Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1904-11-04
WOKK2 WHAT'S THE USE7
New York Family Live LuxuriousIy on
Nothing a Year Except Plenty Of
Aliases.

New York, Oct. 2S.-Mrs. MARI
Rice" her four daughters and a little
grandson, all OF them we'll dressed and
genteel In manner. appeared out OF
place when arraigned before Magis-
trate Mayo with a score or more OF dis
reputable n bedraggled prisoners in
Jefferson Market police hi Inc
complainant against them was Freder-
lex Brodt, proprietor Of the Knicker-
booker hotel.
He testified thai the prisoners pre-
scented themselves at his hotel without
baggage ten days ago n engaged his
best suite OF rooms. Mrs, Rice told
him that her husband was a wealthy
Philadelphian, who had ben to Carls-
bad for his health. and who Was home
ward bound on the White Star steamer
Cedric, and that she wished to wait
with her children for his return. Her
baggage, she said, had one astray DUR
ing her trip down from Saratoga. and
would probably be along In a day or
two.
At the end OF their FIRST week. the
hoteIman said, he presented a bill TO
his guests, whose baggage had not yet
arrived. and was old that Mr. Rice
would settle as soon as his steamer
came IA. In the meantime they had
run a big bill with q neighboring iiv-.
yma and had been surrounded with
flowers purchased from a fashionable
Fifth avenue dealer, Then n steamer
came In, and no Mr.. Rice appeared.
Mrs. Rice explained her husbands de-
lay by producing a cable dispatch.
stating that he had missed his steamer
and would take passage on the next
Famous Maccarton Family.
The prisoners were identified In court
as members or the famous MacCatton'
family who under many aliases having
been living extravagantly on nothing a.
year since Benjamin Frank MacCarton.
head Of the family. lost his position as
manager for q Philadelphia steamship
company In 1898. The elder MacCarton,
according to the detectives. will today
complete a term OF six months In the
Kings county p~enitentiary, whittier he.
was sent for beating a hotel keeper in
Dorchester, ". ". His son Frank, TWEEN
ty-onc years old. has been a prisoner In
the tombs for three weeks In default
OF $500 bail, awaiting trial for swind-
ling a boarding house keeper.
The records show that he family
have used as aliases the names Abbott.
Mcbride, Mcyey. Clark, Dixon, Pom
eroy, Pomery, Yard, Gibbs, Carter, Hill,
Harris and Zabriskie. A ~favorite
method of raising money has been to
buy a diamond locket for BABY Jack"
and to pawn II.
The oldest daughter, Edna VINO Is
the mother of Baby Jack. 10 twenty
three years old and passes as a widow.
The baby Is nsteen months old. His
real father liz said to be a New York
lawyer who is well known. The son
Frank. who Is in the tombs, is o bright
appearing young fellow. Their come
the three charming daughters. Bessie.
aged eighteen; Mabel, fifteen, and
Helen, ten.
Committed by Magistrate.
Magistrate Mayo committed Mrs
MacCarton, the two elder daughters
and the bay to Jefferson Market prison
for examination tomorrow morning.
Mrs. MacCarton Is charged with de-
frauding a hotel keeper. and the daugh~
ters are charged with vagrancy. Ethel
and Helen were given yer to Agent
Pisarra, of the children's society.
Among the effects found In Mrs.
MacCarton's pocketbook were engraved
visiting cards containing the name
Mrs Fl. Frank MacCarton,' with
.'Thursday'' In the lower left hand cor
ner: also what p~urported TO be a card
OF Introduction from the Rev. William
p Huntington OF Grace church.