The sun., 1898-01-07
SISTERS TRIED FOR THEFT.
,vr GOES HOME FOR 4 LETTER SIZE
W. TuJyKS WILL CLEAR HER.

mack with n Letter. Sure EnouEh,
S,,,ten iu Pencil, with No Address on tho
-.,.iopo, Asking Her to Buy, for nncloned
.,a. tao Things she's Accused or stealing.
no Young women were on trial yesterday
a., a.. General Sessions on charge Of shoplift-
- They described themselves as sisters and
"a ,bey were Mrs Manic Bowers and Miss
n.rtrudo Barbaro. The lottor said that her
80. was in st. Joseph, No., and that she had
sono 70 New York TO visit her sister, Mrs,
eov,rs. at l69 East 127th street
Tho sneciGc charge against them was that Of
.,,aIine nm nigrcttc or feather plume, from
Tocv's the plume being valued at 81 cents.
Miss Mary Plunkitt, the detective employed
,r the dry goods store, testified that Mrs Bow.
.rs and Miss Barbara visited the store at
o,o,ock on the afternoon of Oct. 4. She saw
stsa barbara take canary colored plume
t,om the feather counter and pass 1t to Mrs.
powers. who put the plume in satchol.
"I followed them to the door" Miss Plunkitt
,,uiaed "and as they stepped out to tho street
: asked them what they had done with the
feather. One Of them answered we have no
s,other' and I told them they would have to
come back to tho superintendents Office. 1
sdvised them TO avoid scene and 60 back
nu,etly. Detective O'Donohuo was summoned
and We all went into . private room. There
,he women broke down and wept- We took
Them into the superintendent's Office and search.
,nq their satchel found several pairs Of gloves,
two bolts of ribbon. two pieces Of black lace,
.one black feathers and tho canary colored
plume. They admitted stealing the feathers.
The older OF the two begged us to let her go.
again and adding that her baby was at homo
Alone Tho goods they had bore our tags,
which would have been removed II the women
hA m IN nm hA
eiRrette Is still attached to it. Detective
o'6onohue took tho women to tho police sta.
DE Detective Price testified that whom the wo..
men were led into the station house they cried
and begged to be released, At tho same % time
Detective Stringer corroborated the story told
By Detective Price.
job Hedges, who was the Magistrate before
whom the women were arraigned, testified
that Mrs. Bowers said she was sorry the thing
had happened" and added that she could not
that she had nothing further to say until she
could get chance to communicate with her
Mrs. Bowers now took the witness stand and
Denied having stolen the feather found in her
satchel. She said it was all a detectives plot.
had purchased at Macy's store several days pre-
her to match its color in a bird which she in
birds to suit her and was leaving the store
when she and her sister were arrested. Tho
other goods in her satchel she had purchased
What about the two pairs Of ohildren's
glovesi' asked Assistant District Attorney
McIntyre. cross examining the witness. Whom
"Oh. they were for friend who has two little
well" said Mr.. Mcintyre. "how much salary
does your husband earni'
Eleven dollars a week." answered Mrs.
Q-And how could you afford to buy these
beautiful ribbons and.costly laces when your
husband only received $l1 o weeki A.-Well.
] bought them for my friend also.
Q.-What is the name of your friendi A.
o.-Where does she'livei AIN tho West.
o@And how could she tell you to buy these
things for heri A.-She wrote me letter, and
Q.How much money did she sendl Aft
teen dollars.
Q--Haye you got that letter nowi A.-No.
think.I believe it was destroyed.
Q.-Who destroyed itf Alt may be homo
o-Weli il the court takes recess, will you
60 home and get iti A.-If can find 1t.
An adjournment was taken, and Mrs. Bowers
at in sesson Ss
rushed into the courtroom. and waving a torn
envelope in the air shouted: 81 have it-I have
The letter will be put in evidence to-day. The
envelope bears the Pueblo postmark, but the
address is torn away The name name upon the en-,
written in pencil. The letter contains a refer.
ence to the Fifteen dollars enclosed" and re-
quests the recipient to purchase ribbons and
:, Lawyer P,urdy took charge Of the letter, and
then Miss Barbara was called to the witness
sweet voice. She corroborated the story told
BY Mrs. Bowers. and used snch expressions as
IT, Itss. So" and rh0 h0rfid detective told me
The trial will be continued to-day.