The Washington times., 1905-05-16
" RED Hat WOMAN
NOV IN CUSTODY
Louise Fenemore Charged
With Theft Of $40.
CAB COMPANION ACcUsER
Peter Desmond's Alleged Experience
With Fair Charmer Resembles
That Of Others.

| Conveyed 60 Police Headquarters in
the van or the House OF Detention.
| Louise E'enemore. q styIishly dressed
| brunette, believed by the police to be
| ..the woman with the red hat" about
whom they have had scores OF COM
plants, was photographed for the
rogueg gallery today. Bertllon meass-
uremenks were also taken and placed en-
file for future reference. The womas.
was then sent back to the House Of De-
tention, where she will remain until
taken to court tomorrow morning on a
charge OF grand larceny.
The complainant against the woman is
Peter Desmond. who alleges that she re-
Iieyed him Of a roll OF bills containing
$40 on last Saturday evening while he
was in a cab. The prisoner denied the
allegation OF larceny, but admits that
she was with Desmond on the night of
the robbery.
| Detectives Hewlett, Pratt, C,rnwe1l
| and Muller, who have been 1oonag for
| Desmond's fair charmer since he re-
| ported the loss OF his money, caught
at On Ieht hs 2asd With Fb @
| scrip1ion furnished by the man who
| was. robbed, and was taken to police
who was assigned to Investigate sew
eral Of the robberies committed by
/ the woman with the red hat" who OPP
Grated with unquestioned success dur
| Ing the last two race meets at Ben
ming, is Of the opinion tISt she knows
| something about q nubmer OF the cases
he is looking up. She was reticent when
| and would say practically nothine 6
about her movements during the past
| few months, other than the fact that
/ she was from Cleveland. Ohio and did
not know the streets OF Washington.
Clever at Making Acquaintance.
Muller says she has been in Wasting
| ton for four years and has an excep-
tionally clever way of forming ac-
quaintances with persons she believes
| have money. She usually makes her
| headquarters near the down town
| hotels. and keeps her eyes on cabs
when hailed by guests. Just as the man
who called for the cab is about u steI
| into 1t, she goes TO the door Of the
vehicle and speaks TO the man on the
box, asking him If the cab is engaged
receiving an affirmative reply she sfghs
and says: 'Oh. I'm SO sorry because
it's SO late and mother will be dread
fully worried about me- The man,
| moved to sympathy condescends to LEI
| begins talking with him and Usually
winds up by suggesting that they
| go to some hotel TO get refreshments
| If wallet does not disappear while the
| two are In the CAB IL usually does be-
| fore the pair leaves the cafe.
| AT the time OF her arrest the woman n
VINO is about twenty-five or tWenty y-thret
/ years old, wore a natty salt and peppe
| silk suit with a long ti1ree-quarter Goa
| of the same material. She has Iarg.
| brown eyes that fairly dance all tn.
| time She has an exceptionally haaght,
| air, and was highly Indignant over he
arrest The teil-taie red hat was there
/ Today she wore a large black pictnr
| hat with loEg ostrich plume swIngins
jauntiIy over the left side. The res
| headgear was confiscated by Detectiv,
| Mike Muller. to be used as evidenc
against the woman, who with be gives
a preliminary hearing before Judg
Scott or Judge Mills.
Desmond's Story Of Theft.
| Desmond says the woman walked t,
the side Of the CAB. which he engaged OF
Saturday, and toli of having to G,
home because of she, Ia hour. He al
| lowed her t. get II his yehicle, and be
fore they h7d ridden far she suggeste
that they 80 to a restaurant. They re
manned there until midnight. and got II
the cab again.
II was while driving around looking
! for another place to stop that Des
mond claims his $40 was stolen by th
| woman to whose Vaccinations and vile
/ he succuKoet and proved such an cas-.
| victim.