The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-11-21
MISSING ASTRUM ADAMS.
IN INSANE GIRL UHO HfD BEEN DIS
ITPOINTED ~ LOJE
Her Parting Message TO Her Nothcr-Vyhv
She was Removed FROM the Bloomingdaie
AsHlum-Hcr strange Drcss and VnEnries.

Iier Parting Message to Her Mother why
She WAS Removed from, the EIoomingdais
AsNlnm m-tIcr strange Drcss nnd VnEnries.
Lcmu"l Adams, with his large family.
lives two doors from Broadway. in Duryoa
street, Williamsburyh Until Tuesday last his
daughter. Astrum Alma Adams. lived with the
family. but after the noon meal on that lay she
took younger sister to Broadway ana sig
nailed passing dummy going to the Williams
burgh Ferry to stop. As che mounted the stops
she tod her little companion to 20 back home.
Her charge was:
Toll mamma not TO worry II never come
bacA."
Tho runaway was insane. Mr. Adams hns
visited tho house Of every acquaintance or rela-
tive Of the girl in New York aud Brooklyn. aud
has sont dispatches to Philadelphia and to
Adams, ~ j.. nnl general alarm was sent by
the police of Now York and Brooklyn. but no
tidings Of her Whereabouts have come to him.
Mr.. Adams founded the town OF Adams. n. J.
1t is tho next stopping place west Of Now
Brunswick
Astrum Alma Adams Is 81 years Of ngc. and
has slight erlish figure. bright complexion.
and brown hair and eyes. Her mode Of drcss
Is peculiar. Her fancics in that regard were
humored by her parents. She wore n red silk
dress trimmed with black velvet n black cloth
coat trimmed with fur. black velvet hat. with
one black and two long white feathers jauntily
curling toward the front. Hcrshoes were brass-
hrccd. Astruni's mother has often said that
Of all tho childrcn tho missing one is most
gifted. Before she became insane she wrote
sketches and stories that were printed in peri
odicals. Her pen,ilings wcro praised BY her
many friends. and she played the piano. Her
conversational powers were exceptional and
her friends say that she was girl OF lar more
than average ability
The cause ot A-trum's insanity is snld by her
friends 20 he a love ai1air. In which she was not
allowed 10y her father to have her choice From
Bushwick. about throe yenrs ngO. Mr. Adams
removed with his family 10 Harlem. There As
trum became acquainted with man 80 yoars
ol aE,' anu tne tWo Engaged themselves TO- be
married. Astrum's affection srrmel to her
m9ther to r., genuine; and she favored the
the ground that the ngcs were too di-similar.
Tho reason alleged for the removal Of the fam
i!y back 20 Bpshwick is that Mr. Adams hoped
tlat time an pnrntion from her lover would
cure Aslrum's love for him. The removal was
msSS' ,S h, hGD'ge q Seir az a:o fonmuRicai,on
and she wa. not allowed 10 hayo money enough
suond The sirl nttcinutcd often 10 send letters
through the post OIL 10y nciglLors, but the
leWcrs We're handod 10 her parents.
Last spring FIVE In the family zen sick with
typhoid fever Astrum WIS one. Her first stop
on recovering was to attend church. She had
always been deyoutly inclined, Returning
from service. she said that she had heard a ser-
saved. II was II" first symptom that her reason
possessed will tho notion flint il ehe n,o or
drank her soul wouiI be lost II wns her GUS
tom et tGe tnhle before touching n n",y entn6Ie
to iirst innuirn >yLstber she vc1uid be snVrd II
sh" took il. Yet a STRANGER nii,,ht converse with
her for hours md moi discover her condition of
mind until "A twist from tho drift Of hef taik re-
vrniol H. Last summer she Nyns tnkon Ia iha
R0ominrdnis Asylum Tor the Insane nnd
confined for about Two months. Mrs Adams
visited her about two months ago and
| Astrum was brought to the reception room.
Her mouth was bruised on one side.
| and her right eye was black and blue.
| In indignation Mrs Adams nskel the
physician why these marks were there The
| phy sician referred her 10 the nurse, who snid
| that the hruise on Astrum's eve was made in
| hcr atteJnpt one night 10 escape from her room.
! where snc was locked in bv hiking the tran.
| som overhead and crawling through Tho
| girls mouth was hurt the nurse added hy
| feeding herself Mrs Adams rrulicl tGnt she
| remembered Astrum's notion tint she would
| lose hnr soul If she ate or drank and believed
that Tho nurse Ind nttemutrd 10 force food into
the girls mouth. and had i'm the struggle i'm.
nicted the bruise She declared that shc would
take Astrum Immediately from the institution.
and She did so the physician an tho time prO-
testing that the girl was moi enno enough Ia la
free