New-York tribune., 1905-02-25
LITTLE GIRL FORGER.
Margaret Connolly Sent to Asylum
of Sisters of st. Dominic.

Margaret Connesly the f1fteen-year-old girl who
confessed to forging the names Of her employers,
Belle & Therese. milners of No 349 5th-ave.. to
checks amounting to more than $500 was sentenced
by Judge Wyatt, in the Childrens Court yesterday
morning to the Asylum of the Sisters of st. Dom
inic.
The girl took her sentence quietly, wearing the
little three-cornered brown hat and the dingy
black coat. reaching 10 the bottom Of her short
skirts. which she has had ever since she was
first brought into court, and with her long brown
braid OF hair tucked up and tied with wide black
ribbon she a picture Of neatness and tnno-
cence as she stood before Judge Wyatt and pleaded
that she would be good, and please could she not
go either OF her aunts. who live in Brooklyn and
JERSEY
q am sorry. said the Judge. that you haven't
a mother. The court can't let you go back to the
people you have been living with"
So at the recommendation of E. Fellows Jenkins
superintendent and head probatoner Of the Gerry
society she was sent the Sisters of st. Dominic
This institution IS not in any a reforma-
tory" said Mr.. Jenkins TO a Tribune reporter after
the sentence. 'and is mostly filed with destitute
children. Margaret will not come into contact with
a criminal class Of girls there. While. Of course.
the crime Of which she has been convicted is seri-
Gus, still It would have been too bad to put her
with lot Of criminal cases. for. as far as
find out, she is not an immoral girl"
The Astor National Bank. which the forged
checks drawn, puts its loss at $616. Among
other things. Margaret spent this money for a
camera, dress suit Gaze, WOrkDoX, jewel case,
Of handkerchiefs, pair Of patent leather shoes
one pair OF white kid slippers. a blue serge suit
red sweater and a number Of pieces OF underwear
some Of the pieces trimmed with real lace. Candy
soda and matinee treats. enjoyed by girl friends
were also a constant drain on her capital Most
OF the clothes Margaret kept at friends house in
Brooklyn, where she usually went on Sunday after
Moons and dressed up IN her Ill gained fnery The
friend did not suspect Margaret's crime for she
told q story OF generous tips from the patrons
Of her employers shop. and explained that she did
not keep her good clothes at home because Mrs
Galligan, with whom she lived. would not wish her
10 buy them
For several days Mr.. Jenkins has BEEN at a loss
TO know what TO do with the quantity OF her pur-
chases on his hards but he has decided 20 take
the bulk Of the goods to the property clerk at Po-
lice Headquarters, and the remainder, a quantity
OF null and like material bought for Belle &
Therese and kept when it ordered to be re-
turned tC his office. at No. 297 4th-ave. where It
be Identified
Miss Myra Kelly, author OF Little Citizens
was an interested spectator at the Chidrens Court
yesterday morning She was not there to gain ma
terial for story, she said but merely because she
wished 10 see the workings OF the court.
citizens up here" remarked woman standing
near, DO have them before that nice kind Judge
Wyatt"
We'll, II Isaac BorrachsohL ever gets what he
deserves, he Will surely be brought into the Chill
drens Court, wes Miss Kelly's quick reply.