Sunday morning globe., 1901-12-08

Much credit is due Officer Austin and De-
tective Herndon for landing iu the county
iail the two female alley artists, May Sill
and Emma Grant preparatory TO their in
dictmeut by the grand jury and trip TO
Mouudsvllc The recent acquittal of two
similar cases in Justice Anderson court
have embroidered these female foot pads 20
DIV their peculiar vocatious In Washington
with comparative impunity. Women of
this character have always on their stah
bunch of male lovers and feeders on their
earnings l}) to put up am alibi whenever
they are taken into custody ln the interest
of the guilelcss and unsophisucatcd back
woods Congressman now In our midst the
GLOBE proposes 70 expose the methods by
which these NYNpHs DU PAVE get in their
work
They generally travel ia pairs, are passa-
blv good looking and fairly wel dressed
They may be seen on the Avenue, i street
9th and other prominent streets almost
every evening, but the hour is late when
they make their most desperate efforts TO
rob those whom they acCost While the
ladies parors are open they invite their
victims to these rendevouz provided there
is disiucliuauon on the part of the victim
TO adjourn TO an assiguauon house. After
the "parlor-n are closed and the assigua-
uon house is locked for what is left of the
night the female footpad coaNes her victim
into an alley and goes through him under
the preteuse of caresses and bearish hugs
Nine times out of ten the victim does not
miss his valuables or purse until after he
separates from the dame. One of the two
danes remains near the scene while her
companion is In the alley with the intended
victim. She 8 on the lookout for the copper
and TO be handy in case the victim kicks or
discovers his loss The valuables are then
passed to her and she skips, followed later
on by her sister i'm sin.
One night the past week this old game
was worked upon a victim named Vitale
who is a native born Spaniard short of
stature and powerfully built His hair and
eyes are black as coal and his daintly
curled mustache the hue of the ravens
wing. He speaks English brokeulv
He thus tells the same old story" of the
hold up He alleged that while on his way
home Sunday morning he was accoFed on
Eleventh street by the two women. They
were we'll dressed and of prcpossessiug ape
pcarancc one of them, whom he afterwards
identified as the one giving her name as
Emma Grant, said she had taken "a sudden
fancy 90 him. and she took his arm as they
walked along. When opposite the entrance
90 the alley near T. street, the woman gently
showed him toward IT, and, succeeding in
getting him into the shadow, began rapidly
going through his pockets He had $50
bilin am inside pocket. and when he felt
her hand in that pocket he realized that he
was being robbed and seized the woman
Thrusung his hand In the pocket he found
the bin was missing The woman was
struggling 20 free herself, and she passed
her own purse TO her companion, who at
once left the place She attempted TO beat
of Vitale's hold, and 1t was then he said
that he struck her over the ear with his fist,
Breaking loose from him, she started to
ruu ia one direction, while he started In
another to find policeman. He came
across Officer AuAun, of the First Precinct.
near the posto0icc, aud the two ran up
Eleventh street The woman had not gone
far. and was easily ovgrtakCu She was
taken to the station house by Officer Austin,
aud Detective Henidou was then sent ont TO