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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-11
In Blanket Resolution.

This was included in blanket resolu-
ton asking the Commissioners to investi-
gate various things. ranging from a gam
bling resort on the Cabin John car line
to the protection of men in the car pits
where the current is changed from
overhead to underground and vice versa.
Mr.. Emery, who introduced the resolu-
ton, decided that he won d make 1t over
into a number Of resolutions.
First he withdrew the resolution cali
ing the attention OF the Commissioners
to the alleged gambling resort The
next resolution asked for an investiga-
ton of the pillow changing system in
the car pits with view to having some
sort of automatic device put in. Mr..
Emery called attention to the number of
accidents to these men. and the dangers
they incur every time they put their
heads up under car to adjust the pillow.
The resolution asked the public utilities
commission to have an expert look into
the matter. 1t was passed.
Another resolution adopted at the
meeting, called attention to the made
quate ventilation in the street cars and
requested the public utilities commission
to have the companies provide the cars
with an air-fiushing system, the cars
to be thoroughly cleaned at the end of
each round trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-11
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18
No. Y &, Series of Extraordinary Reuelati,
Written by SOPHIE LYONS


made. for there was nothing missing this
time An hour later she handed the
$4,000 gem to Mother" Mandelbaum.
The following morning the man who pol.
ished the counters at Tiffanys found
piece of chewing gum wedged underneath
the counter where nobody would see it.
Inspection of the gum revealed the i'm.
preston Of the facets Of diamond Of
the general size of the missing stone.
Then everyone understood. The man had
placed the gum beneath the counter when
he came in. At his first opportunity he
stuck the diamond in 1t. The girl coming
in later had only to feel along the coun.
ter and remove the gem to make the
theft complete.
This first robbery planned by Mother"
Mandelbaum was so delightfully."- successful
that the pickpocket industry seemed slow
by comparison. The chewing-gum trick
could not be worked again. because the
jewellers association had notified all its
members of the new scheme. II was a
short step from jewelstealing to sneak
thief operations in banks. Sneak thieves
and confidence men began to frequent the
back rooms of the Mandelbaum establish
ment. 1t became q clearing house for
crimes OF larceny--big and small.
Many able and successful burglars are
unimaginative, and. left TO their own de-
vices. would never discover anything to
rob. These earnest but unimaginative
souls hung about the premises as If it were
an employment agency waiting Tor the
boss" to find job suited TO their partic.
nj talo
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

Mother" Mandelbaum was never seen
in the front room. where clerk was al
ways kept on guard. She kept out OF
reach In an inside room, behind the win.
dow with the steel grating. Her false
chimney and secret dumbwaiter arrange
ment, as already explained, was In this
room. In another room Mother Mandel.
baum kept two or three employees busy
removing stolen jewels from their settings
and engraving designs to cover up and
hide monograms and identification marks
from watches jewelry and silverware
Mothers" Glass House
In an adjoining room wore kept bulky
articles and stolen goods, such as fur
coats. etc. Here. too. the price tags, fac.
tory numbers and other marks were al
ways removed from stolen furs. laces and
silks. One OF the back rooms contained
beds where thieves were lodged when &C.
casion demanded. Still another room was
a store room where crates and cases of
stolen goods were packed up for shipment
to her customers At the end OF the
passageway leading to one OF. the rooms
was a secret trap door In case OF a raid
by the police and II her front and back
doors were guarded by detectives. she
could use the trap door to let thieves
escape down through a hole in the base
ment wall which led up into the house
next door. which Mother" Mandelbaum
also owned under another name
Gradually Mother" Mandelbaum's Glen
tele Of crooks increased In number and
importance until she had only one real
rival John D. Grady, known as "Old Supers
ard Slangs."
Grady had a more distinguished body Of
bank burglars under his sway than had
Mother" Bank burglars are the arsto-
Gratis Of the underworld. just as pickpock
cts are the lowest
When the Manhattan Bank robbery was
planned and executed Mother" Mande-
baum was much humiliated that she could
not command the financing and planning
OF the splendid project 1t was Grady's
funds which financed the undertaking, and
poor Mother" lost her one pet and star.
Western George" Howard. Howard in
many ways was the greatest OF bank burg
lars, and he was rated by many as superior
TO Grady's Jimmy Hope. Last week told
you how Western George" made the Man.
haitian Bank robbery possible and then was
murdered.
After Grady's tragic death Mother"
Mandelbaum was the undisputed fnancier,
guide, counsellor and friend OF crime in
New York.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

f there is any one familiar adage that
cts every criminal in the Underworld
It is Easy come, easy CO." Surely
there is a curse OH stolen money. More
than once in my former life have re-
ceived $4,000 as my share in a Sunday
morning bank burglary-and by the next
Saturday night not even a hve-doIlar bill
remained.
Professional thieves are rich one day
and poor the next. The fact that more
money is always to be had without the
hard labor which brings honest reward
makes thieves as improvident as children.
All thieves are enthusiastically in all
my acquantances can ! recall even one
exception. Sometimes the entire pro-
ceeds OF robbery are lost in a gambling
house within twcnty-four hours after the
crime.
And this is how it has come about that
al over the world in every big city there
are "backers" OF thieves: men, and some.
times women, who take the stolen goods
off their hands. find hiding places for
criminals who are being pursued advance
money to them when they are out of
families when the burglars get into prison
Some OF these friends of thieves are
really promoters of criminal enterprises.
They name the banks and icwelry shops
that are to be robbed and select the resi-.
dences of wealthy persons that are to be
entered. They are like the hackers OF
theatrical enterprises who put up the
money for the necessary expenses and ad-
vance the salaries OF the actors; they are
like the, promoters in the mining world
who pay for the tools, the pack animals
and who "grub.stake" the miners to out
fit them on prospecting tours in the noun
tains
Queen of the Thieves
Curiously enough the greatest crime
promoter or modern times was a New
York woman, Mother" Maudclbaum
Alas knew her we'll too we'll A hun
dred. yes perhaps nearer FIVE hundred
transactions have had with her, little
and big. Many were entirely on my own
account, oftcntimes I dealt with her ir
behalf OF thieves who were in hiding or
in need OF help or were in jail.
NopOuy any W mere Olu SuCn WnOloSaIe
business In stolen goods or had such val
liable associations among big criminals
Mother Mandebaum, of course, cracked
no safes, she did not risk her skin in
house burglaries, her fat hand was neve
caught in anyhodys pocket, no police
mans bullet was ever sent after her nee
ms figure. Here, then, we have deale
in crime pretty shrewdly protected from
the dangers that beset criminals. An,
yet | shall once again prove TO my read
ers and from this very woman who wa
the uncrowned Queen of the Thieves,
rich. powerful and protected by the polio,
from this very Mother" Mandclbaun
shall again show that CRIME DOES
NOT PAY.
But was tins woman exceptionally ar
lucky? No. ] will recount to You ais
the career or John d. Grady, her very re
fnarEable rival in the same field of Grin
inal pronotion-the man who finance
the great 100000 Manhattan Bank rot
berry and had the famous Jimmy Hope an
his band of expert cracksrnen in his en-
ploy. From Grady will also prove tn
great moral truth that surely GRIM
DOES NOT PAY! s.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18
Robbing Tiffany

OF all the stolen things brought into her
shop. Mrs Mandelbaum preferred dia.
monds. She rapidly became an expert on
stones and they presented few difficulties.
stone once outside its setting usually
bears no "earmarks" by which it can be
identified. Nothing is so easily hidden
nor so imperishable as a diamond, and, as
everyone knows. they have an unfailing
market She exhorted her pickpocket Gus
toners to specialize on stickpins, and
doubtless they did their best to please her.
While pickpockets are "pickers," they
cannot always be choosers. and the per.
centage OF diamonds remained disappoint.
ingly low. This interest in diamonds
brought the fence" to visit Tiffany's sew
eral times. She stole nothing, in fact,
am sure Mother" never stole anything In
her life. But it cost her nothing to ex.
anime and admire the beautiful stones,
and during one of her visits she was
struck with an ingenious idea which
marked the second step in her career.
She planned robbery.
In the rear of the Mandelbaum store
consultation was held between the pro
prietress, confidence man known as
Swell" Robinson and shoplifter, just
arrived from Chicago. by the name of
Mary Wallenstein
was man of good clothes and presence.
lie walked into Tiffanys, went to the dia-
lond counter and spent a long time en-
aiming the big stones. After about
t%nty minutes of questioning he was I'M
aDs to make up his mind and decided to
IhiI< the matter over and return later.
We OF the stones valued at about $4,000
was missing. and the clerk very apollo
getic'ly asked Robinson to wait a mo-
men, ghie he searched for 1t. A dozen
elnpioSes hunted and counted the stones
wh]le iobinson grew more and more in
alghant 1t the evident suspicion that he
had talks the stone
,nso "a. ias. Kings came to head and Rob-
''son wasiead to room and searched,
,n a,otn,ng as found and the store. know
lns .ney ma been somehow robbed. were
had nne mlet him go. The excitement
peared. WIZ" "of' oP
erant u wen. 10 he same counter and stood
e1ami y |n nen Robinson and been. She
like Rnhin one o.two small diamonds and.
and and t ,,ET,n =. So concluded to go home
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

II ever anybody lived in the proverbaI "eass house,
surely 1t was mother" Mandelbaum-and she knew it,
Her establishment was ostensiby general and
pawnbrokcr's office, which she maintained in the front
room (B), but Mrs. MandeIbaum also dealt in stolen
goods of all kinds and planned robberes with thieves
often sheltered. protected and hid thieves In
trouble.
Mother MandeIbaum In the front
room (e), where clerk always kept guard She
kept out Of roach behind the window with steel graf
ing (A). Her false chimney and secret dumbwaiter
motheT' MandeIbaum kept two or three employees busy
removing stolen jewels from their settings ensrav
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

yer and disguiing jewelry and others fer.
retting out supposedly honest merchants
who were willing to buy her wares and
ask no question:
II must always\be borne in mind in these
articles that crime cannot be carried on
by individuals. \ requires an elaborate
permanent organization. While the In.
dividual operatorsa from pickpockets to
bank burglars, como and go. working from
coast to coast. they must be affiliated
with some permanent substantial person
who is in touch with the police. Such a
permanent head waa Mother" Mandel
baum.
The field OF usefuln$s to thieves Of the
big fences" like "M(ther" Mandelbaum
and Grady are infniteA Suppose you are
a burglar and last nights labors resulted
mostly in jeweiry and slverware, you
would have neither the time nor the plant
TO melt down the silver and disguise or
unset the stones. Mother" Mandelbaum
would attend to all that ior you on about
rs per cent commission
This wonderful woman kept certain
persons busy on salary milling down sill
yer. Others worked steadily altering, un.
setting and otherwise Disgusting jewelry.
What would you do with stolen watch
which bore. deeply engravedSon the back,
the name and address of its tightful own
err? You might melt down he case and
get a little something for the works, but
Mother" would do better. She would
turn 1t over to one of her enGavers who
would rapidly and not inartiSdcally en-.
grave little scene or decoration on the
watch case, completely maskingthe name
and address.
A stolen automobile is the worst kind
Of white elephant" on your kinds un
less you know where to take it.. Every
city has its plants where a stolen car is
quickly made over, usually into exicab
and so we'll disguised that its forma own
er may pay for ride In it without eus
picion.
The force of artisans and mechanics
employed on the fruits Of burglarie, and
pocket picking is several thousand in a
city the size OF New York or Chicago
All burglars and thieves are busy With
their own enterprises, and have no tinn to
look after all these matters. Somebody
there must be who will organize these first
aids to the captured criminals-he
'squarers OF squealers," the lawyers, he
men to provide bail, etc Such one with
Mother" Mandelbaum
even moving vans must be readily avail
able. Peddlers are extremely useful. They
prowl about wherever they please and ad
as advance men for the burglars. Keep
Ing peddlers and tramps off your premises
is one of the best forms of burglar in
surance
The army Of enemies OF society must
have It's general and believe that prob
ably the greatest OF them AL was Mother
Mandelbaum.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18
Written by Sophie Lyons.
Copyright, 1913, by the Star Company.

Mother Mandelbaums real name was
Mrs. William Mandelbaum. She was born
in Germany of poor but respectable par
entage. AS young woman she arrived
in America without friend or relative.
But her coarse, heavy features, powerful
physique and penetrating eye were suff.
cient protection and chaperone for any.
one. 1t is not likely that anyone ever
forced unwelcome attentions on this par.
ticular immigrant
Arrived in New York she was COM
PEELED TO pawn one or two gold trinkets
while looking for work. This brought her
in touch with the fiourishing pawnshop
business
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

Heation nd
In the A
goods SUCH
factory mud
from stole
tanned bedd
manded. l
and cases /
to her Gust
10 tUc room
a raid by III
guarded by|
LET fhtA,,e.I
wall, which
I" other"
name.
Evening journal., 1913-04-04
WINS HEIRESS WHO POSED AS POOR GIRL

NEW YORK. April 4.-Loye may
laugh at locksmiths. but he SHES at
money
This is the experience OF Miss
Thryza Benson. worth few millions
in her own right and helress to some
more.
Miss Benson's marriage to Monta-
que Flagg. architect. cousin of James
Montgomery Flagg, will take place
on April Is in Grace Episcopal
Church, Brooklyn
The fact that Miss Benson had all
this money came very near wrecking
her happiness and that OF her pros
pectivc husband.
Miss Benson naturally did not care
TO have any young man make love
TO her for her money. and Mr.. Flags,
when he met her at a house party
given by her uncle in Portchester.
was not aware that she was anything
but a very Independent young woman
interested In art, who drew and
painted a bit, and probably Id her
sketches.
Mr.. Flag. however. has ideals.
Miss Benton met Il en-. With the i'm
petuosty of a young architect build
ing a astle in the air Mr.. Flagg
pressed his suit Then somebody i'm
parted the news that the girl whose
face was always in his mind was
worth three or four millions
Had some one told him she was
Evening journal., 1913-04-04
SUSSEX COUNTY
TO STRAIGHTEN ROAD

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL.
GEORGETOWN Del. April AT
the meeting OF the Sussex County
Levy Court Daniel J. Layton Jr..
was authorized to prepare a petition
for the locating and Strengthening Of
road leading from Seaford to
Bridgeville
John II. Lingo, keeper of the
bridge az Seaford. which connects
that town with the village OF Blades.
was authorized 10 paper two rooms
of the. house which is. furnished him
by the county. located at the bridge.
The bond of Benjamin II. Elliott.
Of near Sycamore, who at the last
meeting was elected Trustee OF the
Poor for the Broad Creek district.
was approved. The Georgetown
Water Company was refused rebate
Of $4,000 on county taxes for last
year.
BY a'vote OF nine to one. the Levy
Court approved of the raising of the
tax rate for this year TO sixty cents
on the $4,000 for general purposes.
Comptroller Peter s. Shockley was
authorized TO count the names on
each assessment list of the county
for the purpose of ascertaining the
amount due each of the assessors
and present bills TO the Levy Court
so the assessors may receive pay for
their work
Notice has been given by Prothono-
tary WEIGH that application will be
made at the June term of court for
naturalization papers by Martin Berg,
of Lewes, Norwegian; Jacob Fine
of Laurel, born in Russia; and Dan
Evening journal., 1913-04-04
LAUREL PUPILS
WIN SCHOOL HONORS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
LAUREL. Del. April 4.-The fol-
lowing pupils led their respective
classes in the Laurel schools for the
month of March
Twelfth grade, Edna Ward, o.
Eleventh grade. Sallie Hastings and
Mabel Ralph, 81.
Tenth, Edna Cooper and Carroll
Giles, each IS.
Ninth, Boulah Culver and Norris
Elliott, Sc.
Eighth Lillian Giles, %.
Seventh. Pearl Rhoades. 90.
Sixth, a division Amelia short 90.
Sixth. B division. Charles Rodney
and Margaret Records. 81.
FIFTH, A division. Mae Horseman. 90.
Fifth 3 division. Reba Vaughn, 90,
and Madeline Jones, 90.
Fourth, A division, Blanche Wooten,
30.
Fourth. B division. Louis Leibo-
WITT. 90.
Third, A division. lsadore Fien. "a.
Third. 3 division, Lou German ana
Nette Davis. 60
Second, A division. Maurice Fein.
Elizabeth Ralph. John Beachman,
and Curtis Steen.
Second % division, Helen Good
man, Paulins Rodney Alton Wootten,
George Spicer and John Gordy.
First grade. Maggie White, Frank
lin Gordy. Rosey Fein. Edith Hay
man and Dyson Truitt.
The enrolment was 426. with an
average attendance of 36S.
George r. Ward Of Pocomoke. Is
visiting relatives here
Mrs William Phillips and Miss
Ida Marvel. of near Georgetown, are
guests of Mrs. Anna Bostic.
Evening journal., 1913-04-04
SUSSEX TEACHERS
MEET AT LEWES

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
STAFFORD. Del, April Professor
Ernest J. Hardesty, superintendent
OF the Sussex county public schools.
has announced that the annual teach
ers institute will be held at Lewes
again this year instead of at Milford.
Scores of Sussex county farmers
have visited the farm Of ]. j. Ross
& Son for the purpose of seeing an
so horsepower gas tractor operated
in cultivating the land The engine
has been used for blowing this week
and easily pulls eight 14-inch furrow
plows This is the first mechanical
device OF this kind employed in this
county
For the first time in many years.
Seaford will not be represented by a
single case at the April term Of court
at Georgetown. Seaford mas hereto
fore furnished a bulk of the businoss
Although the term of Justice OF
the Peace George e. M. Stengle eN-
pired nearly two months ago. Cover
nor Miller has not yet appointed his
successor.
Miss Helen Smith of Bethel, has
accepted a position as operator in
the local exchange Of the Diamond
State Telephone Company to succeed
Miss Maybelle II. Thompson, resign
ed.
shad and herring fishing at points
along the Nantioke River is eXcep-
tionally fine this season and many
fishermen are realizing big profits
from their work. Theodore Blades
caught sixty shad at one haul yes
terday, which netted him a little over
S25
Evening journal., 1913-04-04

poor he would have rcioioed, tlt to
be told that she Was rich causd Cupid
to go hurting fences. lie knew the
young woman was entitled a. some
explanation. although they we're not
really engaged
Mr.. Flagg called. his courage IN
TO the proper pitch. lie explained
how sorry he was that all would
have to be over between them be-
cause OF the money that had risen
up and made Il impossible for him
to MARI her.
That he had loved her for herself
and she had loved him for himself
and his career that is TO come had
never pealed to the young man so
strongly as when the time came to
part or course, Cupid couldn't al
low a thing of that kind. and so af-
ter talk he made the proposal that
she had known was coming for three
weeks before when they first met
Evening journal., 1913-04-04
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Evening journal., 1913-04-04

My customers are mostly wives. who
have TO bargain all their lives; each penny
of the household fund, is counted, and the
wasteful Stunned. For instance, take the
cleaning game: Not all the cleansers work
Evening journal., 1913-04-04
News Notes Around Camden

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
CAMDEN. Del. April Mrs. VIII
liam Schmidt gave a birthday party
IN honor OF her son on Tuesday
evening Those present were: viii
liam Schmidt. Miss Beatrice Evans.
Miss Iva Evans. Miss Anna May
Carter. Miss Nettie Ross, Miss Re
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Miss Margaret Schmidt, Robert Quill
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Evening journal., 1913-04-04
re Gold Dust TlUinS'
4 Philosophy az

w amused praise grocer paid Gold
wv OF all the cleaning stunts he picked the Gold
Dust Twins at II find he chuckled that they do
the work of many than TWO.
Evening journal., 1913-04-04
At
House-C Cleaning
Time

With Gold Dust all people state the work of cleaning house
great 1t does clever tasks does fact whatever
asked From kitchen through and through hail. upstairs and
Evening journal., 1913-04-04
SUSSEX no HEAR QUARTETTE.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
GEORGETOWN Del. April A.
Arrangements have been made by
some of the members of St Paul's
Episcopal Church to have the Polk
Miller colored quartette perform in
the New Opera House here about
April %. The proceeds will be for
the benefit of the Sunday school
piano fund of the church.