Affiant then went to the bureau and took out the collar and gave it to
her, when she said that she wanted the rest of the lace, and affiant
told her she had not given affiant any more lace to do; she then said
that if affiant did not give her the lace she would take it and search
the room, whereupon affiant says that they, the two women aforesaid,
did search affiant's room and took all the lace affiant had except what
was in her little work-box, which they did not touch.
That they took a yard of crepe lace that was an original design and
with which affiant won a prize in Belfast, a plate mat that was an
original design, and with which affiant won a prize in Larne, Ireland,
and a necklace with an amethyst drop of a few stones that affiant's
mother bought for her in London and gave her the Christmas before
affiant left home, at which time she bought another with blue stones
and gave it to affiant's other sister; that they also took all the
money that affiant had, consisting of a Canadian dollar, four American
paper dollars and a dollar in change, took affiant's watch, her bank
book showing a deposit of forty dollars in Canada, and a sofa top and
cushion and many other things.
Affiant further says that said Agnes Barrett, alias Madame Barette,
then asked her to let her look at affiant's trunk, in which affiant
then told her she had nothing of hers, but which she insisted upon
seeing; affiant then went to Mrs. Linderman, the landlady, and got a
candle and took the aforesaid two women down in the basement and opened
the trunk.
Mrs. Kenyon held the candle, and Agnes Barrett, alias Madame Barette,
went through affiant's trunk and took a pair of long, white stockings,
a pair of white gloves, some chiffon, and then Mrs. Kenyon dropped
grease from the candle all over anything of any value and the two women
aforesaid then tramped the rest of the clothes into the floor, ruining
them.
Affiant further says that up to that time, Agnes Barrett, alias Madame
Barette, did not claim that any of the stuff was stolen, but that
after she brought what was downstairs upstairs and put all of it into
a pillow-slip, she said to affiant, "Sure this is all mine." Affiant
says that among the things which they took were five medallions, seven
of which affiant still possess, having been made twelve in number for a
Roman Catholic altar cloth.
Affiant further says that after remaining in the room for two hours or
more, joking and laughing and fooling away time, that some time after
nine o'clock this affiant was ordered to take up the bag that they had
filled with affiant's own goods and carry them down to the Wellington
Hotel, and this affiant went, carrying them down on the promise that
when they got to the Wellington Hotel the stuff would be given back or
the ownership settled.
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