The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-14
SERVANT ROBS HELEN GOULD.
PLUNDERS HER HOUSE WHILE
SHE rs AWAY IN THE SOUTH.
May Have Intended TO Admit Other Thieves.
hut Was BaEged I'm Tine Burglar
Alarm Cut In Readiness Sable Robe
and Valuable Opera Glasses In His swag


The name Of Miss Helen NJ. Gould was
added yesterday to the list Of those who
have suffered recently from the depreda-
tions of dishonest menservants Miss
Gould Is away in the South and her home
at $40 Fifth avenue has been occupied only
by those of her servants who were left
behind. The head butler and Miss Gould s
maid accompanied her 10 the South. Miss
Gould has her secretary. Miss Fields, with
her.
When Miss Gould goes out Of town a
general oversight Of the house Is entrusted
TO her physician. DR.. j.. P. Mum of IS West
Fifty-eighth street. who is an old friend Of
the family. On Monday DR., Mum was
notified that the wires of the burglar alarm
connected with the front door and front
windows of the house had been cut, He
at once notified the police. Capt. Titus
answered the call in person. bringing W
of his men with him.
In the meantime DR.. Mum had been
through the house He discovered that
several articles of value were missing.
A coach robe Of Russian sable worth 800.
a pair OF opera glasses worth $50. a pair
Of marine glasses worth $3.50. had disap-
peared. 1t was said yesterday that small
articles Of more or less value have been
disappearing from the house ever since
Miss Gould went away and that only she
and Miss Fields can tell how much had been
taken.
There was every indication that some
body of the household was at the bottom
of the thefts. Daniel Donovan, the second
man. was the one on whom the suspicious
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10 Miss Gould from an employment agency.
where he had been engaged by Miss Fields
last September. He had letters of recon-
mendation which said that he had been
employed in the household of the late
Coils p. Huntington and by other people
of wealth, and that his services nae been
satisfactory.
Donovan was much given TO going out
of the house at all hours Of the day. De-
t~ectives watched him on one of these trips
and found that he went to a poolroon.
The detectives declined to state just what
1oolroom the young man ven to, or just
how they knew IL was a poolrooln. On
Tuesday night the servants were told that
inasmuch as the burglar alarm had been
cut of they must all be In the house
by 0 o'clock, SO hat the place could be
locked up and watched. Donovan was
the only one to disregard this direction.
The next day be was followed TO a pawn
shop, where he endeavored 10 redeem a
pair of opera glasses which had been
taken from Miss Gould's home some time
ago.
The detectives then arrested him. At
Police Headquarters he confessed TO having
taken the missing articles. He said that
he had used the money to gamble with
and that he had no confederates. This
the police are inclined TO doubt. They
have an opinion that Donovan cut the
the house a gang of thieves who would nave
made a much more extensive haul than
he has been able to.
Letters found on Donovan showed that
he also used the name John O'Neill, and
that he had prepared a glowing statement
of the value Of his services to Miss Gould,
which had been written on the house sta 1
tionery but a not been signed. The
police are of the opinion that this letter
may explain the sources Of his other recon-
mendations. He was taken to Jefferson
Market court yesterday morning, pleaded
guilty and was held in 81 900 bail for the
Grand Jury.
David S Dudley. a negro, was arraigned
in the WesrSide police court late yesterday
afternoon. charged with being the pro-
OF a disorderly fat in West Thirty
seventh street. Five negro men and four
negro women who were arrested in the fiat
were discharged. Dudley was held in $500
bail for examination to-day.
Dudley's lawyer handed to Magistrate /.
Mayo a letter from Miss Helen Gould, !
that Dudley had been in her employ
as a cook for seven years, and had also
served her father in the same capacity.
The letter said that he was a good cook.