Evening journal., 1889-03-26
ONE CENT.
AGlRl CRAZED BY FRIGHT
Locked in a Closet from Friday
Until Monday Night.
HER MIND SLIGHTLY UNBALANCED


She Was Alone in the House and wnsu
the Family Returned She Thought Ts,ew
Were burglars and Hid Herself AWAY
In Terror.
BRooKLYN, March ga young Hmga-
rian woman called Susan Sillier was hired
three weeks ago as a domestic in the family
Of Isaac Brunner Of 100 Bergen street, this
city. Last night the girl was taken TO tha
hSme Of her aister, Mrs Mary White at I25
Concord street, having been rendered partly
insane through fIdgst
On Friday night She had been left alone in
the big house, MIR. Drummer, his wife, aud
their little boy, Joe, the other occupants, hav-
ing gone 70 make a call on some friends. Mr..
and Mrs. Drummer and the boy sleep In the
back room on the first floor, and Susan at
night has the whole upper part Of the housm
70 herself, her sleeping room being in the
back room on the second floor.
On Friday night She sat up, anxiously await
ing the return Of the family and nomentarily
becoming more uneasy over their absences
Finally sho became dreadfully excited, and
few minutes after midnight, when Mr. Brun-
ner, his wife and child walked up the stoop,
aud the door was opened, she fancied thas
burglars were breaking into the house and. Z
rssning up stairs, locked herself in a big
closet Ia her room.
The family quietly retired for the night.
surprising that the girl was already sound
asleep and entirely unconscious of the fact
that she was crouehed ia corner Of the
clesot almost frightened 70 death and mo-
mentarily expecting the approach Of the.
burglars. Next morning, Susan having failed
10 appear at the usual hour in the kitchen.
Mrs Bruner went up stairs and was surprised
70 find that the girl was missing.
As her bed was not disturbed, Mrs Bsun-
ner supposed that she had become lonely on
the previous night and had gone to the housa
Of her sister, Mrs. Mary White, at l25 Con-
cord street She did not notice that th@
closet was locked and the key missing Az
the missing girl failed to appear on Sature
day, Mr.. Drummer called at the Butler Strees
police station in the evening and reported
her disappearance TO Capt Leavy. Neither
he nor his wife had the slightest reason to
suspect that she was locked up in the closet.
as there had not been any noise whatever in
the upper part Of the house
II was not until 6 o'clock last evening that
the discovery was made that the poor gira
was still in the closet While Joe was play
ing ON the second floor he heard peculiar
NOISE IN the back room, and going to asce4--
tain the cause he wns attracted to the closaa
by the familiar voice OF the Hungarian girl
sJoe,n she said to the child, .go and tell
my sister 60 come and take me awayn
"lndeed | WON'T the boy SAID. II win ga
and tell mamma
The boy flew down stairs and told his
mother that Susan was In tha closet Mrs.
| Drummer hurried up stairs aud tried to omen
the closet door, but found il locked On the IN
side. She called 70 Susan and asked her "a
come out, but the girl munbled something
indistinctly and refused 10 open the door. In
few minutes Mr. Drummer came home from
business, and he was greatly surprised owes
the curious state Of Affairs. He jraned his en-
treaties with those q his wife 70 have this
| girl unlock the door, but She continued in hem
refusal 10 do so. Finally Mr.. Drummer wsna
around TO the Bergen street station and rer
turned with Detective Rorlse and Policeman
Ranley. The policemen were obliged TO force
| the closet door open. They found the poor
| girl crouched down in the closet, and
when they lifted her out she was 20 weak
that she could net stand ON her feet and a
wild expression on her face showed the effeet
Of the terrible and prolonged fright through
which she had passed She is naturally q
frail girl, but in the poor, pinched creature
who stood trembling before them Mr. and
Mrs. Drummer could hardly recognize her
After partaking OF a little nourishment the
| girl was taken 70 her sisters house 1t was
come time before she could talk nationally,
and Il was with dnicnlty that her sister was
able TO elicit the strange circumstances at
tending her long imprisonment A physician
who was summoned said that her mind had
become partly unbalanced, but he expected
that few days rest and careful treatment
would restore her 10 reason.