The sun., 1889-12-01
4 BEAUz1FUL ANARCHIST
Mrs. AnnIe ReInsdorf Declared Iasan,
Her Attempt at Suicide.

Mrs AnnIe ReInsdorf Declared Iasane-
| Her Attempt at Suicide.
Mrs. Annie Reinsdorf was reported yester-
day at 81. Catharine's Hospital. Brooklyn. as
slightly better. 1t is uncertain whether or not
her mind will be permanently affected. She
spent Thanksgiving night roaming aboard
| ferryboats and along the wharves until 4:30 A.
NJ. Friday, when she ATTEMPTED suicide by
jumping into the ferry slip OF the Twenty third
Street line ut the foot OF Broadway, Williams
| burgh. She was taken in an ambulance to st.
| Catharine's Hospital where she made an as
sault on the house surgeon. DR.. j. b Long.
| She talked strangely about spirits haunting
her. and when asked whether she had q hus-
band she replied: mot now; I've killed him."
This assertion was not true. She was declared
insane yesterday and transferred to the Flat
bush Asylum.
Mrs. Reinsdorf is an Anarchists wife, and q
sort OF German Nina Van Zandt. She is ma
tive Of Lepsig. where. without exagReration.
che may be said to have had a local fame for
her beauty. Her hair almost reached the
ground when she stood erect. Though dark.
It was golden where It caught the light and it
rose above her head inNwavyiloops and coils.
Her eyes were OF soft brown and very express
sivo. while the oval contour Of her
face has been the study. It is
said, OF German artists. Belongings
versity town: she received remarkably thor
course in sketching and painting. for which
OF the Anarchist movement in Germany.
Many persons became converts. Among the
She Joined an. Anarchist circle and
became scqpainted with such reyoutionists
@%S IN ts
In killing the CZar. Among these would-be
bensiactOrs 9Th Of the race we're two brothers
to b TnSsSS ys ara ne Of
dorf. assisted by lew sympatnizers. dug
namite. % and COZ connoctsd Il With % thickct sta a few @
furongs of with buried wire. He was be-
sy ID USSs se Hnd a s OT wh ill., his
plot Reinsdorf was tried. convicted. and on
Feb 9, 1885 hanged. A large exodus Of Ger,
Among the extles was BRUNO ReInsdorf, the
year before the ham eins Of bis brother. and he
has since made his living as printer in the
Ssaneiy VIII the no ss.Is ssat
four @ years afo onf Her psrents i had tboaeSt
her cured Of her craze for Anarchy. objected to
this country. ana Bruno Reinsdorf had fired
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this country as o Louise Michel
There was no marriage ceremony. Mr. !
Reinsdorf simply announced on Annie's ar
rival that she was his choice. and the couple
went to housekeeping at $40 Stockton street.
their present address. A ceremony would have
been un- Anarchistic. The plan for Mrs. Reins-
dorf to win fame and fortune as q lecturer
failed. not through any fault of hers. but be-
much. excitement as 1t had been Great
ing. here. She began to long for her
native country. At the Anarchist picnic last
summer Mrs. Reinsdorf boasted to Mrs JohRn
Most OF Mr.. Rensdorf's fondness for her This,
It Is said, led Mrs, Most to say that MT. Reins-
dorf had complained to Herr Most that Mrs.
Reinsdorf was constantly being found BY him
on her knees at PRAYER This statement made
Mrs Reinsdorf blush. A large number OF
Anarchist women heard this and 1t caused
considerable talk, because the majority OF
Anarchists do not believe in deity. and they
laugh at prayer.
Since then Mrs. Reinsdorf has been pininR
moro and more to return to her native country,
and praying more and more Lately she has
talked great deal about tho spirits OF friends
long dead. which she thought were yet living.
though invisible ana might perhaps be look
Ing down on her.
:. In the hallway 'of 800 Stockton street are
three letter boxes, marked respectively Bruno
keinsdorf. Bruno Brown. and Max Gunther.
Tho two latter boxes receive portion OF the
mail sent to Herr Most. which is subsequently
delivered to him by Reinsdorf