The evening world., 1902-10-18
Daughter of Wealth Screams
and Tears Hair When Arrest
ed for Creating Scene In
Madison Square Garden.
MAGISTRATE DEFENDS HER.
Court Rebukes Her Escort for Nee
Taking Her Home In a Cab. Says
It might Have Been Indigestion"
and Discharges Her.

"My name is Martha Davis. ana I was
intoxicated" was the explanation gfven
In Jefferson Market Court to-day By the
handsomely gowned woman who was ar
rested at the Woman's Show last nieht
and taken to the West Thirtietl street
station.
When she appeared IN court to-day
she was accompanied by Charles Owing,
who was arrested with her and held on
a charge of having taken her jeweirY.
which he afterward voluntarily turned
over to the police.
Miss Davi pleaded guilty to a charge
Of intoxlcation and gave her address as
No. IS East ~Sixty-first street. She
lives there. she said. with her parents.
who are reputed to be wealthy. 10
Magistrate Brann she explained that she
had been dining al a restaurant and
that she had drunk too much.
Magistrate Defends Her.
Maybe it was onry an attack Of IN
digestion" retorted the Magistratas
Then. turning to Owing, he said:
why didn't o take her home IN q
cab"
II was preparing TO do So" was the
reply. when my companion attracted
attention and wa arrested" -
Miss Davis stepped in at this juncture
to explain that 1t was unjust to charge
Owing with having taken her jews,ry.
II gave It to him." h declared. 'for
safekeeping, and It has all been re-
turned"
The jewels are said by the police to be
worth 5000.
Magistrate Brann, after listening. to
both. dismissed them and they hurried
from the courtroom.
Miss Davis Il an extremely attractive
young woman of stylish appearance ana
has the bearing OF one who 10 accus-
toned TO the usages OF polite society.
Owing gave his occupation 10 that oe
salesman. at No. ID West Twenty-second
street. and his house address he says u
No. 8 West T~wenty-ninth street.
When the was arrested last
night she was in a highly hysterieal
condition. She screamed and tore at
her heir until q crowd was attracted
and It was found necessary to call IN
Policeman Calvin. OF the West Thirtieth
street station. who essayed to plaeS her
under arrest.
She resisted frantically and 10 re-
quired much patience on the part OF
Calvin to persuade her to accompany
him. Just as they left the garden
Charles Owing came running out and
took possession OF the young woman
tewelry, for safekeepins he said.
Violent in the Station.
At the ~statlon-house the young
created another scene. She became 50
violent that three policemen were re-
CURED to mold her in check and II 2
found necessary to send to the New
he hTtk la h9spis arri tof an tb smD seeoSna MheR
surgeon gave II as his opinion that the
prisoners condition was due to excess
siye drinking OF absinthe.
Nnlle the surgeon was at work WILL
lam A. Brady entered the station ~
the same time the young man who had
taken the jewelry appeared. Brady
pointed him out n said to the SER
geant
II wish you would hold that man.
He has X a lot OF Jewelry from
this woman
Owing. produced the jewelry at onee
and said he desired to give II to Capt.
Walsh. who had just come In. 1t con-
sisted OF e diamond and opal ring. dia-
mond sunburst. diamond solitaire, clus-
ter OF pearls, diamond horseshoe. gold
watch set with diamonds. pearl neck
lace with large pearl pendants. gold hat
pin studded with pearls. There was
80 - -
a few trinkets and about Sc
Gave Wrong NRmea mt First.
Owing said that he had known the
young woman for several years and
that they had dined together at an up
town restaurant. He declined to reveal
her name, but she told Capt. Walsh
mat II was Martha Williams and that
she lived at No. 216 West One Hundred
and ~Forty-ntnth street.
4 momen later She changed her mind.
and Insisted that she was Adelaide
Davis,
brady said that neither name was the
real one. but that he was willing to
furnish ball and see that she was cared
Tor. Capt. Walsh at last consented. and
the woman departed with Brady. OWNS
was held for examination.
During the scene in the s~tation-house
Capt Piper. the new Deputy Commits
sioner. dropped in and was an interested
spectator. He announced that HIS visit
vas n mere incident. as he had been
looking over the Tenderloin in - casual