New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-28
PRETTY GIRL CONFESSES
TO CAREER AS THIEF
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respond with him. He was very soou
friend of mine.
After / left Boston l went II Rhoue
Island. and was employed as a nurse IN
the State Hospital But l always
wanted to come to New York, and so
came. / stayed at the Herald square
Hotel. the Knickerbocker, the Hotel
/ Astor and other similar places.
! During a talk with Mrs. Moore, the
probation officer of the West 9th street
prison, the girl said that she was. in
vited on Tuesday night to dine at
Sherry's with David Belasco.
During our conversation the girl
declared. "he offered me a small part in
play called The Common Law /
had read the book, and | did not believe
that I could play the part OF he char
aCter offered to me.
/ Il pity girls that have no money in
New York" she went on. II have al
WAYS tried TO be good l would much
rather steal dresses from stores than
I Itdu the ne SOlllt ~ III AillS ny
! The first part of the above statement
was not taken too seriously by the de-
| tectives. as it was learned al Mr..
I Belasco's office that the playwright had
/ been out of town for several days. His
secretary also said he knew nothing Of
any proposed play called The Common
Law" with which Mr.. Belasco was con
nected.
/ Late in the afternoon a clipping OF
an advertisement from one Of the daily
/ papers was brought 10 the young
woman. 1t read; Frances, your
mother is very ill., If you wish to save
/ her life write at once. All is forgiven.
-Alzora." Upon perusing it the girl
nearly went into Mysteries.
1T is my mother she cried. she
is i'll! What will I do?"
1t was thought she would volunteer
the names and address of her parents,
but presently she said: mo, will not
bring them into my disgrace. Although
l may have done wrong. love hem too
dearly TO cause them sorrow. l will
find some other way out"
So many were the aliases of the
young woman. the police said, that It
was nearly impossible for the detectives
10 find just what names she used in
each of her various sWindleS. In one
case. II is alleged, she posed as Mrs. f.
c. Tewksbury, the wife Of a New York
broker, whose summer home is in Lynn,
Mass and In another as Mrs. Lew
Fields Besides the names Vera DOwl-
ing and Dorothy Forbes, IT is said she
used the name Mae Birmingham, and
sometimes changed the name Dorothy
Forbes to Sadie Forbes. According TO
the detectives, the name used at the
Cumberland Hotel was Mrs. $. V.
Bowling.
When brought into the West Side
Court Yesterday morning the girl wore
white chinchilla coat over costly
white empire gown with black trim
mings. and on her head was black
poke bonnet. With her guileless stare
and straightforward way Of answering
questions. she had the police almost
nonplussed. According to one of the
detectives, She is the cleverest thing
we ever met. believe me-"
] 4 coincidence brought bDout the ar
rest of the young woman. Her method
seemed 10 be to order ready to wear
gowns sent on approval TO her hotel.
| When she received the gowns she dis
, appeared from the hotel with them.
/
Boston, Sept 27.-The police here
think the girl representing herself in
New York as Frances Hollander may
be Vera Darling, alias Dorothy Forbes.
who was arrested in Boston last Sep
TENDER for various larcenies from jew
elry firms and sentenced a year ago
to an indefinite term at the Reforma-
tory Prison for Women at Sherborn.
Vera Darling secured two diamond
pendants from a jewelry firm while
/ representing herself as one Of the twin
I daughters Of Governor Foss. She was
! arrested In August, 1911. A month later
she was in the hands Of the police
on the charge OF stealing a $1,000 dla-
mond ring from another firm OF jew
ellers In this instance she said she was
"chum' OF Miss Eleanora Sears.
The authorities at the State Indus
/ trial School for Girls at Lancaster say
the young woman spent some time
there, and was released three or more
years ago on parole She was released
from Sherborn Reformatory two months
ago.