Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-08
LOUISA HEUSER.
The Sensational story of a Too Ro-
mantle Girl SpOiled-The Naked
Business Old Game at
which She has been
Caught.
Good Citizens Prosecuted on Account
of n Girls Freaks-WhRt Came OF
Dime-EOveI ReadIng-Insane
Love OF NOt0riety and
Sensation.

New York Star: The disgraceful story of
Louisa Heuser, of Milton on the Hudson, APP
pears to be romantic bubble, which has
taken but little pricking by way of investi-
eating to burst it completely. The girl was
reported TO have been stripped and left on
the doorstep In a nude condition. Detectives
were employed on the case, and respectable
men have been Swallowed, and citizen of
good character has been arrested for being
concerned in the outrage.
Some four years ago there resided at No. 3
Cornelia street, in the family of Captain
Wagner, young girl by the name of Louisa
Heuser. Wagner had been for years, and
was when last seen, the captain of a sloop
running up the North river. Louisa was a
young girl who had run away from her faith
er, and had in various ways caused him a
deal of trouble. She was passionately fond
of reading dlme-novels, and was a curious
compound OF romance and hysteria In equal
proportions. One evening when the captain
was home from one of his voyages she asked
him what was the best thing to take to go
out of the world easily with. "Well," said
the captain, 81 think that about the best
thing IS red ink, and nothing more was said
or thought of the subject That same night
Louisa went around to Boyntons book store,
in the immediate vicinity, and purchased a
bottle OF the deadly mixture, and, returning
home, took the entire contents of the bottle,
and almost Immediately went into convul
sions and began frothlng at the mouth. The
police were called in, a surgeon sent for, and
the red froth which came from her mouth
was very carefully analysed, and found to be
a superior article of carmIne ink, but the
manufacturers name was beyond the skill of
the chemist. When she had recovered from
her spasms sufficiently to talk coherently, and
asked to explain the cause of her rash act,
she LAID the cause to Boynton's cashier, and
as the morning papers were full of the fright
fIllC Ia
crowds to catch glipse of the fend In human
shape who could be heartless enough to sell
a young and confding girl a bottle Of red
ink. The cashier swOre positively that he
did not remember seeing the girl before, al
though she might very possibly have made
the purchase there the night before. The
sensation died away, but Captain Wagner,
fearing some other fearful tragedy might be
enacted on her part, and not caring to have
a coroners inquest on the premises, request
ed her to favor some other family with her
society. She selected family by the name
of Livingston, and with them she resided IN
the capacity of child's nurse until she had
placed herself in such very singular situa-
tons, some two or three times, that they were
forced to dispense with her very valuable
services. Her sister, now Mrs. DIR. Has
BRONX, then requested gentleman residing
In Williamsburg to take charge of her, which
he did, until such time as she could get her
sell seCueu somewhere, when she would take
charge of her herself This the gentleman
did, he having two daughters about Louisa's
own age, and she became an inmate of his
family. One night the two daughters went
to the rink, and On their return home at
about ten o'clock in the evening found Louisa
stripped naked, lying on the floor In front of
the mirror, and IN strong commissions. Help
was summoned, and when she was brought
out of the fit she averred that there had been
men in the room who had frightfully mis-
used her. She was assured that no one but
the inmates of the house had been in 1t that
night, but she held stoutly to her story, and
said beside they were trying to get In there.
She was quoted, and everything went on
smoothly until a few weeks after, when she
came over to New York on Saturday after
noon, and came home in the evening, stating
that she had been followed directly to her
door by very good-looking young man.
She had dropped a cross in the street, when
he picked it up and handed to her, and
spoke to her. He then got in the Car with
her and paid her fare. He also crossed the
ferry with her and bore the brunt financially
of that excursion also. He then walked all
the way home with her, and she very impo-
htely slammed the door In his face. That
night she had three separate, distinct con-
WILSON'S. The Williamsburg gentleman was
30 convulsed himself that he wrote to her sis
ter requesting that her visits to him might
terminate. Her sister, Mrs. DIR. Hasbrouck,
who had settled at Milton, took Louisa to her
arms, and things went on very quietly until
it came time for the semi-occasional conVul-
sion, and the men-in- thereon scene was en-
acted over again to large and appreciate
audience. The act was set for the Fourth of
July last past, and came off with great eclat