New-York tribune., 1900-03-10

ACCUSED OF GRAND LARCENY AND
TAKEN TO A POLICE STATION

Lavinia II. Van Westervelt Dempsey. Queen
Of the Holland Danes. was arrested last night
a charge Of grand larceny and lodged In the
Mercer-st. police station. where she spent the
night in a cell. The arrest was made on
warrant issued by Magistrate Mott. Miss
Dempsey was found at No. IL West Twenty
second-st., which was said to be her home
The charge preferred by Robert Troup.
Of No. 1O2 West Ninety-third-st. who said she
took $500 from him February 10
When Miss Dempsey was arrested she was
richly dressed, and a sealslin coat. She
took her arrest In good nature. and made no
effort to communicate with lawyer to get
a bondsman. No one was allowed to see her
No. IL West Twenty -second-st is a pre-
tentious brownstone dwelling house. There are
two bells. A plate over one bears the name OF
Davis
A colored who answered the bell said
that no such person Lavinia H. Dempsey
lived in the house He said he had only
short time before given the same Information
to policeman who called and asked for such
woman
At I O'Clock this morning a cab drove up to
the Mercer-st station. Out OF 1t stepped tall
young man. wearing top hat and fur-trimmed
overcoat. He said he had been TO the opera
Returning home a note from friend OF Miss
Dempsey informed him that she was In trouble
He had FASTENED to what he could do for
her He was not permitted to the prisoner
He went to Police Headquarters 10 get an
order to the Mercer-st. police to admit him. but
did succeed
Robert Troup, is a young man about thirty
years old He lives in fiathouse the NTH
floor of No 102 West Ninety third-st. He was
seen there at 30 o'clock this morning.
Several months ago." he said. Il ad-
vertisement for with $1,000 who would
duction. 1 answered 1t and found that the
terprse was backed by Lavinia H Van Wester-
welt Dempsey. the Queen of the Holland Danes.
on the strength of her connection with that So
ciety l gave her $500 The enterprise failed.
made repeated efforts TO get my money and
failed Then / caused the woman's arrest. That
is all say
I-avinia H Van westervelt Dempsey lived
at the ST. Cloud Hotel. Broadway and Forty
second-st., until two months ago. Why she
left there or where she removed to the clerk in
charge declined to say last night.
crowned Queen of the Holland Danes at the
Waldorf-Astoria few years ago. Prince Guy
de I.usignaE sent her a Maltese cross in white
and red enamel and gold of the alleged order
of ST. Catherine of Mount Sinai. 1t was pre-
sented TO her at formal ceremony last year
She gave luncheon last September in honor
OF the birthday OF Queen Wilhelmina. and
ceived her thanks for a message OF congratu-
lation Miss Dempsey wrote a play called "A
Patriot Spy which brought out at Pater
son. n. j.. in November last.
Judge BOokstaver. IN the Court OF Common
fieas, committed ner 10 LuulOW street jail uIl-
der $1,000 bail in 1894 when she sued for
$4,000 damages, brought against her by Miss
Emma Everson. typewriter In the office OF
Guy c. & John A. Dempsey. brothers of Miss
I-avinia- She spent April "a % and 20 in jail.
The brothers took Miss Everson's part II was
asserted at the time that they had offered to
go bail for their sister II she would sign away
a lien a mortgage for $4,000 on property In
Bergen County, y. J. She has not been on good
terms with her brothers at all times, and last
year they sued her for $500 for money ad-
vanced. and recovered Judgment. She sued
them to recover four silver teaspoons She
withdrew the suit.