Show CHICAGOS FEMALE BURGLAR Mary 3IcGrecvy anil Her Career of Youthful Youth-ful Crime The queen of female burglars Mary Me Oreevy was recently brought up in a Chicago Chi-cago police court and created a sensation The innocent appearance of a girl not quite 10 years old in such a character not only startled the spectators but the judge himself him-self Mary is described as light of build tall of fair complexion and blue eyes with plenty of light brown hair banged over her forehead fore-head She wore a blue dress with braided trimmings and on her head was a stylish hat trimmed with ribbons and artificial roses Alary began to burglarizo when she was not yet 13 years of age Her father is a car pentor and the 1 father of six children chil-dren Mary was sent out as a domestic do-mestic butshe stole everything she could lay her hands on and consequently consequent-ly could not keep a place Then she began to prey upon houses where she shad s-had been employed During the morning NARY o5GItEEVY morn-ing when the men of the house had gone down town she would go to the back door taking with her a pair of scissors and a bag and with the former ripping the wire screen of the door would put her hand in and open it by pulling the latch Then she would go about putting things into her bag usually escaping unseen Finally she was caught and it was found that unknown to her parents she had a perfect per-fect museum of goods stored away at home The neighbors went there and claimed their property Mary was sent to the House of the Good Shepherd a Roman Catholic institution institu-tion but succeeded in running away and when taken back the sisters refused to admit herThen Then she began again and it was not long before the neighbors found that they had been plundered On several occasions she was pursued and once she flourished a revolver and threatened her pursuer When again arrested I ar-rested and brought up recently for trial her counsel put in a plea of insanity The detectives look upon her as a natural I born criminal but the matron of the armory says that she is a kleptomaniac that her I growth has been beyond development asa as-a woman and this the matron thinks is the cause of Marys trouble The judge decided to send the girl to the criminal court where she could bo examined by the county physician who would pass upon her mental condition If ho pronounces her sane she must go to the penitentiary She seemed oblivious to the position in which she stood and to the feelings of her weeping parents pa-rents who were in the court room I |