The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-15
HAS MONEY % BURN
But She Refused on the Plea
of Poverty
TO PAY A SMALL FINE
Wealth Found on Her Person
Enroute to WorkhouSe.
TO PAY A SMALL FINE

New York, August II Nearly $1,000 in
shabby clothing of a woman arrested late
last night as a agrant in East Seenty-
third street. In one-dolar bills she had
$S40. in sller and pennies $lOl. While on
the way to the workhouse, to serve SEN
tence of three months. the woman be-
came i'll from heat and exhaustion, and
was taken to the prison ward at Belle
vue. There the nurses, searching her,
found the money.
In the corsage Of her dress, in her
stockins and shoes, sewed into her skirt
money was found everywhere. The
woman appeared much distressed by the
discovery, and refused explanation. She
refused. too. to give any account Of her
| self. Repeatedly the police who arrested
her and the nurses at Bellevue questioned
her as to her antecedents. She simply
| shook her head
Pm not going to say any thing about
| myself" she declared. IF have to go
| to the Island, Il right; but 1 don't have
to tell things 1 don't want to teu.''
The woman was so miserab!y clad that
her appearance excited pity. Citizens call
ed the attention of a policeman to her
poor and apparently starving, as they
| thought-late last night. she was walking
slowly along East eSventy-thir1 street,
between First and Second avenues.
When taken to the East Sixty seventh
street police station she gave her eme as
Augustine Levin, 30 years old, but be-
yond that would not say word. She
was locked up on a charge Of vagrancy.
When taken to Harlem court yesterday
she appeared so weak from the oppres-
sive heat that she was supported on the
bridge by court officer.
Judge, I'm a poor Woodworking, hon
est woman and 1 ask you to be easy with
me. I'm out of, work just now, but 1 ex-
pect to get some scrubbing to do next
week." she said.
The magistrate looked her over for a
minute or two, then remarked:
You're a confirmed tramp, vaga5ond,
shiftless and lay. know it ty your
looks. You would beg rather than " ork.
Three months on the island.
The woman seemed overcome by the
sentence. Court policemen Utmost lifted
her down from the platform in frcnt of
the magistrates bench. Watlebeing con-
Quoted to Blackwelrs island the prisoner
tainted, and the policeman took her to
Superintendent Blair's office at the foot
of East Twenty-sxth street. But The
clerks of the Outdoor Poor Department!
refused TO receive her.
Poor wopln. she's SICK they SAID.
the island" So the policeman half car
ried. half led the woman to the matron
in charge Of the woman's prison at VeIle-
vue.
Poor thing" remarked the matron.
Lets get her clothes off the first thing.
Lie down here and Wen care for YOU
"Oh, no; 1 can't take off my Clothes"
pleaded the woman.
But you must; its one of the rules"
said the matron.
The woman resisted with all the
strength she had left. Finally she tainted
again.
whats this" said the matron, pulling
off a stocking, as great roll of green
backs dropped to the floor. There were
about go 81 bills in this roll. In the wo-
man CUISdSe three NlHCE IU44S u OILS
were found. making the total S940 In
her shoes and sewed in her dress were 46S
pennies. four quarters, fourteen dimes,
thirty-one three-cent pieces and forty
eight nickels.
When the woman came to herself,
found herself on clean cot her cloth
ing taken from her, she wrung her hands
and wept softly TO herself. as she cried:
MY money, all the money I have been
so Ions saving. All gone"
The money will be returned to her
when she leaves Bellevue for the island.