The morning journal-courier., 1908-08-18
HARTFORD POLICE
 ARE CRITICISED Chicago Girl Who Was Accused of Taking Diamonds Says She Was Falsely I'm
 prisoned.
PLANS TO PROSECUTE
Took $500 Earrings and Says She Went to See If Gems Were Real Arrested Few Minutes
 Later.

Hartford, Aug. 1l--Miss Mary Barry, sixteen years old, the pretty Chicago girl who was arrested in Hartford few days ago. for taking pair of $500 diamond earrings from her hostess, Miss Mary Eleanor welsh. of 90 Bond street, and trying to sell them for $l5, has reached her home In Chicago, She Is getting matter printed In the Chi" eago dai!ies, hurling defiance and ac- cusation at the Hartford police.
 Miss Barry Is giving interviews to the Chicago papers, to the effect that her arrest was a colossal police blund- CT, also that her aunt gave her the earrings and that she took them to a store to have them valued, and that 'her aunt" meaning Miss Welsh, was provoked at her arrest.
 An article in the Chicago Tribune says that Captain Barry, father of the girl, is threatening to come to Hart ford to bring action for false impris- onment of his daughter.
 In view of the considerate treat ment accorded to Miss Barry by the police. the police court, and Miss
 Welsh, 1t Is interesting to read of Miss Barry declaring that the police made an "unwarranted bunder' From even such young and pretty girl as
 Miss Barry, 1t seems bit ungrateful.
 The local police are not fearful lest Captain Barry come here to bring ac-
 tion for false Imprisonment"
 ! A eapnrla af u,bot tho npaos of tho
 windy city is printing on the matter Is
 taken from the Chicago Tribune of
 Saturday. as follows:
 Miss Mary Barry. who was accused
 of taking a pair of diamond earrings
 valued at s400 from the jewel case of
 her relative. Miss Mary Eleanor
 Welsh. in Hartford, Conn. told her
 story yesterday. She is the daughter
 of Captain Thomas Barry of SS6 Chi
 cago avenue.
 Miss Barry repeated that the ear
 rings had been given to her by Miss
 Welsh, and that she had merely taker
 them to a iewelry store to have then valued. when she was arrested.
 Her aunt. to avoid publicity. did no go upon her bond, and Miss Barry was detained In the matron's room at tn,
 police station, she says.
 Captain Barry threatens to go tt Hartford. Conn. to bring an action fol false Imprisonment against the police He does not blame his daughter. no Miss Welsh
 , Communications were received bS R. j. Barry, cousin of the young woman. from Hartford which corrob. crate her story in essential details. "The earrings" said Miss Barry were to have been mine in any cast under my cousins will. and she sait z that could take them whenever . wished. They were large jewels, ant ! I wanted to know if they really wer,
 diamonds, so l took them to a jewelr! , store to ask. Fifteen minutes later , was arrested. I wanted to go to m, cousins home at once to explain bu the police would not let me. Later. a detective went to see m, : cousin, but she was unable to leav' } the house on account of her illness but she told him that the diamond } belonged to me. She insisted that be liberated at once, but he said tn, = case would have to come up in court 3 and advised Miss Welsh to let matter 9 take their course, or the affair would : become public, which she was mos anxious 10 prevent It was solely ol Q that account that consented to re { main at the station.
 . If my cousin had not been an in s valid she would have taken energeti @ steps against the police for their un l warranted blunder. She never ac cused me, and protested my innocenc ], from the beginning"