The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-24
HUNT FOR A POLICE COURT.
DETECTIVE WANDERS ABOtT
TOWN WIN rWO PRISONERS.

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Finally rsas the ssrkyms Cssrt Opes for
BusiRess-Maa Mas Ms Hs1seA
and Her stcpfaiber Arrested On lar
eesy ~Charse-ats wife. sh~ says.
After Frank whaIen ol Iss Fast lssth
street q HE stepda0ghtsr Kate we're ar
rested yesterday at their home by Detective
Sergeant Gildeo there was a great running
about 10 find q police cour open The
arrest was made on the complaint OF Fred
erick ". Heintzer. who declared that he
had lost % 900 worth o. diamonds and other
jewelry.
The detective sergeant took the prisoners
to DIE Bronx branch Of the Detective
Bureau and was about 20 20 thence 90 the
Morrisana police court when be learned
that IL was closed for repairs. He decided
that the West Chester court would do in
q pinch and started Boubward with his
prisoners. After a long ride they got
10 the court only 10 find that it had sd-
jouned for the day.
There was a policeman standing on the
epuTt ous steps and he Explained that
Saturday night was usually the good night
for the people who live up West Chester
way. The detective and his charges
started back for Manhattan and beaded
for the Harlem police oasr They got
there . little before II O'Clock.
The Judge vent home some time ago.
There we're only q few cases here to-day
said the jsnitor.
Gilden called up the YOrkville police
court on the telephone and found that
business was going on there. He and his
~prisoners got there before closing time
and . formal complaint Of grand larceny
vas dra wn no.
Hsintxer, who lives at So Union avenue.
The Bronx. said he was a diamond broker
and in bis formal complaint declared that
he had lost q gold cross set with diamonds.
q diamond ring. q locket, q horseshoe pin.
q stud set with diamonds. two gold
watches. q fob chain, an overcoat and sl57
in cash. total value he placed at 1900
and he charged the woman With taking
the property. In bis complaint he de-
clared that the girls stepfatber had pawned
the iewelry.
While his AFFIDAVIT vas being made out
Heintzer said that the woman had been in
his 81 ploy as housekeeper and bad alb
strscted the jewelry and other things at
dia ereut times. She ceased TO be his house
K eeDer two weeks ago.
when the clerk who drew up the COM
plant asked the woman hat her name
wa she responded
My name Was Kate Mccormack before
| met Mr.. Heintzer. | supposed that l
was his wife. but he says / sm not
She said she had kept house for the COM
claimant for six years. She is about ~
years old. The clerk put her name down
as Mccormack.
Whalen said that he was under the belief
that his stepdaughter had been regularly
married to the complainant.
When the case came up before Magistrate
Mayo the detective asked that the exam
ination be postponed until Wednesday.
ask your Honor TO max the bail small,
for there are some odd features in this case.
said Lawyer Frauenthal to the Court. The
complainant has the pavntickets for most
Of the jewelry, on which 500 was realized.
Whalen tells me that last July he turned
over TO Heintzer insurance papers valued
at q 600 az a settlement. II hat is 30 this
complaint viii fall to the ground.
The Magistrate said he would not enter
into the merits Of the case then. He held
the prisoners in $500 bail each until
Wednesday.