CHRISTENE MAYER

Alias: KID GLOVE ROSEY, MARY SCANLON, ROSEY RODER

Specialties: SHOP LIFTER

No: 118 Last Displayed: 1/3/2022

Description:

Thirty-nine years old in 1886. Born in Germany. Married. Housekeeper. Slim build. Height, 4 feet 11 inches. Weight, about 125 pounds. Dark brown hair, dark blue eyes, dark complexion.

Record:

KID GLOVE ROSEY is a well known New York shoplifter. She is also well known in several other Eastern cities. She was arrested in New York City, in company of Lena Kleinschmidt, alias Louisa Rice, alias Black Lena (119), on April 9, 1880, charged with stealing from the store of McCreery & Co., corner of Eleventh Street and Broadway, two pieces of silk containing 108 yards, valued at $250. The property was found in their possession, together with some other property which had been stolen from Le Boutillier Brothers on West Fourteenth Street, New York City. Mayer was tried, convicted, and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary on Blackwell's Island on April 30, 1880. Kleinschmidt, who had been bailed, left the city, but was re-arrested, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to four years and nine months on the same day by Recorder Smyth. Mayer's sentence expired on November 30, 1883, and Kleinschmidt's on September 30, 1883. "Rosey's" picture is a good one, taken in April, 1880.