MISS M. I got out of the taxi at the corner and was walking along trying to find the house when all of a sudden I heard a great commotion down the street behind me. I turned around and just then a man darted right at me, slapped the hat in my hand and was off like the wind. A crowd of policemen were chasing him. I slipped into the vestibule of a building and luckily it was this house. _Enter_ EDDIE _and_ HOGAN _from R._ EDDIE. You can't come in yere. Not unless you got a search warrant. HOGAN. I saw her run into the vestibule, boy--and I'll find her if I have to search every apartment from piano to ice-box. (_Sees_ MISS M.) There she is now. That woman just came up in the elevator, didn't she? EDDIE. Yassir, boss; dat's de one. HOGAN (_goes to_ MISS M.). Come on with me. I guess I've got you at last. MISS M. What do you mean? WARREN. Officer, this lady is my aunt. I am Mr. Williams, the owner of this apartment. HOGAN (_to_ EDDIE). Is that man the owner of this apartment? EDDIE. Yessir, boss; dat's Mr. Williams. HOGAN. And you say this lady is your aunt? MISS M. Of course I'm his aunt. HOGAN. That'll do you! Keep still or I'll put the bracelets on ye. WARREN. Well, she _said_ she was my aunt. HOGAN. Have ye ever seen her before? WARREN. No, sir. HOGAN (_turns to_ EDDIE _at R._). Ye hear? He thinks she's his aunt and yet he niver seen her before. This woman is a crook. One of the worst in the country. She's old Boston Bell and is wanted in Omaha for highway robbery, in Salt Lake for arson, in Chicago for shoplifting, in Columbus for assault and battery, and in New York for receiving stolen goods. WARREN. And I thought she was my Aunt Minerva. MISS M. (_at L.C._). Warren Williams, are you going to let that man stand there and insult me? Throw him out of your house. HOGAN (_C._). I was standing on me beat when I saw Dopey Daniel snatch a swell hat from a poor old woman. She screams and he hot-foots it down the street with me after him. This dame was standing at the corner. She was working with him. He saw we had him all right, so he slipped the hat to her and she made a getaway up the elevator. Come on, Boston Bell. I've got you with the goods on you. I want that hat for evidence. Now will you come easy or must I use the cuffs? (_Pulls her to door R._) MISS M. (_screams_). Kitty, Kitty! Help, help! _Enter_ KITTY _from R._ KITTY. Aunt Minerva! (_Rushes to her and embraces her._) What is the meaning of all this? AUNT M. (_at R., weeping_). Oh, Kitty, Kitty, I'm arrested. On my first visit to New York. Oh, why did I ever leave Kankakee? KITTY. Warren, make him release her. HOGAN. Are you sure she's your aunt? KITTY. Of course I am. Why, we have her picture. There it is. Oh, no--I'd forgotten. HOGAN. I believe the whole gang of yeez is a bunch of crooks. Yeez look like crooks, all drissed up like clowns and things. KITTY. Eddie, call the janitor. EDDIE. Here he comes now. _Enter_ GOOGIN _from R. with_ MRS. GOOGIN.