The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-20
LlrrLt ROSA woLEovsKA.


fONoW Hcr oNtf tne sea-
An ambulance call little after mid
night recently summoned DIR. Larkin. Of
81. vlncent's hospital, TO No. 2l2 Bow
cry. There he found, instead OF MANNED
person, young girl singing German
love song TO such n crowd as would be
gathered by anything unusual happening
in the Bowery ri midnight. The search
ing light of an electric lamp fell upon
her. She was Of petite figure, charm
ingly proportioned. She had blue eyes,
n fair complexion, and an abundance of
light brown hair. She wore no hat. Her
dress was Of some light-blue fabric. She
leaned against the show-window and re-
fused to reply to anything that was said
TO her, but kept singing the song about
somebody's true love remaining true.
The doctor came up and told her II was
late and no time for her to be singing out
there, and she looked at him closely and
said in German: "I'll go with you"
At the hospital the girl kept singing,
and laughing. ana crying in turns, and
talking about her ''dear Rudolf, "-who,
she said, was student in Germany, and
who had come to America, and she had
followed him. Beyond this she said lit
tie that conveyed any meaning. Yes
terday morning she was sent to Bellevue
hospital, and she is now in one Of the
wards for the insane there.
The girl is Rosa Wolkovska. She Is 10
years old. Her parents live mt Gnesen,
- T.t,. 10 10.
She Is well educated. She came to this
country about three months ago. Her
sister Dora lives at No. 2S2 l5owery, with
the family of Mr.. N. Simon. Some three
weeks ago Dora found her place to
live with the family of Herman Morgen-
stein, sexton of the Synagogue Shaarai
Rachmim, in Norfolk street. The sex
toms apartments are In the basement of
the big and gloomy-looking house of
worship. At night Rosa slept on n
couch in the sitting-room, large apart
mcnt which IL entered from a corridor
that runs crosswise beneth the syna-
gogue.
On Monday last Rosa went to her sis-
ter In great trouble. She seemed to be
out of her right mind, yet she told
connected story of the cause of her
trouble. She was sleeping. she said, on
the couch In the big room under the
synagogue on Sunday night. Suddenly
she found herself awake, and with
strange feeling that she was not alone.
She turned her head. A figure robed
in white was gliding through the room.
She was too terrified to make an out
cry. The shape came nearer. With a
great effort she sprang from the couch
and skrieked at the top of her voice.
While she was making her escape from
the room the figure in white disap-
peared. She was never so frightened In
her life, she told her sister. Whether 1t
was spook or creature of flesh and
blood she did not know, but it had ter
rified her almost TO death, and for the
world she would not sleep in that room
again.
Dora asked Mr.. Simon If her sister
might stay in his house for few days,
until another place could be found for
her. and he said that she might. 1t was
noticed by everybody that the girl acted
strangely. Her mental trouble increased.
Dora went to the Morgensterns and told
them what her sister had told her about
the ghostly figure In her room. The
| girl says that the Morgensterns told her
that 1t was nothing to be frightened atl;
only one of the young men of the fanny
who went through the big sitting-room
after drink of water.
In little while Rosa seemed to forget
all about her fright and her thoughts
ran on the romantic story about the
young student, which she told In the hos
| pital. Her sister says that she never had
anything to do with any student lover,
and all who have seen her say that she
is modest and innocent girl. Late on
Tuesday evening her insanity became
so marked that Mr.. Simon sent word to
the police station in order that she might
be taken to n hospital. He and all the
persons of his household say that they
never noticed any signs of mental trou-
BILE in the girl before she came back on
Monday with the story of her fright.
Mr.. Morgenstern and his wife said last
evening that the girl had not been
frightened at all in their apartments I'M
less by some fancy of her diseased brain
They denied that one of their sons had
gone into the sitting room on Sunday
night, either to obtain water or for any
purpose. They said they had heard heI
shrek, but believed that it was nothing
but the development of mental aber.
ration, which they say they had noticed
coming on for some time. They say that
they turned her away because OF hel
strange actions.
At Bellevue hospital last evening II
was said that the girl was more quiet
and that her condition was such as tt
rive hone of recovery Ork SIM