The evening world., 1908-02-21
TWO POILLON SISTERS
FAIL TO AVERT THEIR
SENTENCE AS" "BEATS"
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in the Special Term Of the Supreme
Court.
Tne writ directed Warden Flynn, OF
the Tombs. not to allow the PoIIon
sisters to 90 oIt O.: lt> ....., ..t
Penitent.ary or any other prison but to
keep them until their case could be
heard in the supreme Court
The lawyer handed the writ to jus
tice Olmsted. who announced, with some
heat:
This Court !s ready to pronounce
sentence and will not be interfered
with. This writ 10 not directed TO this
Court"
Nevertheless" replied Mr. Green
berg this court cannot pronounce
sentence while that writ Is opera tive.
The action OF this court in passing
sentence" interrupted Justice Zeler.
will not deter you from making any
motions"
Must 8urglarize Vault
II do not feel like waiting to make
my motions until after the court passes
sentence" retorted the attorney. This
writ has been served. Ia the regular
manner upon Warden FLYNN. When I
got to the Tombs l was told that the
defendants were being arraisn-d in
court. and hurried over here to serve
the writ on the court"
Mr. Greenberg then talked at some
length about his newly-discovered evil
dence. He said there were letters now
locked up in vault and that the vault
would have to be broken open The let
ters were to show that Peter TOWNSEND
Barlow. President OF the Board OF CITY
Magistrates, had guaranteed to pay the
Poillons' hotel bills.
You will have hard time to per
suade this Court that this is newly dis
covered evidence" snapped Justice Ohm
sted. The defendants knew all along
what those letters contained"
Many hackers" Not Named.
The LAWYER continued to argue until
Justice Olulsted lost his temper. and
referred 10 the fact that the evidence
of the hotel managers showed that the
defendants claimed several men would
pay their bills. Magistrate Barlow was
only one mentioned.
But" cried Mr.. Greenberg. we have
papers to prove that he did promise to
pay"
First you will have to disprove the
claims of these defendants tina: other
men promised 10 pay" thundered Jus.
tice Olmsted
We'll, then" replied the lawyer, Il
Wish to present this evidence to serve
IN mitigating the sentence"
Justice Mayo :hereIpon waved the
,...
10 he arraigned. They stopped to the
rail. smiling and confident. The JUS
,ices ordered Probationary officer Mrs
Axman 10 take the stand. She read
briefly from memoranda that the
girls had been born in Troy. were
orphaned when Young and that
Katherine, the elder, had been ap-
pointed Charlotte's guardian Katherine
had married Joseph Smith in 1898. but
divorced him in year.
Mrs. Axman recapitulated The story
OF the unpaid hotel bills and added that
she could not draw word about them
selves from the attendants. They had
treated her very discourteously.
While the probationary officer testified
Greenhcre objected. Justice Olmsted
warned him to stop. but he did not
heed
Justice Olmsted finally shouted al him
that If he showed any more contempt
for the Court he would find himself in a
place that woulu surprise him. The law
yer's subsequent objections were lamb
like.
Before Joseph Graveur. the chief
probationary officer was called ana 'old
of the contents of the poilon trunks
Justice Zeler ordered Charlotte Po!llon
arraigned on a conviction for assault,
obtained AGAINST her In Marck, 1906
Charlotte Guilty of Assault.
This young woman" said Justice
Ze!ler. was convicted Of assaulting
bchboy named Grumps in hotel al
No Il East Twenty seventh street.
Judgment was never pronounced. In
behalf OF the Court that tried this de-
fendant. | declare her guilty and sen.
tence will be imposed later"
The athletic Charlotte was not in the
least dismayed by this announcement,
smiling right along, with the same ra-
dance. The smile faded when Graveur
mounted the stand and revealed the
my St-ry Of katherine and Charlotte's
At the trial two weeks ago Katherine
declared that her trunks contained
costly lingerie and millinery valuable
lewelrv Partisan gowns and other nm
cry. This Is what Gravcur testified:
Skirts and Souvenirs
At the Grenoble found a small
steamer trunk and a leather bag In
tl- trunk | found some Old understands
and playing cards, spoon marked
Jacks. q spoon and a fork marked
G,eH !hle - napkins marked. .Erlstow, "
bath towels from tine Fifth Avenle
Hotel, table cloths and towels from the
st. Francis, pillow cases from the Fifth