The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-12-27
MRS. TRAUTMAN
IS INDICATED

New York, Dec. 27- With the arraign-
ment in a police court today OF Mrs.
Alexander Trautman. the wife OF promi-
nent physician. on charge OF larceny,
will come the final act I'm what is be-
lieved TO be one of the most deplorable
cases OF mistaken identity in the city
police history. Mrs. Trautman was ar
rested In Fifth avenue on Christmas eve
on the complaint OF Peter j. Hogan,
salesman. who accused her OF having
robed him OF sl3.
Mrs. Trautman protested her innocence.
but the policeman upon whom Hogan
had called 10 arrest her. took her TO the
station house.
Mrs Trautman tearfully protested that
she was victim of a terrible mistake
and gave the sergeant the names OF her
husband and several friends, who. she
said, would substantiate her story, None
of these could be reached Immediately by
telephone. however, and Mrs. Trautman
was taken 10 a cell. where she was forced
To spend several hours in the company OF
half a dozen women who had been ar
rested on various charges
Al the end OF that time friends OF Mrs.
Trautman protested against the arrest as
an outrage. but were Informed that Il
would be necessary for them 10 furnish
ball before she could be given her lib
erty Bail 20 the amount OF $1,000 was
furnished. and Mrs. Trautman was taken
10 her home. When she appeared i'm police
court on Christmas morning, Hogan, the
accuser was there. TO press the charge.
and he said he was certain he could not
have been mistaken In the Identity or inc
woman who robbed him, The magistrate
was Obliged 20 hold the prisoner for fur
Their examination today.
In the meantime the police have prose-
cuted a searching inquiry into the case.
As a result they have learned that last
Sunday evening Hogan appealed 10 the
secretary OF the Young Mems Christian
association in West 23d street To assist
him in "A search for $lS which he said he
was sure he had lost in the library OF the
association building
This was the night following the Sat-
urday when Hogan declared he was rob-
bed in the dark hallway. A woman we'll
known in the Tenderloin and who is said
10 bear striking resemblance 10 Mrs.
Trautman was taken into custody today
just before Mrs. Trautman was TO be ar
raigned
The case has attracted particularly wide
attention, not only on account OF the high
social standing OF the Trautmans in this
city and i'm the South whence Mrs. Traut-
man came but because OF realization OF
the danger TO which any innocent woman
may be subjected
Mrs Trautman's double who was arrest
ed today is we'll known to the police Her
name is Kitty Wilson. but she has num-
Der OF aliases and has a police record.
Kitty Watson bears a striking resen-
blance 10 Mrs. Trautman. She is about
81 years old. weighs 10 pounds and has
dark hair and eyes. She was arrested on
tion given. II lis said by several
women pickpockets who were caught lasc
night in the police dragnet which was
drawn through the Tenderloin In connec-
tion with the Trautman case.
Early In the day she was taken To the
Jefferson Market court to be present when
the case against Mrs. Trautman was call
cd. Even at that hour the police court
room was filed and hundreds OF persons