Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-12-18
INSANE CAPERS
Of a Mad Young Woman at
Bridgeport, Conn.
A DUnBFOUNDED HOTEL CLERK.

ciasped In the Arms of Mad Beauty and
Treated to an Osculatory surprise-A
Church Congregation Given n Shock
by the Lunatic's Startling Response to
an Appeal for Charity-Sent to an
Asylum.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Dec 1s-A fashiona-
bly, attired, handsome young woman ar
rived at the Atlantic hotel late Saturday
night and registered as Miss NJ. L. Moore.
She said that she had just returned from
Europe She gave the names of her rela-
tives here in town, saying that she did not
wish To present herself to them 30 late Satur-
day night and would stop at the hotel until
Monday. As her relatives are prominent
people, she was assigned to a ROOM A few
OF her trunks were sent up; the remainder
with foreign labels were left in the hotel
baggage room
An Osculatory Lunatic.
The hotel people knew that Miss Moore had
been abroad for year, but they did not
know that she was insane The fact devel-
oped itself at dinner Sunday, when Miss
Moore deliberately walked from her plate at
table over to the chair of Chief Clerk Alonzo
Hall, and throwing her arms around his
neck, implanted a number Of spasmodic
kisses upon that gentleman's cheek Mr.. Hall
Is handsome man, and was as much sur
prised as were the hotel guests.
Creates a Sensation In Church.
Miss Moore did not wait for dessert, but
went to her room and from there to Trinity
church, where Rev. Louis Booth the pastor,
was delivering an earnest appeal in behalf of
charity. To the surprise of the congregation
Miss Moore arose from her seat and advanced
to the altar. She threw OFF handsome seal
skin sacque and began disrobing herself, say
ing to the pastor: "You can have all my
clothes for the poor, also all my money" She
threw her purse at him, and, as Miss Moore
Is known to be wealthy, it very likely con-
tanned plenty of money. The pastor ceased
preaching, and several friends hurried Miss
Moore out OF the church She was taken
back to the hotel, and her relatives were
notified of her strange conduct
Had Been Insane for Six Months.
1t then became known from her relatives
that Miss Moore had become violently insane
last spring while crossing the Atlantic The
passengers ON the steamer were afraid of
her, and upon arriving in Paris the party
with whom she was travelling had her placed
in a retreat for the insane Money was sent
to Paris to defray the expense OF all this,
anu heI TeldllNe> SUPPOSED Sne was sui there
under treatment
Goody Kisses to the Clerk.
Yesterday morning arrangements were
made TO take her to the insane retreat at
Hartford Miss Moore declared she would
not go or move unless she could kiss Mr..
Hall goodbye He was urged TO grant her
the boon asked and CALAMITY complied Of
icer George Arnold then escorted her to the
railway station. Just before the 10 80 train
arrived she declared that one more kiss must
be Forthcoming from Mr. Hall or else she
would not go A messenger boy was dis
patched across the street and again Mr..
Hall, bareheaded, hurried over to crafty his
osculatory admirers request In the pres
ence of large crowd of passengers the fare
well kiss was given, and Miss Moore started
without further evidences of a disordered
mind