The Washington times., 1924-04-30
|Bobbed-Hair Bandit Rehearsed
All of Her HoId-ups
Mrs. Celia coonsy Says
She Was NerVed For Her.
Crimes by Desire to Pro-
vide For Baby She Ex-
peeted. BaFes Love Ro-
nance With Husband and
Their Plots.


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living in that little room at 45S
Franklin avenue, and lonesome. l
thought I'd blow 80 cents and take
in the vaudeville and moVie--they
got both at the Fulton-and maybe
I'd run into some Of my boy and
girl friends.
When the lights went UP I looked
around, and first l didn't see any.
body 1 knew, and then l spied a
nice little fellow I'd danced with
once or twice at Coney. He was
sitting alongside Of Ed-only I
didn't know then 1t was Ed-but /
thought. gee, I'd like to meet him.
They was talking together and
laughing. Ed had nice teeth and
a nice laugh.
So when the show was over. !
bumped into Joe like. without
noticing Ed, and said, "Oh, hello,
Joe, you here alone"
He said, mo, shake hands with
my friend, Mr. Cooney." Eds Irish,
you know, real Irish, and he's got
a wonderful smile. / guess 1t must
have been love at first sight, though
didn't let him know it for long
time afterward.
Love At First Sight.
They say people fall in love with
their opposites. and / suppose it's
true. I'm small and brunette, with
black hair and black eyes. I'm
only an inch over five feet. Eds
tall and big and blond. with blue
eyes. He used to be in the navy,
and carried himself swell. A coat
with q belt to the back, and a
striped silk shirt, and a nifty cap.
We went together, the three OF
US, to a chop suey place and had
chow mein and friend rice with
pork. And amt it funny. that
reminds me, the newspapers in
Jacksonville said was Jewish; be.
cause Of my coloring, I guess, and
because my nose amt snubbed. I've
got nothing against the Jewish
They're smart people, as good as
anybody else. and sometimes better
but it just happens I haven't got a
drop Of Jewish blood in my family,
50 1 just mention 1t.
Well, I danced with Joe, and
made like he and 1 were great
| friends, and Ed sat. Ed doesn't
dance much. But when we left, Ed
walked all the way home with me
it was a pretty night, and at the
| door, I said, Well, good night
Mr.. Cooney," ana he said, You
haven't said when was going tC
see you again" just like that, a.
! If it was all made up that I would
see him again.
Borrowed Auto Used.
Maybe you think l wasn't pleased
later when / found out that Ed had
a car--not his own car, Of course
but he worked for Paul Horganr
who's got a welding shop on At
lantic avenue, Brooklyn, and Mr.,
Morgan liked him and used to LET
him use an Oldsmobile sometimes
a touring car that wasn't any Rolls
Royce to look at, but went fine
It's the same car we used all the
time in the hold-ups.
It's a dirty shame the way the
detectives have bothered Mr.. Hor
gan about that. They're tried every
way you could think Of to prove OF
make him say that he knew what
was going on. There's not one little
word Of truth in it. Morgan was
the worst surprised man In Brook
lyn when he found it out.
Detectives have a tricky way Of
working. They try to get all sorts
of stuff out Of you by tripping you
up. But they were decent enough
to me except for that. No rough
1 ,.twn Y
Raymond street Jail, l can't com
plain Of a thing.
Mr.. Honeck-that's the warden
Won know-says to me every day OF
SO: "WeIl, Celia, they treating you
all right?" and I say, Sure they
are" And this place they call the
women's ward, where Pm locked
UP in a cell, honest, it's as clean
as a first-class hotel.
Mrs. Slavin, that's the matron
pats me on the shoulder, and is
gentle like your own mother would
be. Say, don't get the idea / like
| It IN Jail. I hate 1t. But that's
because it's q Jail, and got nobody
to blame except myself.
No Money for Honeymoon.
But I was telling you about
Ed. I'm not going to string II
out. We kept company fco several
months, and got engaged. He
gave me a beautiful ring, a soil
taire red stone. It's on my finger
with the wedding ring. And we
were married in the Church Of the
Nativity. Eds mother and his
brother Tom were there and Mr.
and Mrs. Harrigan and carried
flowers, and there was music and
everything.
We had talked about going away
somewhere for q little honeymoon
but there was no money to go on
You got to eat the same after you
are married as before, and there
was nothing to 1t, but we must
keep on working.
We stayed four days with Ed'i
mother, at S87 Dean street, anG
then Ed rented a little furnished
room at 252 Madison street, Brook
land, that had q gas stove in it
and we had our honeymoon there
with Ed working on his job Al
Paul Horgan's as a welder--he go
$40 q week-and me still workinS
for $12 with the Ostrander company
on Clifton place.
Made Her Quit Work.
1t wasn't so easy for me, working
all day, and then doing the coolEinl
and washing for both of us, in thaT
little room, and after a few week!
Ed made me Quit--said he didnt
want hts wife going out to work.
Ed was q good husband, and ;
good worker. He got up earl!
every morning, went to the shop
got there ahead Of the boss, star
ed the furnace, and worked al
day. Every Saturday he brough
home the pay enyelOp and CAV