Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-08-19

GOING TO SAVE THE PRESIDENT WITH DROP OF
HER ELOOp-HER RIrE RATHING SLIT

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young woman approached and beckoned to him.
He stepped aside to speak with her, and she
extended her hand and shook hands. The officer
jerked his hand from her. and remarked, ''What
do you mean" She said 20, nothing; that is
only the grip" She threw up her hand and said:
81 have come all the way from Paris to save the
President. All he wants is drop of blood from
my right arm; let me in at once, II don't see
him by IL o'clock he is dead man." Her manner
and tone OF voice Wasvery demOnstrative, being
large crowd congregated and blocked up the
way and she had be removed. She insisted
with very authoritative manner in being taken
at once to see President Garfield, and the OFF,
Ger told her that she must have q pass. He
said he would arrange it for her. The officer
subsequently took her to Police headquarters in
Herdlc cab. On the way she said she was no
woman, and stripped off her dress, revealing
BLUE FLANNEL BATHING SUIT,
trimmed with white-a regular ladies' bathing
suit, with pants and short frock. In this attire
she was taken into the detectives office, large
crowd following She is short, thick-set. with
1ull round features short black hair, black eyes,
and wears heavy pair Of cOwhide shoes. She
Is full OF talk and frolic and entertains the crowd
vastly. Her age appears to be about 25 years.
she says she was born in Brooklyn, of German
descent, and is married woman. She gives her
name as Mary Pauline Remeric, and in shaking
hands with every one gives them
PECULIAR GRIP,
which she says is a Templars' grip. She says
she has a railroad pass, and another which she
exhibits, as follows:
baltimore. August 10, 1881.
Friend kGng: You will Oblige me very much
by giving the bearer, Mary Pauline Remeric.
pass to Washington. Yours, &C.,
EDWARD E. JENKINS"
The crowd in the detective office grew so
dense, and her loud and demonstrative talking
SO exciting, that Officer Connell sent her to a
private room, telling her that she must remain
there until he secured her pass He then got
from her the name of her parents at Brooklyn,
ana telegraphed to her mother. She will be re-
tanned until her relatives can be heard from The
officers say this is the iveliest crank they ever had
at police headquarters.
DISPATCH WRITTEN ON THE SAND AT THE SEA
SHORE.
She says she was about to take bath at Man.
haitian Beach yesterday when she saw dispatch
written in the sand on the sea shore, telling her
to go to Washington and cure the President by
taking blood from her arm and transfusing it to
the body Of President Garfield; that DR.. Bliss
had poisoned the President after DR.. Hamilton
had him nearly cured and that Bliss also poisoned
himself. She says Bliss is no good, and that she
can cure the President quicker than all the doc
tors together She has discarded her own dress,
and now wears her bathing suit with short pants.
long figured stockings and neat fitting pair of
slippers, which she brought in her satchel and
with her hair brushed back, looks quite jaunty,
but in her moments of excitement puts on the
attitudes and style of an actress
QUEER-LOOKING COSTUME.
She appeared first on the streets early this
morning. Her strange appearance attracted
much attention. She was a sort of mermaid.
Her costume was amphibious 1t consisted of
skirt OF figured lawn, and waist or jacket
which belonged to a bathing suit. Then she had
an enormous poke bonnet, deliberately decorated
with ribbons. She wore silk-embrOidered stock
ings and velvet slippers, carried retcule, besides
bundle containing the waist or basque which
probably belonged to the lawn skirt. The sleeves
OF the jacket were shortcut away at the Shout
ders, displaying pair of plump arms, adorned
with coral bracelets. On one of her fingers she
wore large seal ring. The snowy elegance of
her slippers and stockings made some who saw
her think she was a graduate from the variety
stage. She was bright and fresh looking, rather
attractive in appearance and was apparently
about tWenty-eight years of age. Such was the
gorgeous creature who made her appearance at
the White House gate for admission before 8
o'clock this morning., OF course she was re-
fused. She adjourned at once to Lafayette
park, across the street, and took possession of
one OF the benches, where she could observe
what happened across the way. Her singular
appearance ensured her plenty of company, as
large crowd Of hOOdlums assembled about her
seat and freely discussed her 'get up and the
probable nature of her errand to the White
House. Sergeant Dinsmore, to whom all the
''cranks" who come to the White House are
turned over, went over to the park to interview
her, with the result above stated. She said she
did not know what the crowd was doing around
her as she was not violating any law.
WHAT SHE WROTE.
She said she would write something about her
self, and being furnished with a piece of paper
she scribbed the following over it in lead pencil:
" Bill Raush, politician Raube near Elizabeth.
Fred Rausch. F. William Raush, 55i Broadway,
Brooklyn E. L. VIM. Anthony Reninger, En-
CINE Company No. II, DeKalb ave-, W. d. My
husbands No. was 2l9. They took it from him,
but they gave him the number 800 for it. My
name is not Pauline. My name is Mary Louisa
for it took 40 days. I came in the Lords name.
and not in the devils. If was a bad woman
and came as one would have been here long
ago. but come as good woman
HER HUSBAND COMING FOR HER.
The police physicians called at headquarters
to-day and finding the woman in such state of
mind as to make it unsafe to leave her I'M
guarded made out papers and she was sent to
the insane asylum until her friends can make
provision for returning her home After the
papers were made out and just before she was
about to be started a dispatch arrived from her
husband, Mr.. Anthony Reininger, in New York.
asking the police to detan her, as he was about
to start to Washington to take her home. He
will be here tomorrow morning.
THE PRESIDENT HER GODFATHER.
The Baltimore Sun printed this morning
the following account of her appear
ance in that city yesterday: A young. stout,
healthy-lOOking woman, comfortably dressed,
but who seemed to be laboring under some
mental hallucinaton called at the City Hall yes
terday, and desired to secure pass to Washing
ton. She said her name was Pauline Pemnie
that she was from Manhattan Beach, and that
her object in visiting Washington was tos see Pres
ident Garfield, who, she said, was her godfather.
She talked luently and occasionally struck an at
titude worthy of dramatic reader. She COM
planned very much of doctor. who, she said.
had tried to place her in an insane asylum, and
seemed anxious to meet him, when, she said, she
would six" him. He stopped at the same hotel
as She did, iiiaa she said, on Wednesday night, but
got away without her seeing him. The woman
had note addressed to Mr.. King, cre:n to u,,
mayor, but as Mr.. King had left the office, and
Mr. Veazey, acting mayor, had also gone, she
was advised to call again this morning She
seemed very anxious to get to Washington.
AN ALL-NIGHT PRAYER MEETING.-The clos
ing services at the Union camp meeting (A.M.
Ed at Irving Park, Md, were very impressive.
The prayer meeting was continued through
Monday night until o'clock the next morning.
At midnight Rev. Robert Steele, of this CITY.
preached a powerful sermon from the Apostolc
Benediction. At 5 O'Clock Tuesday morning the