Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-03-26
AGiRL CRAzED BY FRIGHT
Locked in Q Closet from Friday
 Until Monday Night.
HER MIND SLIGHTLY UNBALANCED

She Was Alone in the House and When
 the Family Returned She Thought They
 Were Burglars and Hid Herself Away
 in Terror.
 BROOKLYN, March 26.-A young Hunga- rian woman called Susan s, lSier was hired three weeks ago a domestic in the family of Isaac Brunner. of 19O Bergen street, this city. Last night the girl was taken to the home of her ister, Mrs. Mary White, at 125 Concord street, having been rendered partly insane through fright
 On Friday night she had been left alone in the big house, Mir. Bgunner, his wife, and their little boy, Joe, the other occupants, hav- ing gone to make a call on .ome friends Mr. and Mrs. Brunner aid tie boy sleep in the back room on the fir,t floor, anl Susan at night has the whole upper part of the house @ herself, her sleeping room being in the back room on the second tloor
 On Friday night she sat up, anxiously await ing the return of the family and momentarily becoming more uneasy over their absence Finally she becama dreadfully excited, and a few minutes after midnight, when Mir. Brun- ner, his wife and child walked up the stoop, and the door Was opened, she fancied that burglars wsre breaking into the house and running up stairs, locked herself in a biz closet i'll her room
 Ihe family quietly retired for the night, supposlng that the girl was already sound asleep and entirely unconscious of the fact that she was crouched in a corner of the closet almost frightened to death and mo mentarily expecting the approach of the burglars. Next morning, Susan having failed to appear at the usual hour in the kitchen, Mrs Bruner went up stairs and was surprised to find that the girl was missing.
 As her bed was not disturbed, Mrs Brun- ner supposed that she had become lonely on the previous night and had gone to the house of her sister, Mrs. Mary White, at lo5 Con- cord street She did not notice that the closet was locked and the key missing. As the missing girl failed to appear on Satur- day, Mir. Brunner called at the Butler Street police station ill the evening and reported her disappearance to Capt. Laavy 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
 It was not until o'clock last evening that the discovery was made that ths poor girl was still in the closet. While Joe was play
 
 noise in the back room, and going to ascer- tain the cause, he was attracted to the closet by the familiar voice of the Hungarian girl.
 ''Joe," she said to the child, Ego and tell my sister to come and take me away"
 "1 deed won't," the boy said. II will 20 and tell mamma"
 The boy flew down stairs and told his mother that Susan was in the closet Mrs, Brunner hurried up stairs and tried to open the closet door, but found it locked on the in- side. She called to Susan and asked her to come out, but the girl mumbled something indistinctly and refused to open the door. In a few minutes Mr. Brunner came home from business, and he was greatly surprised over the curious state of affairs. He joined his en- treaties with those of his wife to have the girl unlock the door, but she continued in her refusal to do so. Finally Mir Brunner went around to the Bergen street station and re- turned with Detective Rorke 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 cut she was 90 weak that she could not stand on her feet, and a wild expression on her face showed the effec of the terrible and prolonged fright through which she had passed. She is naturally a frail girl, but in the poor, pinched creature who stood trembling before them Mr. and Mrs. Brunner could hardly recognize her. After partaking of little nourishment the girl was taken to her sisters house. It was some time before she could talk rationally. and it was with difficulty 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 care ul treatment would restore her to reason