The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-12-13
JAIL FOR
 FEMALE LETTERS
Mother and Daughter, Wives of Mer.
 chants, Get Jail Sentences. Arrested by Private Detective in Big De. partment Store for Stealing - Re. markabls Reduction of Bond, Form $l,0s0 to Sl00 Follows Conviction.

For the second time this year Mrs Fannie Burgalowsky. whose husband keeps a furniture store in the West End, was arraigned in the city court, this morning, charged with shoplifting. With her was Mrs. Abraham Katz her daughter, whose husband keeps a furniture store at 119S Main street. She was charged with the same of fense. Last Spring the elder woman was charged with shoplifting. The daughter was merely a witness.
 Mrs. Katz was sentenced to 15 days in jail and to pay a fine of SIP and costs. Her mother was fined s5 and costs and sentenced to jail for 40 days. The bail for appeal was fix ed at S100 for the daughter and s200 appeal. The complainant in the case was the Rowland Dry Goods Go. The women were arrested by Robert Mo Culloush. a private detective, Satur- day afternoon. Each put up s1,0o0 cash bail for appearance.
 The stolen stun consisted of 2 muf- flers~ 2 scarfs, some silk trimming, and handkerchiefs. Tie total value was s11.75. They were defended by At torpey A. Kornblut- Attorney Charles Dry Goods Co.,, but took no part in the trial.
 The chief witness against the wom- en was Detective Mccullough. He watched them as they entered the store. He saw them go to the coun- ter where the stolen stun lay. With out asking a clerk to wait on them he saw the women examine the goods. He said he saw Mrs. Katz pick up a muffler and after looking at 1t she handed 1t to her mother. The young CT woman then picked up another muffler and held 1t up in front of her mother as if to let the older woman look at it. This completely hid the aw. ar7sG :. hands while she slipped 1t into a pocket. This was done with the oth- CT stuff which was taken As the women were going out the detective arrested them. They begged hard for release L..-
 Attorney Kornblut made a valiant fight for his clients even intimating in his plea that the women might be suffering from kleptomania- Deputy Jrdge Wilder told him that he should have had his clients examined before the trial if he felt that way. Att torney Kornblut also objected to the prosecutor making three separate counts in the charge, but the court upheld the prosecutor.
 Prosecutor Delaney said that both women ought to be sent to jail He referred to this arraignment being the second for the mother and reminded the court that last Spring the young CT woman perjured herself. She denied that the older woman was her moth CT. She said she was just a dear friend" The prosecutor said that he would have prosecuted her for per- jury at that time had it not been for her illness
 Attorney Kornblut objected to this saying that as a matter of fact the woman never had been before the court charged with perjury. He said she had no reason to steal and plead ed for leniency because of the two small children which she has
 Her mother Is the mother of chill dren. Both women wept aloud as their sentences were imposed. Abra- ham Katz. the husband of the younger woman. said he could not account for his wife's actions.