The Washington herald., 1913-03-22
mrs. FITzHUGH'
Held FOR Theft
Woman Admits She Is Cath
crime Fennen and Lived
in Washington.
MUST FACE GRAND JURY
Actress and Society Woman Press
Charges of Grand Larceny.
Dramatic Scene.

New York, March %.-There was an
other intensely dramatic scene in Jefter-
son Market Court today when Mrs
Randolph Fitzhugh,' alias Mrs. Albert
S. Northrup. was arraiGned on a charge
of vagrancy, and under sharp cross
examination admitted that she was
Catherine Fcnnell.
As the young woman was being led to
the stand. assisted by two doctors from
Bellevue Hospital. Miss Dorothy Fiske
and Miss Edna Irene Munsey, an ac-
tresS. appeared in court and charged the
prisoner with grand larceny in the first
and second degree Magistrate Freschi
dismissed the vagrancy charge, and ar
raigned the woman on the new COM
plants.
At the conclusion of seven hours tes-
timOny, she was held in 5000 bail for
the grand jury on a charge OF grand
larceny in the first degree on Miss
Fiske's complaint. and N,cN bail for
larceny in the second degree on the
complaints of Miss Munsey.
Before any questions were put to her.
the accused woman asked permission to
make a statement. When Magistrate
Freschi granted her request. she said:
You can torture me all that you
wish | am woman, and women have
always borne very great deal: i am
not afraid of suffering. I am caught
in a trap here. but YOU cannot and VIII
not make me tell you anything. beyond
saving that ! am another Charlotte
Corday. | am fighting for cause, and
/ shall keep on lighting until You man.
age to kill me.
Admits Name Is FennclI.
The Judge halted her. and said that
he should require her 10 answer only
such questions as would not tend 10
u. darraHp har ht1f that
he must know her fun name. and he
would permit a complain of perjury
aIs' to stand against her.
District Attorney Dickinson then
cross examined her. and finally wrung
from her the fact that she was Cath
crime Fcnnell. of Richmond. Va, and
Washington. -. C. and that she was
known to the police under that name.
She admitted that she had heard that
Albert 6. Northrup. the government
lawyer. was married and had three
children Of his own. but she declared
that he had also married her and had
sent her money. In corrobOratinC this
her atiorn"v produced letter from
Joseph Solomon. a Washington lawyer
and Mr.. Northrup's g unsel. saying that
he incloscd a certificate of her child's
birth But the letter was not held az
evidence that NOrthrup was
her legal husband For three hours
Mr. Dickinson Strove to get Informal
tiOn from her. but was unsuccessful
Twice she became hysterica1. and
begged the judge to save her from the
pitiless questions Of the prosecutor,
and twice the Justice asked her to he
calm and to remember that no one
could hurt her il she would only tell
the truth.
Under further questioning she admit
ted having lived in Forest Glen. Md,
Falls Church. Va. and Staunton. Va.
When finally excused. she was led.
hysteriCal and on the point of faintinC.
to her chair. where the hospital physi-
clans attended her.
sold Tickets In District.
Miss F'iske told how she had attended
st Bartholomcw's Episcopal Church
one Sunday morning in February. and
when leaving the church had missed her
gold meshbac that had cost $50 She
said that she did not know the prisoner.
but thought her the same woman who
sat near her In church.
Mary Bannon. a maid employed by
Mrs Fitzhugh. told of having seen the
bag in the possession of her mistress
She also said that while in Washington
Mrs. Fitzhugh had given her four pawn
tickets to keep for her. but later that
she had sold them to John Campbell
Groner. a Washington man, for s60.
clerk named James Herman, en-