The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-04-09
RENTER SUICIDE KITE
VOTES HERSELF ROBBED AND
HAS 4 EOHAN ARRESTED,

hNAAN ~ $50
ton a. an Old and Dear Friend-Rod
Ink and Acid In Former Fantasia.
Misc Kittie Joyce. alias Donnelly. OF upper
Tenderloln circles. whose name Is a house.
hold word 10 the police stations Of the upper
West Side, although she never really has
done anything serious. caused a stir In the
Detective Bureau yesterday by imaginlng
that she was the wife Of a wealthy ranch
owner from Flagstaff, Aris.. and that she
had been robbed Of 81 100 by a girl she met
in q Broadway restaurant. A woman who
had never seen Kittie before was hustled
down to Headquarters and locked up before
the detectives finally remembered who
Kittie was.
Miss Joyce arrived at the Detective
Bureau early In the afternoon sobblng 30
bitterly that II was some time before In
spector MoCaferty could ger her story.
In an hour he got her Gained sufficiently
TO say that she was Mrs. John j. Donnelly
Of Flagstaff, Ariz., and that she had married
Mr.. Donnelly, a rich %ranchman, only a
month ago. She said that she and her hus-
band had come here 10 buy furniture for
their new house in Flagstaff and were
staying at the Herald Square Hotel.
Yesterday noon. so Kittie said, she and
Mr.. Donnelly Of Flagstaff we're having
lunch In a Broadway restaurant when at a
table near by they noticed a poorly dressed
young girl dining on nothing but a CUP Of
tea. Kittie told Mr.. DopAelly, che said,
that the girl looked as II she needed the best
the house afforded, whereupon Mr.. Dom
nelly told the poor girl to go as far az she
liked. Then Mr.. Dounelly was called away.
Kttie and the girl went out shopping, and
as II was pretty warm work she and the
girl had several drinks. Suddenly the girl
disappeared and Rittie noticed that her
dress was open In the front at the exact
spot where she had had 1900 in bills, Mr.,
Donnelly's reserve roll.
Kithe told Inspector McCaferty that
having been MIR. Donnelly's bride for only
a month, and never having lost q, 100 Of
his money before. she didn't know how he
would take the loss, She thought il best
TO try 70 get the money back before she
faced her husband.
Inspector McCaferty asked her il she
would recognize the girl II she saw her
again. Sure, said Kittie, 30 they took her
to the rogue's gallery. " Kittie saw her
own picture, No. 80. she didn't say any
thing about il. At last she spotted one
which she identified as that OF the girl VINO
had repaid her generosity by touching her
for her roll.
Detectives Carbonnel, Carette and Toner
were assigned to 60 out with Mrs. Donnelly
Of Flagstaff and get the girl. They learned
' her address, but on the way uptown they
forgot whether the number was 2t1 West
1hiTty-eighth street or PAS. Carbonnel
finally decided to try 247 and the other de-
teotives took Kittie into 2+5,
The person who opened the door at 245
was a pale, thin little woman whose name
proved TO be Ptue Z. Falky. Before any
one else could get in a word Kittie cried, !
That's her, and tried TO get her hands on
her. The detectives held her back. The
frail little woman, who WIS nearly fainting
from fright, retreated into the room and
Kittie dashed in and seized q scarf lying on
a table.
afternoon said Kite. Olive me back
500 Of the money and III call IL square.
Il haven't got seven cents.' replied the
woman. Il never saw you before and
haven't been out Of the house all day
The detectives told the woman 10 put
on her things as soon a. possible, ~ they
would have TO take her TO Headquarters.
wv blNl XVI Ouh1Aho NhNy lOhAAa 70
tective Carbonnel with the N whose
picture Kittie had picked out. Kitte then
said she had been mistaken about the
picture after al
When the detectives got to Headquarters
they had kittie tell her story again, This
time she said she was staying at the Hotel
Empire. They got suspicious then. and
when kittie again offered to settle for S70O
they asked her pointed questions,
She said; IF you don't think am all
right just ask Inspector Russell The
inspector Was4 10 the building and he was
brought before the supposed Mrs. Don
nelly. Hello, kiitie, said the inspector.
She told him he must he installing her
for her sister, but the inspector led the
Say % the rosues' gallery and pointed
out Kittie's picture, She a still uncon-
WINGED that. she wasn't Mrs. Donnelly Of
Flagstaff. 30 she was locked up for dis
orderly conduct, intoKicatiOn and using
indecent language, which charge was
made because Of her TRADE against the
accuse woman in a subway train OF the
way TO Headquarters,
In the night court Prue T.. Falky promptly
was let go. kittie had thought up a new
story in the meantime. She told the Court
that her mother died two weeks ago in
Pittston, Pa, and left her 81, 100. Grief
over her mothers death and JOY over
Eetting the money led her to imbibe a little,
she said, and when il was stolen from her
she hated TO go TO the police about il be-
cause she didn't want them 10 know she
had been drinking.
A few years ago Kittie was wearing at
least $500 o worth Of diamonds. and then
she started 20 drink. She did several
things that gave her the ma me Suicide
kittie. Once she plastered red ink over
her hair and shot on a revolver. When
the neighbors found her she was rushed
to Roosevelt Hospital and the surg cons
Worked over her for a long time before
they found that she was shamming.
Al another time she sprinkled carbolio
acid on the floor, lay down beside Il and
appeared to be dead. When the police
came in they thought she was 30 dead
that they didn't bother about calling in
a surgeon. They sent her TO the Morgue
and there she revived. When she is in
good trim she takes a fancy to cab rides.
On more than one occasion she has jumped
up on a cab box when the driver wasn't
around and has gone for a long ride. Several
horses died from their experiences with
Rittie on the box.
She also likes to drop into a police sta
ton and announce that she is the wife
Of the captain m the district Just above, ,
whereupoh she usually receives the oourte- ,