The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-11
BOTH SISTERS CONVICTED.
H~YSTERIolJ WHEN THE JURr DE-
CLhRED THEM SHOPLIFTERS.

gcreanea asa Criea 30 THAT They were ne.
moved to the Tounbs Mt Once-Brenk Down
OF the perenoe BASED Upon y L~etter-They
May Get . Year IN Prison nnd . Fine OF $500
Mrs. Mary Bowers and Miss Gertrude Bar
baro, who say they are sisters, and who live ut
90 East 109th street, were convicted last night,
In the General Sessions. OF petit larceny. They
are the young women who have been on trial
for several days on a charge Of shopliftlng. They
were arrested In October last in Mays. where
the store detective said sho had caught them
stealing an ~aigrette. or feather plume, valued
at "a cents.
Tho Jury retired at 6:35 last night and brought
in the verdict at l3 200 o'clock. Tho women wero
historical when brought into tho courtroom
and screamed vehomently. SO that Recorder
Con had to order them taken to the Tombs,
MS they were In no condition to answer the
usual questions put to convicts by the clerk of
the court. They will be sentenced on Wcdnes.
day morning. The extreme penalty for their
tiary' Win yO a tine " of 500. As IN th ses S Pepe' led
over tho Bridge OF Signs by Deputy Sheriff
Kelly s6b M mS s sSiIsI ssres sSiid ror God, .,.o.
don't put me In prison. Don't tell my childi,'.
The trial Of tho women had attracted big
baro averred that the aigrette or. feather plume
which they were accused OF stealing was pur.
their arrest. Both testified that they went to
Mays store to match tho feather to q bird
that Mrs. Bowers wished to purchase for her
hat.
At the time of their arrest two bolts Of rib
bon, several pairs Of gloves. some Lace, and black
The prosecution argued that these things had
been stolen also. because, they were found with
oSerr wFrP tRass ,R RsP ribb sS0s and ah other t !hins sst seTs
removed. Those goods, the defence said, lad
boon purchased for n woman named YounRs,
who lived In Pueblo, Col, and to prove this
Mrs. Bowers produced a letter alleged to have
been written by Mrs. Youngs ordering the
Miss Mary Plunkett, the store detective en-
en maIc cy a m Confession Ho sb ssst,ne after .na ebe ine sr wom'
but yesterday Mrs. Bowers. was recalled to tho
witness stand and denied this, saying:
me go home to my little child. az ihese detec:
tives have stated" The child referred to was
William J. 'Kinysley, called as an expert in
hsndwT ,hdr by by the 9enPp prosecution si yesstte a GE,,t ties
had been written by Mrs. bowers: herself. He
said this after looking at Mrs. Bowers's. sigma:
it Mrs. Bowers exclaimed
That's a lie! It's a lie"
had received the letter from Mrs. Youngs. 1t
was, delivered to her at her sisters house In
postmnrk on the envelopei' said Recorder
Con, showing the stamp Of the receiving Post
ollCc lnc WllneSs ulu nOL dHbNtT.
This closed the case as far as the taking of
testimony was concerned, and Lawyer Purdy
summed up for the defence and talked to the
jury for an hour. Assistant District Attorney
Mcintyre, in summing up for tho prosecution,
said that Mrs. Bowers's sister had given her
name as Barbara. while the name plate Of the
and Burbs. Miss Barbara. he said, was Miss
Burbis. Continuing, he said:
"She ia q very clever woman. very clever"
Miss Barbara clapped her hands In knocking
applause of Mr.. Mc1ntyre's remark.
Recorder Gof had to order n recess before
charging the jury, because the new electric
lights were not ready, and the gas brackets had
been removed from his desk. He got an oil
lamp finally.