A QUEEN AMONG THIEVES

MOTHER MANDELBAUM’S VAST BUSINESS.

BUYING STOLEN SILKS BY THE THOUSAND YARDS—DEPOTS IN MANY CITIES—BLACKMAILING DETECTIVES.

IN NEW-YORK CITY there are not over eight or nine men and women who are known as professional receivers of stolen goods. First in the list and standing at the head of the country as the largest dealer was Mrs. Fredericka Mandelbaum . . .

New York Times, July 24, 1884