New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-04

] oanc Nan Held H7ko is Sad
to Haze Profted from PRS
oper's .Shoplttins.

As tie result OF the arrest last Monday
afternoon Of Mary Pohorncy, thir;acn years
,ld. Of No 1S4 First avenue aid Mary
sc5Iadaila. fourteen. OF No. 50 East 18TH
street. il j. believed that there = school
IN East 18th street where children are
taught 10 he skilled shoplifiers and sneak
thieves The girls were arresyced on 4
charge Of shoplifting. and viii be alraigned
;his morning in the Childrens Court.
Joseph Celia. of No. 30 East 5eth street,
vino was arrested with the girls, WAS dis
charged in TIE jefferson Market court yes
tcrday. Magistrate Stcinert holding that
thcrc VAS not sufficient evidence 90 connect
him with the thefts in question. H,'e mag
istrate held William Erbsland. nir;=,een. of
40 349 East ed street, in sl,0oo bail for
examination tomorrow on a cho ~Se made
~ one Of the girls
The girls said that they were employed
IN q button factory in East 6Ist street. and
NAT they met q woman enploye thtTe who
invited Them 10 visit hor. They met other
saildren Of their OWN age ~ her ho;:se they
aid. and among other things they We're all
instructed IN the art Of shopliftia-s. Their
woman friend. they said, used 0 >pread
number Of articles on : table in l7litation
o. n store counter. ana then show jhem how
10 remove few Of the things without being
-.rn ny the salesman behind the counter
Among the young men they met in the
place. according 10 Mary Pokornoy. was
frbsland. She said that NJ called "a see
nor on The evening OF February .. and that
While ne and her elder brother were talking
she packed ID some Of her clothing and
~ nj m To the roof. Crossing TO an ad-
=oiniEG tenement, she descended through
r.e skylight and joined Erbsiand in tho
street later. She declared that al this was
ia accordance with plans made previously.
The next move of the couple. she con
r;l7,yo5 Was 10 take a room in the house of
cfrs Margaret Morrison. al No. JOSS Third
s,cn,le. where they remained week Mrs.
Morrison then ordering them out because
she had become suspicious of the girls
youthful appearance. They went TO two
other places. staying week in one house
nd ten days in tho other. Meanwhile, the
cirl added she supported them by shopift
fnE. bat on February p she returned to her
i-oTno. having first written letter, in which
-ao said That she would be good and that
she and ErbsIand intended TO he married
- soon as they got money enough.
ErhsIand admitted Ia Magistrate Ste'nert
81 ezterdav that nc had been arrested before.
f3c said that he was sent 10 Harris Island
Tor robbery when fle was thirteen years old
end that whom he was sixteen he served
.car and six months for burglar
The two girls and Celia we're arrested at
third avenue and 9th street on complaint
cf John ". Wright. department store de
fcrtiyc. who had followed them from the
store to q pawuSlop and then to a moving
picture theatre. They had confined their
oTorations IL three sixth Avenue depart
lacut stores. il aftervard appeared, and
,l.;e-tive from one Of them made COM
Ifain; against them
The list ~ stolen articles enumerated is
similar I'm the complaint against each girl
end is IS follows: Three Ncils. waist.
leather bag. ? brooch. TWO pins. Iarettc.
= lace collar a neckpin- Nv" rings. five head
rets. 4 lavalirr. set % gold collar pins,
mo pairs Of shoes. box Of talc1lm powder.
r"ssce. \ jabo- and , silver mesh bag. The
--5rl- used long muffs. in which the Innings
bad been slit. - conceal the objects.