Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-01-14
STRANGE PLOT TO ROB
Girl Tied to a Rock Makes.
Weird Confession.
CURIOUS TRAIL OF CRIME
Accomplish Was Found to Be a Pro-
fessional Crook.
HE TAUGHT HER TO STEAL
Brutality Beat Her When She Did Not
Bring in Enough
Money.


lard, who early Saturday morning went to
the camp of the Italian laborers employed
by the New York Central. at Hist street
and the Harlem river, and there positively
identified Giuseppe Carollo and Francesca
Chicollo as two of the four Italians who she
had previously told the police had assault
ed and robbed her, was herself arrested
yesterday morning as a blackmailer. She
said that after assaulting her the Italians
carried her to a rock in Macomb's Dam
Park, at 161st street and Sedgwick avenue,
where they left her tied and gagged.
The arrest, practically all of the credit of
which is due to Police Capt. Liebers of the
Highbridge station, clears up the reason for
other tales told by the woman for months
which have baff1ed the central office detect
ives. Instead of being the daughter Of a
wealthy Muncie, Ind, contractor, Miss
Maillard, by her own confession, is the part
ner in crime of a famous western criminal
who accompanied her to New York
As to the affair of Friday night, Capt.
Liebers described yesterday how the TWEEN
ty-year-old girl had confessed to a con-
spifacy to blackmail the Italian laborers.
The girl said that she and Teller learned
that pay day at the New York Central la
Dor camps was on the 10th of the MONTH
and had figured out how they might get
So money out of the men,, said Capt.
Lfe5ers. She said that several days ago
she and her pal concocted the scheme.
There are about $50 of these Italian labor
ers who live in the shanties near 10th
street, and they were picked out as the
gangs on Which the trick was to be worked
Accomplish Tied Her to the Rock.
Teller the girl said, accompanied her
to the big rock in Macombs Dam Park and
there tied her hands and placed the cheese
cloth 'bandage over her mouth. Then he
started down town, and she commenced to
scream.
when the police came, as they had fig
ured they would, and escorted her to the
station house, the girl carried out her part
of the plot and told the story about the
Italians. Then we sent her with officers to
the camp for the purpose of identifying her
assailants. This was all in the plot. The
Italians, when we got there, hustled down
stairs, some in their night shirts. and the
rest only half dressed, and got in line. Then
the girl proceeded to identify Carollo and
Chicolo as two of the four that had robbed
her.
'"The scheme worked all right. and when
the men were sent to Jail yesterday morn
ing the Maillard girl had every reason to
believe that it would work out just as she
and her partner had figured it would.
The girl also told the police that Teller
her on several occasions when her stealings
did not bring in sufficient funds for nls
needs. On one occasion, she added Teller
beat her almost into insensibility and left
her bleeding in the streets of Mount Yer
non. The police have reason to believe this
story is correct.
In the Westminster Court the girl was
held for a further examination tomorrow
morning on charge of grand larceny.
Didn't Keep His Appointment.
The police announced last night that the
man who the Maillard girl says is her con-
federate is William Teller, alias Hogan.
He had an appointment with her last
night at o'clock at the Bowery and Canal
street. Detectives were on hand to watch
for him. Up to $50 o'clock he had not ap-
peared at the rendezvous, nor was trace
of him found elsewhere. He is known to
be professional CHECK raiser.'
Capt. Liebers believes that Teller learned
of the arrest of the girl or he would have
kept his appointment with her.
Margaret Maillard, whose aliases are
Clara Bose, Clara LIE Moss and Lillian
De Voc, came to New York in October,
Capt Liebers said. Since that time she
and her western pal had managed COM
pletely to deceive the police, with whom
the girl was always consulting concerning
the whereabouts of a supposed missing
parent
The police believed her story about the
father who had disinherited her ON account
of an undesirable marriage, and she was
known at police headquarters as the poor
western girl who was in New York look
ing for her 'Iost dad" Columns have been
printed in the newspapers about her sup
posed quest.
There are six compliments against the
Maillard girl. not to mention the possibility
of some action that may be taken in the
interest of the Italians who were hauled
out Of bed and locked up as result of her
positive Identification of them as footpads,
Capt. Liebers and Detective Curran, the
latter also of the Highbridge station, just
thirteen hours to find out exactly who the
Maillard girl was