St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-21
SAW And WENT MAD.
A Daughter Crazed by Wit
Messing the Shame of Her
Mother.
The Girl Found Kneeling and
Praying in Fifth Avenue,
New York.
It Transpires That She Was
the Victim of a Woman'S
Revenge.
She Is Reared in Total Igno-
rance of Her Mothers
Calling.
New York World.


past two weeks have interested the
reading public in 4 young woman who
was found on her knees in the mud of
Fifth avenue praying. The slender
portraits of this girl, who VAS without
iOubt a religious maniac, humbling
herself in the middle of the street, have
attracted attention. but it was not until
yesterday that the identity OF the Young
woman was established, the reason for
her madness discovered and her present
whereabouts disclosed.
Georgiana hilton is the ACKNOWLEDGED
laughter of Mrs. Frances Z. Hilton, of
No. 121 West FOrty-ninth street, who,
according to the directory, resides at that
place. and, according to common report,
maintains there anything but an orderly
and desirable household. The mother,
Mrs. Hilton, is
A BIG, HANDSOME WOMAN,
no more than forty-twO years of age,
herself very blonde and snowy in dress
and appearance. The daughter. on the
contrary. Is a slender little girl, with
dark hair cropped closely to her head,
always simply dressed, and weighing at
present not more than sixty or seventy
pounds. She is twenty-fOur years of
Age. vet she is so fragile and childlike
that in spite OF the mental anxiety
through which she has passed she looks
no more than eighteen.
As very little girl and as a child at
boarding school. Mrs. HiltOn'S daugh-
ter was always kept in Ignorance of her
mothers unnatural method of earning
money for her support. even OF her pro.
nounced preference for the gayest of
gay lives. As the girl became older and
wiser she saw something she did not
understand in the actions of her
mother, who seemed so strangely
fond of her even while she
never sought to be much with
aer nor yet TO oversee her education.
Surfeited with sweets ana loaded with
Jewels and gifts that were far too smart
for her years. the little girl learned 10
push them all impatiently aside and to
wonder. where is my papa? Who Is
MY mother? Why have we no real home
of our OWN"
Little by little these questions an
sWered themselves in the small girls
mind. She was sure that there was
SOME IRREGUI.ARITY.
Sheltered even as she was from un-
necessary knowledge by her aunt, Mrs.
Clemence, with whom she had lived
since babyhOOd, she felt there was q
mystery in her mothers life. But that
her pretty mamma was at fault-that
never seemed to enter her loyal little
mind. For years she went on, dear
little girl, modest. Obedient and sweet,
her great point of all admiration cen
tered in The gracious, beautiful creature
whom she knew as her darling mamma
and loved with all her swelling little
heart, even though she saw her but sell
dom.
For twenty-five years the blow that
was to break this young girls spirit
gathered force. Two years ago it fell.
4 woman who had been Mrs. HiltOn's
favOrite. a reckless and beautiful Great
ure. who had been her daughter and
companion far more than her own
daughter had ever been, Quarreled
with her and sought revenge. In
spirit of fiendiSh meanneSS OF which
none but a bad woman would be
capable. this creature wrote to the
faithful little daughter and asked her 10
20 any night to her mothers house at
No. 12l West FOrty-ninth street. Ter
rlfied by something she did not under
stand. the girl complied.
With a girlish confidante no more
worldly wise than herself Ge0rgiana
Hilton presented herself one evening at
he door Of the mothers gorgeous house. /
Being unrecognized, they were admitted
70 the paIlOr. There, among painted
women and unsteady men-one of them
ana their leader-waS the mother she
had adOTed.
No second glance was needed. Like
transformation every scrap of CONVEX
satiOn and every incident that had been
and she knew her mother at her worst.
The shock to the girl wasa terrible one,
and for months she could not bear to
bee her mother. TO endure the touch of
aeT hand. nor to wear the diamonds and
lifts with which the mother sought to
Buy FORGIVENESS.
Little by little the girl grew frazier
md more frail. and bit by bit her over
buTdened mind gave way. Last sum-
ner. in the care of Mrs. DR.. Miller,
Miss Hilton was sent by her aunt, Mrs.
Clemence, to New Fame, Vt, in the
hope of winning back her health and
mental strength.
The air of the grand old Green mount
aims was indeed pure and sweet, but it
failed in the mission laid out for it, 1t
failed to minister to mind diseased"
and in three months the girl was again
care of mOtheTly woman who preSideS
over the house at No. Is East Tenth
street. which has been referred to as a
private madhOuSe. This nice old lady
was seen last night.
"MiSS Hiltnn," she said, "came here
with her mother, recommended to me,
so she said, by Dr.. Miller through Mrs.
Clemence, the respectable sister, who
absolutely refused to recognize Mrs.
Hilton and yet adorcs the child Mrs.
Hilton said nothing when engaging
board for her daughter about her being
insane, and it was not until the second
day that her strange conduct was re-
marked. Then she began TO walk in
cessantly. and to 20 up stairs and down.
stairs in uItiring succession. And
then to talk about her troubles. Never
for an instant did the little woman seem
20 forget the horror of her discovery of
HER MOTHER SHAME.
Even as she pleaded on her knees for
The forgiveness Of her own sinS-which
it has become her mania to believe has
been forever forbidden herewith her
prayers there arose imprisoned pleas
that her mother might be turned from
The life she was leading and become to
her as other mothers. As the days
passed and she saw each day her mother,
he poor. mad girl became less tolerant
sf her society, and more and more
violent"
On the morning of the scene so often
referred to, the scene Oh Fifth avenue.
Miss hilton slipped away from the vigi-
lance of her landlady and disappeared.
Mrs. Hilton was hurriedly summoned,
and an alarm was sent out, but the girl
reappeared by herself. In a few days
after this experience the crazed girl was
removed to Amitvvllle, l.. l., and is
there DOW, pronounced by all physicians
who have examined her hOpelessly in
sane. Cause-Grief at the discovery of