The evening world. Newspaper, December 16, 1903, Page 3

ie GURL THIEVES AMAZE. POLICE ‘ela Gilson and Fannie Lewis,| ‘Arrested in Washington for Robbing Schools, Regarded as Clever Young Criminals. DETECTIVES BAFFLED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. When Caught They Turned Upon One Another, and Each Ac- @used Her Companion of Being, Responsible for Thefts. A’ remarkable pair of young criminals ate/Celia Gibson and Fannie Lewis, the two New York girls who were arrested in Washington yesterday for robbing schoo}s and who have now confessed to 8 fong list of similar crimes in this city. Little more than children, they have travelled from place to place during the vast two weeks, ehtering schoolhouses on one pretext or another and rarely tailing to come safely away with some plunder, ‘Thelr trail leads from this éity to Bal- timore and thence to Washington, where thelr careers of crime were cut short by the police, who were furnished with de- ecriptions of them by numerous school teachers and school children who had een them going in and out of schools. ‘These youngsters had all of the akill but none of the stofcism of old crimina: As! long as they were not suspected they plied their trade cloverly and with a good deal of success, but the moment they were arrested and confronted with evidence of their gullt they broke down and hastened to accuse each other of responsibility for their joint crime. Stealings Footed Up Big, it ts impossible to estimate the amount of thelr| stealings, but as they left New York practically permiless and were ar- Tested in Washington with plenty of money and good clothing !t Is clear that they prospered. Not the Jeast peculiar part of the careers of these girls is the fact that they confined their efforts to schools, preferably public schools. Deft of fingers, quick of wit, with plausible stories atitheir tongues’ ends to fit any aituation Jn which they might, find them- selves, they might thaye made larger profits in looting stops or houses, but they stuck fo their one line of work. Asked to explain thie, the girls said that in New York they began stealing in ‘schools, and as they had some suc- ceds and found it was very easy, even for a stranger fo account for his pres- ence in an educational institution, they stick to. schools, Th Be lk @ tap all OVer the country, After, Washington. they were . going South, swing around into the West and then work their way .to New York elowly, enjoying life as they went along. "They had agreed only to take things from schools that could be easily dis- posed of. Part of thelr plan was never to touch @ pupil's desk until they had frst rifled the teacher's, for they réck- Oned that they might not always have aa much time as they wanted and that teachers were more apt to have potket- books and money in their desks than ordinary school children. Laid Out Ambitious Scheme. ‘Two hardened old criminals could hardly have laid out a more ambitious with which they carried out the crimes that they planned. The full text of the! confession made by the gins has not reached this city yet, so there are no ‘details of the robbetks they com- mitted here before taking to tha road, But the local police beileve that the arrest of these girls at last throws light on the mysterious school rob- beries here during the past few months, ‘These robberies ceaséd about the time éhat the Gllson and Lewis girls left town. Before that they had been oc- curring with great regularity,. Cloth- fog, books, hats, money and other 4hings were stolen, generally during re- cess periods. Every effort was made to @nd the perpetrators of these petty thefts. | Children were suspected and accused, and ruined in reputation de- epite thei tearful denials, and in the One Hitdréd and Sixteenth street school several hundred pupils were lMned up ang éxamined @ short time ago after @ particularly exasperating serles of thefta, to the great indignation of their parents. All Of theso' crimes are now laid at the oor ofthe Gilson and Lewis girls, and thelriconfessions’are ewaited with ‘mtor- bs these, Friends of the Gilson girl in this city paid to-day, that the was a good girl until she met Fannle.Lewls, but that as soon as ahe ten under her influehce she went to site ba : ‘The Gfison “if is but sixteen years 014, and) before sho went to Wash- ington two weeks ago, lved with her parents at No. 14 East Qne Hundred and Fourteenth street. Her father, Jacod, 1s & tailor, and has a family of i six children, of whom Celia is the third. Mrs, Gilson, who. was prostrated by the from Washington, sald to-day: “Cella was a good girl until she fell under the Influence of this Lewis i] my ‘woman. We are podr people, and for a time Colla workel around in different dry-goods stores, thaking fairly good pay! She had a steady job until last April. Then she gave It up one day While walking through Mount Morris Park she met the Lewis girl. This girl swore ‘better clothes than Cella, and she didn't work for them, She made Celia discontented, Girl Wanted Good Clothes, “Celia demanded: better clothes tram us a ‘nonth ggo.. Gf cbufye, we could | not give them to her, so two weeks ago the packed up end went away, and wo have heard rgthing from her, ave the | ¥ awful news that came to-day of her ar reet in Washington. Well, she has mai her own bed ‘and must He in it. gave her a good home aud afd every- thing we could for her, wore. ah ¢ scheme than ld these two children, and| ®' the authorities ure amazed at the ease|; {WOMAN SURGEOK DISCUSSES JAGS jMiss Emily Demming Tells Why She Thinks a Prisoner Was Insane and Not Under infiu- ence of Liquor. EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCE. She Says that She Has Seen a Good Many Kinds of Drunk- ards Since in Gat Employ of ‘the City. Miss Emily Dunning, the ambulance surgeon, of Gouveneur Hospital, made her first appearance in court to-day as a witness. Miss Dunning was alled as a witness for the defense in the tridl of William Cushing, who was one of the crew of Admiral Dewey's flagship Olympia at the capture of: Manila, who shot and killed his wife July 2 last tm their rooms, at No. 17) Ludlow street. His counsel, ex-Assistant District-Attorney, James J. Walsh, and,Otto Rosolsky, declare that he is insane. Miss Dunning was called to substan- tiate this claim, She ewent on the ambulance to the place of the shooting and attended both Cushing and his wife. “Do you remember sesing the defend- ant that morning?" Gir, Walsh asked Miss Dunning. “1 should not recognize him; he’ hae changed so much,” Mise Dunning, re- plied. “What was his appearance tient” “He impressed me ag out of his mind,” was the answer. ‘It was one of my first cases and I took notes et the time. He was irrational. He had a vacant si He did not look like an ordinary drunkard. His eyes wandered dhd he was not excited in the usual sense of the, word.’ “ET object!" thundered Assistant Dis- trict-Attorney-Ely, who is prosecuting Cushing. “Let her proceed,” remarked Justice Davy; ‘the witness is clear."’ “What did he say?" asked Mr. Walsh. “The first ‘remark he made,” Miss Dunning replied, “was ‘Hello, Captatu Dunning, you have seen Jesus Christ, haven't you?’ i “What followed after that?” . Answered Like Insane Man, “I tried to open up a conversation to find out what was the matter with him. ‘He impressed me as an insane man. Hw jwald that he would go anywhere with me if\I wouldn't let them beat him. He said that the way a child would say it.’ “I object to the characterization by et OUT Ee LTT 7 THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1993. IAAULED BY ROVE" PE- RU-NA outstten FOR WINTER I FROM. ICY RIVER ti Deputy Register E. B. Yeager Uses and) Policeman. Located ‘Located Faint Cries! Indorses Pe-ru-na. of “Help,” Made Slip Noose! and Dragged Half-Dead Man fgesene ree sen ea hea from Water at End of Pier. - | Sleeping Room. Tho sleeping roor should be well rentt- |intéa and kept cov; No one should sleep in a hot room. Before going out in the morning gargle the Croat with cold water, and splash the faco and neck with cold water. This is a preventative to catching cold. Those Who are ¢wectally latte to cold should take a tablecsoonful of Peruna be- |fore breakte Sailor Kept Himself Alive by) Banging His Head Against Post, but Surgeons at Hos- pital Say He Must Succumb. A. FRANKFIELD & CO. Jewelers and Importers._ Have, in their Christmas display of Brooches, Lavalliere Pendants, Scarfpins and Rings, ex ceeded all previous efforts to produce novel and beautiful effects in - DIAMOND JEWELRY f It is hardly possible to quote the prices of these beautiful goods, as each piece has a va'ue ot its own and must be seen to be appreciated. -Ofen evenings until Xmas. 52 West 14th Street m (Near Sixth Aye.) Valuable Health Hints for, December, One good warm bath a week ts enough) HP December. The cold towel bath for hose in vigorous health or the cold, dry} Fab with a: contes towel everv morals for| jothers. 1s sufficient to keep the skin In good STRUGGLED IN STREAM FOR A FULL HOUR. Exercise. A brisk walk tn the open alr before the mid-day meal fs: necessary for good bealth. ‘Those who have a touch of catarrh or a cold should take a tablespoonful of Peruna be- fore the mid-dey meal, Confinement. confined to the house or office dur- afternoon shoul be sure to take some exercise before dinner or the evening meal. December being the most trying month, as {t ushers in winter, all people Policeman John H. Hause- of the Old Slip Station. swinging his arms across his chest and striding in short, quick the witness, shouted, Me, Bly. “Just ite the facts, pl ‘Yes, sir, beam. Justice, “this jotation. ing upon the Ju ee Tomes T sh; tne ees oes patent aa his conve! at the time Pees Sg irrational “end not responsible act.’* “Didn't you tell the joe Sergeant that Cushing was under oo influence ot not recall wpnlias, ft that way. “But suffering alcoholism about the same haine? a Differs from Alooholism. think so," Miss Deming an- ered, that is, from @ medical ndpoint. 1 to questions asked by Jud- + Davy thfisd Dunning described “alt: ways of talkin, of ‘Intoxication ? “Dhey do, repilea the ave seen woot many aifterent stages of intoxication.” Miss Duning made a very ec ood Sn in. 5 ‘on believed Cush at the time of the snooting she to, reply when Ms. By hate T niready see Hea sas Justice Davy, it agai cia TRUCK CRUSHED A BOY. He Was at Play in the Street When Ran Down, While playing in Ninth avenue at Twenty-ninth street yesterday James Flaherty, ten years old, of No, 442 West ‘Twenty-ninth street, was run over and killed by the wheels of a heavy truck, ‘Thomas Hughes drove the team and truck, which are owned by Charles F. Coppin, of No. 874 Broadway. Hughes picked the boy up and took him to a near-by drug store. He said that the lad ran in front of his tea and that be had no time to Hug! taken to the West hirty. seventh Street Police Station, ‘me © Vase in Japan. (From Good Housekeeping.) ‘The poorest man in Japan may have— nay, will have—his vase, It is very lkely but a plece of bamboo, closed at either end with a joint, an opebing out in one side through which water is poured, and the end of the flower stalk put in, This humble man, with his in- nate conception of true art, will make hin simple vase and one long-stemmod AeUaNhat there will be no need for him toenvy his rich neighbor with hie more borate vases an 1 profy- sion of flower One Hundred ‘and First etreet with her father and mother and prother, Ed- ward, ‘The girl started her career of crime about a year ago, It was said, at the house, by atvaling her brother's diamond pin. “Fannie is a heqdstrong girl, sd we could never control her.” sald Mrs. Lewis to-day, ‘be was @lways run- Bed away and telling in tore’ with me yeung fellow. Sha fravelled ground Veith @ tae. an ani syne, Ein left ¢ for Washtacton two i ito, dota joln ley a dn, Waehit for he that Celia Gil rmite tod, £ cau gilson pow | teachers’ de he noon hour, Solna steps to keep his blood in circulation against the icv wind, was passing Coen- ties GIlp on South street at that black hour just before duwn to-day when he whp have ever been troubled with catarrh should take @ tablespoonful of Peruna bes fore supper. Sunlight. heard a hoarse cry of ue The long niehts and short of De- \d the flashing ligits of the cars|cember make sunlight so scarce that every ‘on the bridge there was not a sign of|ono should get as much of the direct rays of the sun as possible, Let sun into the house. Walk on the sunny side of the street. Keep in the sun all you possibly van. Take a tablespoonfal of Peruna at life within his vision. His quick survey of the street revealed nothing and he stopped and waited. In another moment the sare cry rang out. It soemod to| <a” 7 A come, from the river and he walked to|?alme | ; . . W. Green. pring St., Los the docks and peered along the black} 400105 Gal... writ t people would water near shore. As he stood gaaing into the water the cry came to'him again. It eeomed to rise up from under his feet, but a careful search djd not reveal the source of the strange summons. Heard the Cry Again, A helf hour later he again passed Cocerties Slip, when again a feeble, hope- less cry of “Help!” reached his ears. ‘This time there was a vibrant note of despair in the cry that convinced the policeman {t was no hallucination. He rushed to the end of the pler and Ustened again. He lay down on his stomach and looked into the blackness ‘Deneath the pler. ‘He was just about to turn away when he saw a black shaggy form clinging to one of the piles, He shouted, and in reply received @ hardly distinguishable groan. Instantly he rushed to one side of the pler and selzed a rope, He made @ slip noose and, leaning far down over the water, he threw it at the black, motiontess form. He felt it crumble thin pleces of ice and finally settle over the object he sought. Then he pulled it taut and hauled in. When he recovered consciousness he eaid he was Albert Swanson, a sailor. He had fallen into the river, tripping ‘over a etringplece. He had been in the ‘ey water an hour at least. To him it ‘was years of agony. He had maintained consctousness by deating his «head ‘against the pllé to which he slung. ‘rhe doctors say there is no hope for him; as the terrible exposure is sure to develop @ fatal attack of pneumonia. —_—__— ake less medicine ind pay more at- tion to the gen- eral laws xoverning health they would be better off. I am also satisfied that the majority of pa tent medicines at best ‘almost! yorthless and unfit to take or cure anything, I have found, however, one exception to this rule, and that 1s In Peruna. I have often prescribed it in cases of catarrh of the respiratory or digestive orzans."—Dr, W. Green. Ex-Secretary of State of West Virginia, Pipes, ex-Secretary of State of W Virginia, ina letter from 916 T. street, N. W.. Washington, D. C.. “A large numbér of my acquaintance yuf- fering from catarrhal disorders, as well as debility of the system, failing to find other remedies have been induced to try Peruna, Its beneficial effects have ‘been so pro- nounced and the rellef afforded has been so substantial that I have no hesitation in giy- ing it my hearty recommendation to‘ all per- ‘sons who' havo been aMicted with that com- plaint.""—Hon. J. M. Pipes: Ten of Prominence Do Not Hesitate to Indorse Pe-ru-na, The day was when men of prominence hesitated to «ive thelr teatimontals to pro- prietary medicines for publication, This Temains true to-day of most broprietary medicines. But Peruna has become'so just- ly famous, {ts merits are known to so many people of high and Jow station, that no one hesitates to seo his nam . mending Peruna. oi Orne teem Hon, J. M. Deputy Register, Court 1s one of the thou- of the United States who indorse Peruna. H not only used Peruna himself, but he intends to keep it hereafter as his family remedy, He writes: “Since I have used Peruna myself for catarrh of the errant and head and found how antly and quickly it cur ae no longer wonder at the remark. blelanccess P sescr eredicine has attaine ouisyille. can now readil; dersi many officials in the eity and een mh bral whe a0 poe Pole en rapes out Te ORDERS Open OR. 46, zo 8 ig ae ‘The ighest men, tn our nati other medicine. 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Since the Introduction of the special credit system five years ago the business of the firm has increased to such an extent that thousands mow avail themselves of the chance ¢0 gat handsome watches, ins, lockets, Sasclnes, rings 1e jeden of jewelry for a Smal) testiad for to sub the convenience of the ristmas buyer the firm will send jealesmen to houses guich les. Th ‘store will be kep' until 8.30 P.M. cures catarrh wi Ask Yo ur Druggist tor Free Pern 12Ist St. & 3d Ave, Men's _Chiffoniers, $21.87. 92O99D-3.999H9HD S. LINDAU & CO., FURRIERS, 4 EAST 14TH eramed 7 SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK. : Leipzig dye Persian Lamb and Broadtail coats of selected skins; style of your own choice, and of the best part of the skin, AT $95, value $175, OPEN EVENINGS. LMI, $i Wh H >. 121st Street: 2226 to'2234 Third Ave.!193 to 205 Park Row. Two Establishments. EVERYTHING Fox HOUSEKEEPING, EVERYTHING RELIABLE. Carpets, Rugs, Bedding, Ranges, Stoves, Etc. $ » Avery handsome and serviceable $ > piece of furniture, fitted with special conveniences in drawers for cojlars, $ scarfs, shirts, shoes, trousers, etc; @ mas gift. & Standing Hall Racks, Usogiag Substantial | CHRISTMAS Until Presents. CHRISTMAS. COWPERTHWAIT & SONS, \12Ist Street and 3d Ave. Park Row, near Chatham Sq. Open Evenings ip! Plain Carved and fMarquetry. All kinds of Music Cabinets Sewing, Parlor, Library and Cerd Tables, Writing Desks, Pedestals and Tea Tables, & rehased now will be held ull Ghrikinan If dovlvea, CARPETS & RUGS, Headquarters [o> Mission Furniture, T. KELLY, : 263 Sixth Ave., : Near 17th St. Send Postal for Catalogue. SEFUL CHRIST: et yogiass with the Dac- tra Clip. | dos not pineh, slip or leave m ony at 00 W, ear Teno) ae Matte ners SS ee 2 Days | ‘ on every | Ey day World Wants Work oem Monday Morning Wondara (8 TABULES are the. eae ieee eect ceed bl iste rh, seortment Hocclal Vrices