Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-23
SUICIDE KlTTlE HAS
FOOLED THE "FINEST"
SAID SHE WAS BRIDE OF RICH
HAN
New York Police Greatly Wrought Up
Over Girls Story of Robbery.
Has Record as
Trickster

NEW YORK. April 22.-Miss Kittie
Joyce, alias Donnely, of upper Ten
derlon circles, whose name is a house.
hold word in the police stations of the
upper West Side, although she never
really has done anything serious,
caused stir in the detective bureau
yesterday by imagining that she was
the wife of a wealthy ranch owner
from Flagstaff, Ariz. and that she
had been robbed of Sl700 by girl she
met in a Broadway restaurant. a
woman who had never seen Kittie be-
fore was hustled down to headquarters
aud locked up before the detective
finally remembered who kittie was.
Miss Joyce arrived at the detective
bureau early i'm the afternoon sobbtng
SO bitterly that it was some time be-
fore Inspector McCafferty could get
her story. In an hour he got her
calmed sufficiently to say that she was
Mrs. John J. Donnely of Flagstaff,
Ariz., and that she had married Mi.
Donnelly, u rich ranchman, only Il
month ago. She said that she and her
husband had come here to buy furni-
ture 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 were
having lunch i'm q Broadway restaurant
when at a table near by they noticed a
poorly dressed young girl dining on
nothing but cup of tea. klttle told
Mr.. Donnelly, she said, that the girl
looked as if she needed the best the
house afforded, whereupon Mr.. Donnelly
told the poor girl to go as far as she
liked. Then Mr.. Donnelly was called
away. Kittie and the girl went out
shopping, and as it was pretty warm
work she and the girl had several
drinks Suddenly the girl disappeared
and Kittie noticed that her dress was
open in the front at the exact spot
where she had had $170O in bills, Mr.
Donnellys reserve roll.
Feared Her Husband
Kittie told Inspector McCafferty that
having been Mr.. Donnelly's bride foI
only a month, and never having lost
S1700 of his money before, she didn't
know how he would take the loss. SHE
thought it best to try to get the money
back before she faced her husband.
Inspector McCafferty asked her If she
would recognize the girl il she saw her
again. Sure. said Kittie. SO they took
her TO the Rogues' gallery. If kittle
saw her own picture, No. 80, she dldn |
say anything about it. At last she
spotted one which she identif1ed as that
of the girl who had repaid her gen.
erosity by touching her for her roll.
Detectives Carbonnel, Carette and To-
ner were assigned to go out with MRS.
Donnelly of Flagstaff and get the girl.
They learned her address, but on the
way uptown they forget whether the
number was 247 West Thirty-e1ghtn
street or No. 245. Carbonnel finally de-
cided to try No. 247 and the other de-
tectives took Kittle into No. 245.
The person who opened the door at
No. 245 was a pale, thin little woman
whose name proved to be Prue II. Fai-
ky. Before any one else could get IN
word. Kittie cried, That's her." and
tried to get her hands on her. The de-
tectiyes held her back. The fra1l little
woman, who was nearly fainting from
fright. retreated into the room and Kat
tie dashed in and seized q scarf lying
on a table.
Here's the very scarf she wore this
a afternoon" said Kitty. "Give me back
$500 of the money and Ill call IL
square"
The detectives told the woman to put
on her things as soon as possible, as
they would take her to headquarters.
When they got outside they found De-
tective Carbonnel with the woman
whose picture nifty Aeu pAON
Kittie then said she had been mistaken
about the picture after all.
Tripped Herself
When the detectives got to headquar-
ters they had Kittie tell her story
again. This time she said she was
STAYING at the Hotel Empire. They
got suspicious then, and when hlttle
again offered to settle for $500 they
asked her pointed questions.
She said: IF you don't think L am
all right just ask Inspector Russell"
The inspector was in the building and
he was brought before the supposed
Mrs, Donnelly. Hello, Kittle," said
the inspector She told him he must
be mistaking her for her sister, but the
INSPECTOR led the way to the rogues'
gallery and pointed out Kittie's pic
ture. She was still unconvlnced tnat
she wasn't Mrs. Donnelly of Flagstaff,
so she was locked up for disorderly
conduct, intoXicatiOn and using lnde-
cent language, which charge was made
because of her TRADE against the ac-
cused woman in a subway train on
the way to headquarters.
In the night court Prue p. Falky
promptly was let go. Kittie had
thought up a new story in the mean
time. She told the court that her
mother died two weeks ago in Pitts
ton, Pa, and left her $1700. Grief over
her mothers death and joy over get
ting the money led her to imbibe
little. she said, and when it was stolen
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