The daily gazette., 1881-01-25
A SAD STORY.

ONCE CoURTED BY THE BEST OF
SOCIETY, BUT NOW LYING In AN
HOSPITAL.
WASHINGTON, January pa
night or two since officer Jones, of
the Fifth precinct station-house
picked up at the corner of 10Th
street and Pennsylvania avenue a
beautiful young woman, who was
apparently suffering with an attack
OF vertigo. She lay in the mud and
slush, her elegant clothing all disar-
ranged, and her limbs and features
drawn in horrible commissions, The
officer took her into Entwistle's
drug store, where all that could be
done for her was done. She could
not speak and tell who she was or
where she lived, and so il was in
cumbent upon the officer to carry
her TO the station-house. There she
was partly disrobed, her fine cloth
ing and jewelry being taken from
her for safe keeping.
DIR. Walter was sent for, and upon
his arrival administered to the uu.
fortunate girl. She was apparently
about twenty years of age, with
blonde hair and complexion and
beautiful large blue eyes. After
some time she revived q little, and
commenced talking In a foreign
tongue, that proved to be Italian
She then spoke alternately in
French, Spanish and English. talk
ing incoherently, as far as any
meaning could be derived from her
broken sentences. The physician ia
a master of all the languages the
girl spoke, and was much struck
with her thorough education Her
accentuation of all the languages
was perfect, and her voice was low.
gentle and beautifully modulated.
Finally, she partly regained con-
seriousness and was able to tell the sta
tion keeper her name and the house
where she has been living. Her story
she gave TO Sergeant McHenrY. who
has only to-day divulged it. 1t In full
of sadness and romance, and Ia snb-
stantially this She is the daughter of
large importing merchant OF New
York, and has been away from home
Tor two or three years. During that |
time she has been variety sstress of |
a good deal of celebrity, known upon
the stage as Claudio Moore. She was
betrayed by man who stands well to- |
day in New York society, and who.
under an engagement OF marriage. nc.
complished the then innocent youno
girls ruin. She fed from home 10 ess
cape the shame that was imminent.
and was induced to go upon the stage
as q serio comic singer. Some time
ago, while hlling an engagement In
her health failed her.
symptoms of consumption being OBJ
served and she lost her voice, She
then came to this city and descended
another step in the social ladder. She
lays that the life was terrible repuo-
,ant to her, and to drown thoughts Of
ler degradation she took to drinking.
Upon the night that she fell IN the
treet she had been indulging rather
reely in liquor. She was very peni-
ent and much broken in spirit. and
living the name of her honored father
o an officer, she begged that he be :
with and asked to for
i've and take her back homo, She
aid that she had been educated abroad
nd that her parents were kind and in /,
ulgent towards her.
Sergeant Bob johnson and several
ther gentlemen interested themselves
/ behalf of the girl, and permission /,
as obtained TO admit her INTO Proyi.
ence Hospital, whittier she was inn fc
lediately taken. She is there now. -
nd under kind treatment and careful d,
tention has considerably rallied. Her g
sople have been communicated with e
nd no doubt will be heard from be-
ne many hours. 1t is sad, little ro-
snce, though by no means q strange a
extraordinary one. III