The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-12-09
FRESH GOSSIP
FROM GOTHAM
Miss Keane Pursued Snatch Thief
Till He Was Caught,
HOLLANDS SECRET DISCLOSED.
Lies, Says Her Inventor. i'll Keeping
Water Ballast Tanks Always
Eul.-Trained Nurse Killed
Baby With Razor.
HOLLANDS SECRET DISCLOSED.

NEW YORK. Dec. S.-WIlen a thieL
seized her gold watci, and purse on the
threshold OF the Tiffany apartment house
y. Madison Avenue and East SiXty-seE-
arth Street lailt. Thursday AFTERNOON,
Miss Pauline Keane, Il Well-kno"h So
cietv woman. did not faint, but pursued
thr rol;I;er until ne ran into the arms OIL
Policeman Dillon. in Fifth Avenue
Miss Keane, who lives at NO. lio f-sst
rhirty-fo1Irth Street, had been calling on
friends in the Tiffany apartments, ana
en- leaving Eoticed d rough look'n man
staining at the entrance. She had her
Durse. containing $40 in money, anu q
et,ld watch in her hand. The man seized
the nurse and ran toward FHth aFehue.
Without q moments hesitation MISS
Eeane picked up her skirts ana loi4o"ed-
She proved to be a swift runner ana kept
close behind the stranger. There were
few persons in East Sixty-seventh Street
al the time and The man mad a cie;'F
course. TIE situation changed when ne
reached Fifth Avenue
Drivers on the avenue stopped their
teams. and pedestrians Joined in the hunt.
Seeing that capture was IneVitabie she
thief dropped the purse Miss heane pl ,;,
ed it up and Policeman Dillon grabbed
the fugitive.
At the. East Sixty-seventh Street Police
Station the prisoner said he was Gustav
Sch,nid, thirty years old. with no home
when he was arraigned in the forkvilie
police Court yesterday morning, MISS
keane did not appear. as she did not
care 70 press the complaint of highway
robbery Magistrate Pool issued a sum
mons for Miss Keane and she was in
court in the afternoon
cre said she had recovered her purse,
and felt sorry for the man. The MasiS-
t-ote pointed out that the man mad de-
l:berately stolen her purse, and If re-
Ieasad would probably rob some one else,
but Miss keane pleaded for the mans
raIaasa and said she thought ne was re-
nantant and would BEHAVE himself If
let so.
comnIaint to tlisorderly conduct, and held
schmid in. 81. eco bail for his good behavior
for six months
Miss Keane is a sister of Mr.. David
Keane. a lawyer. of No II Broadway,
and a member of the City, LAWYERS,
Fencers, and Ardsley Clubs.
SECRET OF HOLLAND.
J. P. Holland. the inventor of submarine
torpedo boats, held the attention OF
large audience TO the end of his lecture,
before the faculty and classes of Man
haitian College. last night It was the
first OF a series to be given on naval ar
ch;tectiure before the students. Dr. Fer
rer. president of the Alumni Society. IN
troduced the inventor. who received an
ovation. His lecture was graphic and
profusely illustrated with steropttcan
views.
Mr.. Holland disclosed last night the
great secret of bis success. It is to have
the ballast tardss always full of water.
never partially filed, otherwise the water
ballast shifts. changes the center OF grav-
ity. 11psets the boat and causes disaster.
This one little fact Is the Holland key
to sailing and diving about like q nsn
his patents.
CUT BABY'S THROAT
It must have been that Altce ODonnell.
a trained nurse. became suddenly insane
last night It was a homsctfal mania