The Republican journal., 1883-03-08

PHASES OF LIFE AS PHOTOGRAPHED BY c

of the reporter of to-day, who is everywhere
| present. and who serves up for the daily press
in full detail, all the crimes and scandals as
| we'll as the more legitimate news. This was
not done in the oden times, nor were news
papers SO numerous, and the world was left in
ignorance of much that is now brought to its
attention. Perhaps the papers do publish much
that might well be omitted; but you can hardly
pick up city daily without finding an Illus
tratiOn Of the SAYING, that Truth is stranger
| than fiction" From single issue of the New
York Herald we CLEAN the following;
A WOMAN's WANDERINGs.
Mrs Eliza Rodenstein, widow of the late DR..
Charles Rodenstein, of New York. left her
home in Kingston. Ont, on the night of De
| cember - last, and walked almost the entire
distance to the house of her brother-in-law, Dr..
l.. A. Rodenstein, at CarmansviIlc. On the
22nd of January her two sons, Karl and 4 rife
also mysterlously disappeared from Kingston,
having started, it was supposed. to search for
their mother. After Mrs. Rodenstein's arrival
at the house Of her brother-in-aw a Herald re-
porter interviewed Dr., r. as follows:
| II appears from what my sister has yountar-
| lily told US that she crossed the SUSPENSION
| Bridge. but when we have been unable to dis
| cover She made her way to Rochester, where.
! from fatigue and WOrrV she became very ill.,
! For about three weeks She saws that she was
| an inmate Of Home which | fancy She
must have mistaken for a hospital. On regain
! ing her health and strength She again started
on her way. She must have walked the entire
! distance. Tor she is not woman who would
| place herself i'll a position to be second time
| Put Oft q train as it will be remembered She
was at Mimco, in Canada. Everywhere She
| stopped she says that she received the kindest
| treatment. No one attempted to rob or modest
her In fact kind-hearted people helped her
| at every point and some even gave her little
money. At last she reached IOnktrs, where
| we have friends. This was on Thursday last
They gave her money and she came in at once
| by the train to Manhattanville. She left the
| cars there and reached my house at six o'clock
on Thursday. This is all we know and all W.
| ever shall know unless she tells us of her own
| free will
Has not Mrs. Rodensten seen the new spap-
er accounts Of her disappearance" was asked.
None Of them renlied the Doctor "and
trust She never WILL
Are You positive that Your sister gave her
name in full everywhere she WENT"
"les, and for that reason consider it more
than remarkable that we never heard from her
The reward was a large one. offered only for
information. ! have heard that all the news
papers in the county published the story in full
or III part as | first told it to the Herald
month ago. She was SO we'll known besides,
and yet she came on foot from the suspension
Bridge almost TO this city passing through the
principal towns on the way, and no one idcnti-
ned her. Ii really is the most remarkable his
| tory of a lost person | have ever heard of or
| read about; but. thank God. the closing pages
are happy ones indeed. Her children We're
| overcome with JOY when they found She was
alive and | believe the remainder of her life
will be passed in peace
And the boys. Doctor: Has anything been
heard from them"
'Ies, they turned up here week ago. and
after trying to get employment here two posi-
tons were secured for them i'll Washington.
where they now are"
Mrs. ROdenstein had at the time of her dis
appearance several hundred dollars in bank at
kingston, besides most comfortable home.
She took. however. no money with her, but
she Wore Il diamond ring. her wedding ring
| and guard ring. These she brought with her
| to CarmAn>NlIle. no attempt apparently having
| been made TO rob her. Mrs. Rodensten was
Miss GriggS, of New Orleans. daughter of the
| late Charles Griggs, Il leading banker of that
city. She is dtvout Roman Catholic. and it
Is considered singular that She left her rosary
and blessed medal. by which she set great
store. behind her at Kingston when She left her
home there
In its editorial comments on this affair the
Herald says; .The bright side OF the story /,
the uniform kindness that it seems WAS shown
her At every house where She asked for shelter
and food 1t is not Il bad world. after all, that
we live in.
INSANITY AND DEATH.
\ tragedy, which began in Bastrop. Texas.
and ended in New York came to light here yt>-
terday. The circumstances are of peculiarly
painful nature Jacob Ross Greene was until
tb,,Ii h.
named, in Texas. He was engaged i'll the liz
| cry business, and was reputed to be worth from
$50 600 TO so 900, Il sum which in that locality
caused its possesSor to be looked upon a> 4 man
of wealth. His father was the Wealthe,t man
in the county. his possessions being estimated
at over 100000. The son, who was thrty-tve
years of age, had married some Years previous
| ly and was the father of four children-tWo
| boys and two girls-the eldest of whom was
about thirteen years old and the Youngest tive
years. He was devotedly attached to his wife
and the two had lived very happily together
since their marriage. About five years ago his
Wife, after severe attack of illness, betrayed
evidences Of mental trouble This continued
but for 4 short time when She apparently re-
gained her usual health. Subsequently She be-
gan to talk and act queery and was closely
watched but one day when the husband was
at the barn she sent the servant girl out of the
room, and sczns a large lamp full of oil, which
stood upon the nantel, she poured its contents
over her head and saturated her clothing with
the ntlammable fluid. Then She applied Il
lighted match, and III an instant was a mass of
flames. The atfrighted servant, hearing the
agonlzed screams Of the unfortunate lady. hur
ried up the stairs, but when she tried to enter
the room found the door locked. The poor. de-
ranged mind had laid its plan well. Mr..
Greene, too, heard the shriekS and his heart at
once miSgaye him. Rushing out Of the barn
and looking toward the house he beheld sight
that almost froze his blood in his veins. Stand
ing at Il window which looked out upon Il low
balcony was his Wife, the flames curling tIp
about her, while she made frantic efforts to
open the easement. A dozen bounds brought
him to the spot, and dashing through the Win
dow he took up his wife in his arms. carried
her over the veranda and threw her upon Il
grassy lawn, rolling her over and over in the
effort to cXtnguish the flames. He finally sue
ceedcd, with the help of the servant, but not
until his hands and arms had been badly burn
ed. The flames, however had done their cruel
work. The unfortuna.e woman fingered in
terrible agony from eight o'clock in the morn
ING until two in the afternoon. when she died.
The husband was physically and mentally
proStratcd. He was placed under medical care,
but though his burns were severe and painful
they We're nothing to his mental anguish. For
SIN days he did not sleep and refused to eat On
the morning Of the sixth day he developed
symptoms of MANIA and in a very short time
thereafter became araving maniac. His physl-
clans recommended that he be brought to New
York for treatment. and about the 1St of last
month he was put aboard Il train in care of his
father, uncle and brother. Upon their arrival
here several attempts were made to secure no
tel accommodations for the suffering man. but
without success. He WAS finally taken to Bel
levue Hospital. where he remained a couple
days, but as nothing could be done for him
there he was removed to Bloomngdae Asvlum
This was on the afternoon of the Sth inst. He
RENAME there until the 18th, late in the eve
ming of which day he died, having refused to
partake of any food and being unable to sleep.
The cause of his death was certified by the ply
slcian who attended him to be acute mania com
plicated by peuro-pneumonia. His friends eX-
plain it more simply by saying he died of a
broken heart.
AFTER FORlY-FOUR YEARS.
Dr.. P, of Brooklyn. was formerly ii sur
geon i'll the English army. A few days ago an
old man knocked at the door of his residence.
There was Grape on the door and the vsi or
hesitated a while before he rang the bell. A
white haired soldierly-looking man stood on
the threshold as the door opened.
'Are you DR.. P-:'' he inquired.
Il am said the physician.
I've been looking for you many a year,
DOCTOR" said the old man, "and | find YOU in
sorrow. | came to offer my sympathy You
once saved my life and may God bless you for
it."