The evening world., 1913-10-16
; WHITE SWEATER
SISTERS IN COURT
CONFESSSTEAL|NC
Little Country Lassies Each
Under 81, 900 Bail for Rob-
bling Employers.
WERE IDEAL MAIDS.
Love Of Fine Dress Led Eldest
to Teach Others Art of
Thieving.
WERE IDEAL MAIDS.

The White sweater 0irlS." three
sisters from Sullivan County. who. a.
servants. have preyed upon numerous
families In the Washington Heights
section to the extent OF hundreds of
dollars. reached tho end OF their rops
to-day when they pleaded guilty in
the Harlem Police Court to three spe-
cine larcenies. Magistrate Appleton
nxed bail at $4,000 In each ca~e. which
none OF tho sisters was able to furnish.
During the proceedings tho girls. but
one Of whom wore the white sweater
by which they gained their names-tho
others being clad In m odish blue serge
suits-z,remained apparently indifferent
to the course Of the proceedings.
The White Sweater 0irls" we're A..
rested BY Detectives Donshus. O'Nsai
ana calvin Of West One Hundred and
Tifty.sscond street station. following .
complaint BY Mra william Pollitssr Of
No. eoi West One Hundred and Fiftisth
street. that - perfectly lovely little
maid" she had hirsd' wAs gone with
sAdO worth Of jswsiry.
MANY SUCH RoeeeRles re.
PORTED TO POLICE.
During the last ak months many
Washington Heights homes have been
robbed by unusually attractive maids,
who worked With such cunning that not
Q trace Of them could be found.
Mn. Poilitzer said she employed the
pretty maid last Sunday and that yes.
terday morning the maid disappeared
with the jewelry.
For two or three months three auburn
haired girls. apparently sisters. have At
tracted the attention Of the police Of
the West One Hundred and Fifty second
street statioa because they always wore
white sweaters.
From Mrs. Thomas H. Markvills Of No,
$50 Broadway. who employed . maid
Sept = and was robbed OF gowns and
jswslry valued at S3oo three days later,
and from the Aioss Florence and Ma.
bel Brinnsr OF No. ~ West One Hun.
dr~d end Forty-dfth street. who en-.
ploysd . girl OCT. 1 and two days later
Lost the maid and &Joo IN jswslry. the
detectives learned that these maide also
wore white swestera
Mrs. Marcus Of No. ~ q. Nicholas
avenue late IN September employed .
white sweater maid. and next day wAs
out 400 worth Of jswslry and gowns.
Late yesterday afternoon the dstsc-
tivss came upon two Of the white
swsatsr girls At One Hundred and
Eorty-nfth street and Amsterdam ave.
nue.. They we're Margaret Mossr,
sishtssn. and her sastss. Harriet. six
teen. While they were watching them
HARRIET the detectives reported.
dropped . bsby's gold lockst and chain.
This was one Of the pieces Of jswslry
stolen from Mrs. Markviiis.
The arrest Of the sisters followed.
They said they lived ct No. SIS West
One Hundred and Forty-nfth street, In
Q furnished room house. and that their
sister. Annie. twsntystx. lived With
them.
Shortly after Z o'clock. - Annie Wa
entering the house the detectives ar.
rested her. When taken to the pohcs
station Annie made . full confession,
LOVE FOR FINE cLoThEs LED
HER TO eTeAl.
She said she and her sisters are the
DAUGHTERS Of farmer living near
Roscoe. Sullivan County. She came 10
New York ten pears ago.
''Tor the hrst six years was honest"
she said. % the detectives reported.
''rhsn I began to love drsss and ease
and began to take thingA Il was %
easy. I never had any trouble going
into hiding before. Two years sSo /
sent for Margaret and taught her how
to take things from places where she
got employment. There never was the
lsast trouble getting work.
"LASt Easter Margaret and I sent for
Harrtstt and she came down from the
country. Then We taught her and "