The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-01-26


remarked par porrathese. that although educated Ms
frotes.ants, Captain and Mrs Keiln had both been
converted TO the Catholic faith When the Captain
died, leaving an iniant daughter three years vi age
the care OF girl widow vi nineteen. MS
last 10 the latter 10 Withdraw from the
world, take refuge IN some Catholic lsituiiou, ana
have the soon 10 be orphaned hcircs 10 his immense
TORI educated, under her own day supcrvision In
ine strictest the faith AZ she spoke o,
dead The blue eyes the quiet elderly lady be-
soft and ustrous and her even tones unwontedy
pleading but never Tor syllable lost their
placid equally oil IntonntiVn.
riIE FIRST ACT IN THE DRAMA or LiFE
And nov commences one Of the most extraordinary
dramas ever furnished by the social annals vi the
United states drama in which tho heroine passes a
quarter Of century in hospitals for Inc insane, IS
announced 10 be dead TO stiiic the inquiries OF
ircads, twice kidnapped and twice liberated, once
after having Ucen Tor seven years believed 10 be dead.
and after eighteen Finally set free by the
strong hand OF a military tribunal presided over by
Mayor General Hancock, which pronounces her per-
Iccliy sane aud her incarceration Que OF the high
handed outagcs OF the nineteenth century, Sue effects
her escape to New York. where she has hitherto lived
IN penuy going 10 mass ~ live O'Clock every morning
aud al the same hour every afternoon and lus passing
six hours out OF every twcatyiour IN religious dcvo
ton.
In pursuance OF Captain Keiths last Injunction Mrs.
Keith remained in Baltimore under tho special protec
OF her COUSIN Archbishop Eggleston, placing her
daughter, by hts advice, IN Catholic institution at
Frederick Md, while she preparing Tor tho lie
OF "a qualned num- As a prcinl nary, IN association
with Miss Kinney and Miss Margaret jenkins, she was
placed IN supervision OF ST. vlncent's Asylum for Or
phan Boys, IN Front street, Baltimore, duty which
had been percmptorily rcinqushed by the Black Cap
iusal the sisters tho builung, and Bit
controversy that resulted from their
10 subver the purposes Of the asy um, turn the boys
into the street and retain the structure the home OF
their order Baltimore, proper subjects OF eccle
siastica record that need not be enlarged upon As
last resort the dccd and offended prelatc requested
Mrs Keith to notfythc sisters that their expulsion by
legal measures had been decided upon, when, under
protest, they sullcn, retired. and the thrco hupern
tenuents took possession Unable TO punish the prc
ate, the baiicd Order wreaked their enmity on tho
messenger.
App nKA
year later, just al dusk one evening" Mrs Keith
and her child wore out walking in an untrequented
furiousy driven. II stopped and before the ailrghted
woman had time to mako an outcry an elderly man
caed TO the grolnd seized The child and vnulted into
the carriage The mother sprang IN after HIM. This
just what WAS expected Declining 70 answer any
questions, the emissaiy one lovegrow conducted the
which he consigned Mrs. Keith as crring daugh
ter, whom II was necessary to resran in her oerty.
TO sthe inquiry her death was announced, and In this
living tomb she resided Tor seven years as paupcr
patient Her jewels and other valuables, even her
visiting cards, were, to carry out the deception,
handed over to her relatives but her body was denied
to them on the ground that she had died OF con-
tagious lover which had affected Der brain aud neces
STATED her temporary removal to tho hospital.
No doubt OF this statement was entertained by ncr rca
uves Her pension was during these seven years paid
10 her father IN trust Tor Captain Keith's child,
She had been immured III Mount Hope only few
wceKs when second scene Of violence enacted.
Knocked at the of Mrs Kcths cell and informed
her that u visitor was waiting IN the parlor. with
suddenly rcsuscitated hope OF establishing some means
OF communication with her friends, she hurried
down stars The child down IN advance, and
entered the parIor al the rear door possibly ten
seconds before Mrs. Keith who missed her IN The ball.
and, overwhelmed with a sudden apprehension OF
something wrong, pushed open the door and glanced
into the room lust in time 70 obtain passing glimpse
OF a tall figure, wearing black cap, as II vanished,
with tho frightened child through the front door OF
the apartment into the hail. Tho heavy door Of the
asylum slammed behind tho retreating figure before
alarm could be gwen; the sound OF carriage wheels
driven furious speed trembed the still air for
minute two, then grew aint with distan aud for
seven years froin that afternoon the woman never
learned whether hcr child living dead. Tho
Child, was afterwards asccrtained arrived NJ Nor
lok, Va, the second evening after her disap-
pearance from the asylum, consigned to the Of
Mrs. James L. Anderson, alone without means OF
establishing her identity-a no-namc waG Altogether
IN the dark to the meaning Of such strange pro-
ccdure, kindly Mrs. Anderson placed the little waif in
the nursery with her own child and not until the
prattie OF the two children exchanging innocent
ndences revealed the fact, the next day after her mys
FERROUS arrival did Mrs Anderson learn that her Itio
guest Mary lsharn Keith tho daughter OF hor
intimate friend. She Immediately communicated
with the child's grandfather IN New York, by whom
she informed of the supposed death OF Mrs. Keith,
and who assumed the guardianship Of the desolato
ONCE MoRx AT LARGE
After years Oi this Incarceration, supposed to
be dead and buried Mrs. Keith was at last successful
in obtaining interview with Archbishop Hendricks,
the successor in Office of her protector before whom
she threw herself her knees and bes0ught his inter-
in favor. The kindly old prelate called
ecclesiastical council for the investigation OF the cir
cumstances attending her detention, and II was
marily decided to remove her IRON The institution.
Mr.. Lovegrow, ner pretended father, was accordingly
summoned, aud took her to his own house Baiti-
more, her persistent denial OF his paternity being
treated hallucination. Her broken health
Journey unattcnded, Mr. Sanxay was acquainted with
tho astonishing fact that Mrs. Keith still living
and promptly responded to the summons by escortng
KIDNAPPED AGAIN EIGHTEEN YEARS DEAD.
year OF rest now interviewed; the mother, like one
risen from tho dead, ana the child, now almost u
lad Measures
Instituted to prosecute the parties engaged In the
spracy, when Mrs. Koith's shattered physique gave
way under the reaction. AS tho only means OF
saving her life her physician advised trip to Virginia.
and Williamsburg, on tho Peninsula, was selected
hand IN tho lions mouth again. Within
six weeks after her arrival, with the connivance OF
again kidnapped and immured In the asylum In that
CITY, where she fingered eighteen years. reported dead,
and bafIed In all her attempts TO communicate with
her reatvcs until tho arrival OF Major General Han.
cock the Peninsula and the of mill
tary that district enabled her appeal
to an authority that could be neither balcd re-
sisted. military com mssion convened Tor tho
examination her casc at which the General presided
and Of which Colonel Joseph Anderson was q mem Der
This commission. after a thorough legal and medical
Investigation, pronounced Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Keith
PERFECTLY aud compos mes and her Incarceration
Of the high handed outrages OF the nineteenth
fury. On various prctcxts, however, she still de-
tanned month alter month At the institution until tho
removal OF the officials connected with It
dercd further evasion periiously lmpractcabe
Her relatives wcre now. BY order Of Cen
cra Hancock once more notified that a woman
mourucd dead for eighteen years. was. still living
her brother selby Sanxay responded to tho letter.
and Mrs Keith removed 10 tho residence OF her
sister, Mrs Emily Bate, OF Petersburg, Va, who
received her as ono risen from the dead Here she
was again reunited TO her long lost daughter, ma
turely beautiful young woman, plunged in deep sor-
row tor the death of her Gdncs, Robert Bruce, who
had served officer in the Union army. Her
father, who had meanwhile removed TO Virginia and
become the proprietor of plantation ut Backwator
near Petersburg, aied within year after her rcs-
toration, and Mrs. Sanxay few months later. Her
daughter married and removed to hor present resi-
dence In Alabama
A LAST ADVENTURE.
local emcsste consequent upon the murder several
years OF planter named Friend by his
iormcr slaves, whom he had treated with extreme
cruelty resulted In third disastrous adventure. Mrs.
Kehs rash enthusiast IN defence OF the negroes, In
the excited condition OF the public mind,
placed life peril, and she decided TO effect her
cape from the neghborhood. Secretly taking passage
for New York, she hastily collected her impor
papers, including title deeds, box containing the
captains commission and promotion, and other neces-