The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-02
PRISONERS IN NUNS DRESS.
,ovry ARRESTED AS IMPOSTORS
u,N TAKEN WITH THEN.

,..o, t1crsyman wrote 10 Naples
.,ou, Them and Informed the Au-
,horItles That They Arc Not Sisters
~ ,he Perpetual Alteration Order.
Ton women, ono young and the other
.,ads aged dressed in the garb OF nuns.
arrested Yesterday afternoon by CHIEF
S,ic,,cv Officer James Forbes Of the
%oritv Organization Society, charged
u nh yiolatinp section 5e7 Of the Penal Code,
hitch makes it felony to collect money
I, tho false pretenss that it is collected
charitable or benevolent purpose.
",hcs alleges that the women, posing as
t.,ors Of the Order Of Perpetual Alteration,
=. rot connected with any order.
The arrests wcrp made on warrants is
,sd Yesterday by Magistrate McAvoy
tho Norrsania police court The prison.
- describe themselves as Mary Adele, 20
o,rs did and Mary Agnes, 81 years old.
,,ar xcrr arrested at 400 East Twenty-ninth
,,.a, where also was living Hugo Germais,
.aors old. who represented himself as the
o,hcr Of Mary Adele. The man was
rested too, charged with being an ac-
omnice Of the women. Mr.. Forbes de-
,orss that Ge.mais is not related to them.
IVA three prisoners were locked up last
i.b, in the East Thirty-fifth street station.
nesy will be arraigned before Magistrate
lcAvov this morning
Nearly year ago the actions Of the two
,omen we're brought to the attention Of
\. Roy Dr.. Gherardo Ferrante Of st.
p,,r,cks Cathedral who looks after many
n hIa
r,-s representing that they were men,
,ers Of the order of Perpetual Alteration,
nd that they had been expelled from Italy
An account Of religious troubles there.
nr Ferran'a wrote to the Cardinal Arch
,.ho, of Naples. The Cardinal caus ed
!, investigation to he made and later re-
D,rted t., Dr.. Ferrante that the women
rsre ,ln0 ,ubtedly impostors.
Dr Ferrarte sent for the women. They
omitted to him their wrongdoing. He
,,re them a week to get out of the country
n AS an alternative to he arrested. They
decided 10 get out.
That was the last heard Of the women
Until about a month ago. The Charity
,rganization society had been informed
B, the case by Dr., Ferrante and had kept
ere out for the women, Nearly month
% the Society learned that the women
we're again collecting money Agent Van
kand was detailed to investigate.
yan2and has been following the women
or several DAYS. 1t was their practise,
. rapor,ed. to go into store or saloon
resei as nuns and hold out their hands
or aims II any one asked for informa-
lcn before contribution one of the women
would shake her head and say:
NO understan'; ltaliano"
II bv chance the women were addressed
Italian they declared that they were
French or Of some other nationality. Yes
erdav NanZand followed them about The
Bronx. When he decided that he had suf-
cient evidence he sent for Mr.. Forbes and
he warrant was secured,
We had to go very slowly in the case"
aid Mr. Forbes last night In such
natter it would never do to make a mis-
axe We have an excellent case"
Anna Cemcnalo, who keeps the house
which the prisoners lived, said last night
bat the three have lived on the top floor
Or about year. Marie Agnes posed
the aunt Of the young man and the
omg woman. All went out together, she
aid, about 10 o'clock every morning and
e,urned about 5 The two women were
lways dressed like sisters Of charity.
hey said that they we're collecting money
or an Italian church. They paid their
ent regularly in advance. Every time
Ney paid they said they were going to
move, hGt they didn't move