The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-02
LOST GIRL FOUND.
Mary Shapiro Had Been
Takento WilIimantic by
Maud Thompson.

Mary Shapiro, thirteen years old, of No.
520 Fourth street, was abducted from her
nome last Saturday and found yesterday
afternoon at Willimantic, Conn. She was
IN company with Maud Thompson, alias
Annie Srurley, a notorious woman who is
we'll known to the police authorities of at
least three cities The woman was ar
rested by the authorities of Willimantic
and Chief Murphy notified He sent De-
dective Prescott to WilIimantic to ap-
pear against the woman and request the
courts of that place to hold her long
enough to give the police of this city time
to have extradition papers taken out
This was done, and in a few days the
woman will be brought here. Mary
Shapiro will reach this city tonight and
will return to her parents.
The abducted girl is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John Shapiro of No. 800 Fourth
street. She is a very bright girl and well
developed. She looks as though she was
fifteen years old.
When Mr.. Shapiro first informed the po-
ice that MS daughter had not been borne
since Saturday, they thought she had run
away The father, however, said his
daughter had no reason to run away and
that he believed she had been kidnapped
HIS suspicious were backed up by the in
formation he had received from several
nelgnporS. They said they had seen the
girl on Saturday afternoon in the com
pany OF lavishly dressed, handsome
woman walk away from the girls house
Where she had been playing with some
companions. The police did not make the
case pubic Tor obvious reasons. An in
vesuSatlon was started and it was
thought by the authorities from the de-
scription given that the notorious Maud
thompson was the girls companion when
she left home.
detective Prescott was put on the cas,a
He went about the old haunts of the
thompson woman and learned she had
been IN town previous to Saturday for
several days. Prescott went to several
downtown hotels and secured Information
enough to cad him to believe the woman
had gone TO New York. He went to New
York and learned that she had left the
city by boat for Connecticut The authori-
ties throughout New England were asked
to look out for the woman and yester-
day her arrest was heard Of
Mary Shepiro was playing in front of
her home with several other children on
Saturday shortly after noon. Among her
playmates were Nora Mcclure, thirteen
years old, who lives next door to the alb
Quoted girl "A fashionably dressed woman
approached the children and called Nora
Mcclure aside. Her companions looked on
in envy and saw their playmate and the
woman talk earnestly for few minutes.
Nora seemed TO De refusing some propo-
sition by the woman. Soon the girl turned
away and went into the house. Then the
woman called Mary Shepiro aside and
talked with her. After a few minutes
Mary and the woman walked away and
she has not been seen since.
Nora MCGUIRE was questioned as to
her conversation with the strange wom-
an. She said the man had spoken to her
in a flattering manner. She then told her
that she had opened a hotel in Boston.
She had come back to the city to engage
a number of pretty young girls to work
about the new hotel. There would be lit
tie to do, and those who went with her
would be we'll paid.
Il will give you plenty of money, and
diamonds and nice jewelry you wish.
You needn't tell your mother anything
about it. Just come with me and you
can write your folks letter when you get
to Boston. Nora refused and the woman
proposition was made to abducted
child. She had not SO much character as
her companion, and consented. Several
of the neighbors saw the pair go away and
When the details of the woman's
scheme were told the Chief and the de-
scription of her given he Immediately re-
cognized the woman as Maud Thompson.
Thompson, since she left this city about a
year ago has become a procurer, and
every effort was made to save the girl
from the fate evidently intended for her.
Maud Thompson is a white woman. She
had lived in this city for some years, COM
ing here from New York, where her repu-
tation was by no means of the best.
Shortly after her arrival in this city she
became associated with number of ne
groes and was the alleged wife of one
Thompson. Thompson committed a bold
burglary here about year ago. and is
now serving long term in State Prison.