The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-27


tse .'rizouer~-Atter,pt ts Get Cash
for Goods Leads to the Discovery.
RinGIeudcr Arrested Once Before.
NEW YORK. March 27.-Louise
/ Eraitsch. nineteen years old. and five
/ younger girls were arraIgned yesterday
ia Magistrate Brenner's court. Brooklyn,
by Captain Reynolds detectives. All are
alleged to be shoplifters
Louise Breitsch who was arrested a
| year ago on charge Of forgery. is al
legged by the younger girls to be an UD-to-
date Fagin- Two of her feuow-prisoners
/ charged that she had taught them TO
/ steal and had helped dispose Of their
plumber, 4 quantity Of stolen property
and over twenty pawn tickets were found
in the possession of the juvenile prison
ers.
A very little girl. poorly dressed and
with sharp features. called AT one Of the
big Fulton Street stores Monday after
noon with a large bundle
Please ma m, she said TO the woman
at the credit counter, here are some
| things my sister bought. They did not
suit and she wants the money back
The clerk was surprised to find that the
| articles presented still bore the price
! marks, which are always removed when
goods are sold The store detective was
called and questioned the little si-I. She
finally said that the goods had been stOI-
en- from the store by her sister Josie.
seventeen years Old. and "a lady named
Louise Rreitsch. She said her own name
was Nellie Sullivan. and that after her
parents died she lived with a brother
/ in-IaW, at y Franklin Avenue
But I'm not living there now" she
added. y ran away Saturday and a.l
living with the lady and ny sister at the
Bijou Hotel
The little girl was turned over to De
tectives James and Kelly. Of the Brook
lyn Central Office. who later visited the
Eijou Hotel 1t is a Raines law place.
one door removed from police headquar-
tiers. in Smith Street There they found
that the girls had rented rooms under as
sUmed names. When Louise and Josie
returned they were taken into custody.
and twenty-one pawn tickets we're found
in E'eir possession The articles Ta1I.od
included jewelry. ribbons, gloves. and
wearing apparel.
The detectives remembered Ioufse
( Breitsch- \ year ago she was a steno-
grapher in the law Office Of j mes Philip.
in the Garfield Building ~he Office boy
vas arrested for presenting checks at a
bank TO which his employer name had
been forged He said that Louise had
forged the checks and he had cashed
them; that they had divided the money.
but that Louise had won most Of it back
at poker Louise had diamond ring in
her desk which was allevsd to have been
/ bought with part of the nney. She was
+ arrested, but owing to tie good ,harac-
ter OF her parents and her promise to re-
form. the prosecution was dropped.
While the detectices were rounding up
Louise and tie others two more juvenile
offenders were having trouble ia another
of the Fulton Street dry goods stores
These We're May Coenin. aged eighteen.
of No IA Fort Greene Place, and Ida
Berg. aged sixteen of No I63 Albany
Avenue a woman detective, who had
followed them about, charged them with
stealing from the counters. They were
taken into the superintendent Office and
searched. From beneath the cape Of one
Of the girls was taken g SIS ttOu Jacket,
which stiH bore the price tag There were
two lace corset covers, two pairs Of silk
stockings and coilapsable drinking cup
besides, all with price tags intact The
girls also had articles from three other
stores on Fulton Street
Detectives Delehauty and Brady took
the girls TO police headquarters EeTe
the matron found between the Innings OF
one Of their coats six gold rings "a silver
ornament and TWO stickpiug-
There were number of relatives and
ans Street Court whssn they were ar
raigned yesterday. The storekeepers re
fused to prosecute Louise Breitsch and
the two little Sullivan girls We're the first
10 be- arraigned. County Detective Eras-
tus Bacllus. who is d missionary among
youthful prisoners, was present. with
the mother of Louise He said that the
girl had run away from home three weeks
ago. but that her mother Was anxious to
take her back and make one more effort
10 reform her
Detective Kelley interposed that Louise
was not only bad herself, but had 1T Ell
the Sullivan girls away from nome
What $ TO become OF these IJtle Sui
livau girIS2" rnquir-d the magistrate. 4
young man came forward who said ne
represented their br0ther-iu-law- The
latter he said. was willing 10 take back
Nellie. but not Josie, as ne could 90 moth
.Jcsi,. hogan to weep. and Louise and her
mother followed suit, but allie sharp
little features never relaxed a muscle AS
she watched the magistrate race 10
The cases Of All three We're adjourned
for one week Louise was paroled in the
I custody of her mother and Nellie was
{ sent 70 her brothcr-in-Iaw. while Josie
/ y Is committed 10 the House Of the Good
/ Shepherd. Action was also postponed for
a week in the cases Of May Coenin and
l Ida Berg
/ Tie sixth alleged shoplifter arraigned
! was q small girl named Carey. twelve
I years old, who was the prisoner of De
/ tectiye Sergeant Kennedy II was brought
( out that her people are respectable and
her mother an invalid. and Ma gistrate
Bremen agreed to send her nome.
/ Louise Breitsch Is puzzle to the police
and to County Detective Backus, who
has interested himself in her welfare.
She was well brought up and has q good
home, and until arrested a year ago there
was nothing against her character. After
the prosecution against her was dropped
on the forgery charge she seemed 20 have
thoroughly reformed. and her mother
found in her a dutifuI and loving child
until she disappeared from home three
weeks ago
A NEW OIL STRIKE.