The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-14
LOOKED rOR THE STOCKING S
F0und TIVE On q Glrl % Nerve Nhs Once
Bossrd Young Thteyihg Gang.

Rose White. a comaly seventeen year
old Polish girl who was Rose Woytascek
lofOrs she decided ~ AmerioahiEe her
name. earned the thanks 81 inspector
James =. larkins 81 the Jersey city de-
tectivs bureau yesiepiiy and incurred
the enmity of gang u young thieves ~
which she confessed that shs was Ohce
the leader by making possible the capture
Of thres VI thsm on a charge 81 burglary
Last Tuesday night four of the gang
broke open a freight car IN the Pennsyl-
wanna Railroad yards az the FOO, Ut Nor
ris street. Jersey city. and stOls a lot of
merchandise. including thiTty-hye dozen
wOmeh's lisle silk stockings II all styles
aud sizes. larkins detailed Detective
Sergeants Dan Lee. Mike Clark aud jack
Nurent on the case aud the three slsuths
prnoescied 10 scan the shOstOps Of girls
living IN the neiKhbOThuod Ut the railroad
Yards IA the hope II spOttlng Isle silk
stockings. For two days the detectives
rlbtered their way up and down Hen
derson aud other sfrssls and finally Clark
saw young damssl IN a group Of girls
gingrrly liit her skirts and nod toward
her stockings
-Tham.- she snickered. was given 70
mr. by Pimpss Amt they hsauts'-
clark observed tn himself that they
were. Hs was more Interested however.
in the personality of Pimples who b. sus-
pscted might know something about the
theft from the freight car tie introduced
himself 60 the young woman a. a detec-
tive and asked for further Information
about her new stocking. whersupOn
al. told him he was "a fresh geezer
Clark escorted the girl 60 pOliCe head
qua rters where she cOnfided 20 inspector
Iarkins that she was Mss Rose White
Of tO5 Henderson street
4 don't s'pOss there's any Use in
holding out. she said. and | might a.
well tell you all about IL. The car was
entered by Pimples-he's nv chum-
Cross. eyed higgins. the Md and fellow
named Madei Pimples Is the leader OF
the gang. and he's skipped out. These
stockings I've got on and three other /
pairs were gwen me 10y Pimples for old |
lines sake and the Md gave the two pair !
more
The detectives soon rounded up kwdard !
HI ggins ~ years obi. Of i0D Morgan I
street. hid Peter RiChOwski. ~ years old. I
Of iA YORK street. and George Manet, ]
y years old OF Us Montgomery street. I
aud lned them up a. police headquarters I
IA the presence Ut the giri.
suppose YOU fellOwa will be sore,
she said. but ! want you to own up like /
men Don't any Of YOU dare TO make
liar ont of me
And with a little cOaXing on the part !
II l.Arkins they confessed. Later the
Inspector asked Miss White Il she wasn't
afraid some OF the boys would make
Toubls for her for -squealing.' and she
-.phed What. me- Never on your
ifs could hex half q dozen Of them
Fiih these pulling out a hatpinl
I want YOU 20 understand she said.
ooking I.arkins straight in the eve.
that { am a good girl. stay home AZ
lights. behave myself and have always
Iept straight ! make no homes about u
hat like the boys and up To year or
wo ago I was boss 81 the gang They
lsed TO steal when ! told them to. hut
hiatt all over nov !,
How about Pimples, l. he your
teady'- asked IArkins
No. sir she snapped, stamping her
DOT I liked him pretty well once.
,ut / shook him when he started To wear
.vcralls None % them kind ~ trousers
OF mine
No charge vas preferred aEaius, the
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