The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-04
GIRL WAS
REAL BURGLAR
Sunday School Pupil Caught
Robbing While Dressed in
Male Attire

Nyack, n. V, Jan. Still garbed
In the suit of boys clothing she wore
when catpured. Miss Estella McElroy
IL years old, is IL prisoner today in
the Hillburn Jail. The girl was arrest
ed in the search for the leader. of a
band for whom the police have been
looking for months. a charge of at
tempted burglary is made against her
The prisoner was born and lived all
her life in Hillburn. She was Sun
day school pupil. and was one of the
most respected young women in that
town. She was active in church work
and member of the local temperance
union.
For months the police Of all villages
in Rockland county have been looking
for band Of burglars who robbed
factories. private houses and postof-
fices. The robberies were evidently
once was any clew left on which the
detectives could start their work.
Hillburn. Nyack. Suffern and other
villages were visited by the band. and
once the robbers stole several thous-
and dollars worth Of goods from a
store in New City. within stones
throw Of the county Jail.
AS Result of the many burglaries
the villages doubled their police
l'iStS, oul IdlIeu 10 result III any
let-up in the number Of robberies
Houses and factories that were passed
hourly were robbed by the thieves and
no clew left by any of the band.
just before daylight today Con-
stables Slavin and Sihlcy of Hillburn
noticed two figures lettering near the
factory of the Hillburn Bronze Metal
works. The policemen had not been
seen by the two, and they hid under q
hedge
The two whom they watched made
Il round Of the building, and then the
smaller one was seen. the police de-
clare. to pick uI1 a stone and break
one of the factory's windows. Both
entered the building and the con-
stables followed them.
The two suspected persons heard
the policemen entering the place and
tried to hide. but the larger of the
two was found under Il desk and made
a prisoner. While he was being sub
dued the other one ran out. and Sla-
vim started after the fugitive. For
more than mile the chase kept up.
and then the policeman overlook the
supposed robber. Much to his sur
prise. he found that instead of Il man
his prisoner was a girl, and that She
was crying.
She made no attempt at resistance.
and it was not until a lampost was
reached that the constable recognized
her as Il girl he had known for Years.
She refused to make any statement
further than to say she was Estelle
McElroy, and that she lived in Hill
burn.
Prisoner Laughs at Police.
The man who had been captured by
Sibley gave his name as Frederick
Monroe. and refused to say anything
about himself. He laughted at the
police when they asked him about
other robberies that have been re.
ported in the vicinity.
The McElroy girl had her hair
tightly braided, and the braids con-
cealed under a cap. The only fem
inine article about her clothing was
the hatpin she used to keep the cap
from falling off.
When the girl was locked up she
became hystcrical for time. but all
efforts to get any information from
her regarding the other robheries in
Rockland county during the past few
months prove futile. She would
neither affirm nor deny the charge
that she had planned the work Of the
band for whom the police have been
searching. The girl and her compan-
ion will be arraigned tomorrow be-
fore "A justice of the peace.
Monroe is said to be married and
to have three children, but the where
abouts of his family has not as yet
been learned.