gloves was only an
/ afterthought"
KILLED ~ 4 BALTIMORE TUNNEL.