The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-18
GAY LIFE IN GOTHAM
Fannie Mcpherson of
This City Arrested
in New York.
SHE MAKES A CONFESSION.
Says She Eloped With a
Man by the Name
of Davis.
She MAKES A CONFESSION.

| A dispatch from New York has the
| following concerning a Worcester girl:
"A pretty young woman who gave
her name as Madriel E. Richards of
Richmond, Va, but who it was after
wards learned from letters in her sat
chel is a daughter of James Mcpherson,
wealthy man living at 1872 Austin
street, Worcester, Mass, was locked up
in the West 47th street station this
afternoon.
THE complaint was made by Thomas
]. Morris, manager of the Girard hotel.
"The young lady was charged with
the larceny of $500 worth of clothing,
the property Of Mrs. w. c. Woolley,
guest at the hotel.
1.-THE young woman after her arrest
an assumed name. She said that she
was serving her last term at the high
school at Worcester.
"One day she met a man named Da-
Wis who induced her to run away from
home and come to this city. On her
|
had quarrel and when they arrived
at the Grand Central station she was
left alone.
"She had but little money with her,
but did have considerable clothing, She
said that she stopped in various places
until June Z, when she went to the st.
Denis hotel
AT this hotel the woman remained
until June 10, when she suddenly left
without paying her bill. She then went
to Girard hotel In the meantime she
had sold all of her clothing, except what
she wore. On Friday, Mrs. Woolley left
the hotel to visit friend. While away
the young woman told chambermaid
tn at she had lost her key and asked for
a key so that She could enter her room.
She was handed bunch of keys and
with these it is believed made her way
into Mrs. Woolleys room.
when Mrs. Woolley returned to the
hotel she found that large number of
her dresses were missing. 1t was also
found that Miss Richards had left the
hotel and could not be found.
Mr.. Morris telephoned description
of the young woman to the different no
tells in the city This noon the clerk at
the Lincoln hotel noticed a young
| woman answering the description go
into the dining room of that hotel, and
sent for Manager Morris The latter
went to the hotel, identified her and had
her arrested.
ION the way to the station house she
cried pitifully, repeating continually,
| % God, I'll never let my mother know
about this; why did I do it,
After she was locked up, the detec-
tives examined her baggage and found
that she was the daughter of Mr.. Nc
Pherson Of Worcester, and confronted
her with the fact. 1t was then that she
broke down and confessed. A number Of
| letters were found in q satchel, some Of
which were from school friends and
some from a we'll known young man of
this city, whose name the police refuse
to divulge.
1.-THE young woman was induced to
write to her mother and tell her Of the
trouble she is in. The girl said that her
correct name was Fannie Mcpherson.
when her room at the Lincoln hotel
was searched the clothing taken from
Mrs. Woolley's room was found. The
girl will be arraigned in the West side
court tomorrow"
Miss Fannie Mcpherson is the daugh-
ter of James Mcpherson of 1872 Austin
street. A Spy man called at the Nc
Pherson home last night and was the
| first to notify Fannie's parents of her
arrest in New York.
| They did not take the matter much to
heart, and her father stated that if she
had got into trouble he could not see
| why she could not get out of it without
his aid.
The last time she was seen in this
city. according to her parents, was
Sunday evening, May 2S. She told her
mother that she intended to go to her
uncle's in Providence, and spend a few
days. She boarded Chandler street
car for the Union station and her pa
rents say she bought a ticket for Prov
| idence. They received letter from her
uncle in that city stating that she had
arrived and was enjoying herself.
| Another letter received said
| that she had left Providence the fol-
lowing Thursday and was going to visit
another uncle in Plainfield, n. j. She
arrived there all right, as a letter was
received from her uncle in that city
who is Mr. McPherson's brother, say
| ing that Fannie had arrived and was
enjoying herself. There was nothing in
the letter to indicate that she was ac-
companied by a friend. and as far as
her parents know she was alone. They
think that she was alone when she left
worcester and was alone when she was
| in Providence.
She was for a time employed by the
Worcester Corset Company, and left
there about a month ago to accept a