The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-02-02

again rent the air. and he realized that I'll
voice was IN building back of the house
lhlther he went, and found brick bloc
~ Inc centre of court fanked on all side
oy towering tenement houses The erie
WsfC repeated as he approached the block
and he fastened to help, as he believed
the III treated girl. The hallway into which
ne plunged was dark, and the odor tina
permeated it was nauseating. at the frs
door on the left, within four feet of the en-
trance, his progress was arrested by the
voice again crying: ''I'll be a good girl
I'll be a good girl.'' 1t was novel ex
perlence Tor man only six months
on the force, and although the stencil was
overpowering, he realized that he had a
duty to perform and quickly opened the
door. He recovered from the volume of
smoke which greeted him, but as he ad
vanced an apparition, dressed in rags and
matted halr, holding smoking lamp aloft.
stood within the doorway and glared at
nlm She leered at him and groaned dis
mai welcome, and then Roserthat stepped
INSIDE and gaZed about He saw a room
elght feet long by four feet wide. In the
centre OF which was small stove,
such as could be bought from q junk
man Tor 81, and window gave
nght by day to the apartment. and
Wltnstanding their other faults and short
comlngs, the occupants OF the howell had
lghtful appreciation of the laws of
Ventilation. Boxes of ashes stood behind
the stove, pieces of old Garnet. broken fur
nlture, tin crockery that had served its
time, bottles and poverty brio -brac of
every DESCRIPTION Uttered the floor and was
plleo Up into heaps along the sides and in
the corners. On the stove, in which there
was cherries fire, there was a FRYING
pan, having within it a lot of liver, so far
cooked that 1t was beginning to burn, and
emitting odorS that mingled freely with
the general stencil of the apart
ment, The floor was covered with
dirt, the ceilings and walls were
cracked and broken, and cobwebs were
strung from point to point, adding to the
weirdness of the scene. Officer RosenthaI
contemplated all this in one hasty Glance
ana then passed into the adjoining room.
Ihere was man in the trout room. and
MS appearance was in keeping with that of
the novel. Take that lamp and show me
tnls room" The man took the lamp out of
the old woman's hand and holding it high
above his head, led the way into the
Inner apartment; 1t was fully a
minute before Rosenthal could see
anything in the room owing to the
dull light that tiickered through the smoky
chimney OF the lamp but when at last his
eyes became accustomed to the gloom he
saw strange sight. Seated on the edge
OF the headpiece of the bed, which was the
solitary piece of furniture in the apart
ment, was a figure which he at first
thought was an animal. 1t was black and
SO covered with hair. ssI'n be a good pirl ::
I'll be good girl" came from the ips of
tie creature and she extended her hands |
toward the group at the door. 'sshe's good |
girl but amt We'll, muttered the wretched |
Great Ire. is not that girln' said the |
officer pointing toward the nude figure
rocking to and fro on the head piece.
I es, and she is my daughter" retorted
the woman. 'Pll be good girl; I'll be a
good girl, /" cried the girl again, and then
she beat her head against the wall and
rocked to and fro as she must have done
or days, even weeks or months, for with
ne others she had been an occupant of the
yretched hole for nearly two wears,
essential wasted no time, but quickly
summoned the officers. It took the united
'norts OF the four policemen and the ambu-
ance surgeon and driver to overcome the
maniac and carry her, strapped and bound
o SGretchef, to the ambulance, and all
he way to Bellevue her cries
III be good girl; I'll be a
rood girl" startled the pedestrians. At
he hospital an attendant was sent out to
isslst the ambulance corps, but he darted
JACK TO the ONCE with the assertion that
there's monkey in the ambulance. y
n hen at las themaniac was lifted out of
ne VENICE she was taken into the bath
Dom OF the insane pavilion, where she was
uolected to bath in solution OF chloride
II lime and carbolic acid after which the
Wounds aud sores on her body were
ressed. To-day the Improvement in her
ppearance was most marked, but as she
ms form of insanity that is incurable it
doubtful if she will ever leave the insti-
ute. The record at the hospital gives her :
anne as Minnie Bautler, 5aged thirty,
lngle. Her mother, who is also I
insane, IS Eliza Bautler, aged sixtv-fye :
nd the man who was in the room when the l
fhcer called last night is Edward Bautler. ,
rotner OF the unfortunate girl. aged l
hlrty-hve. He is ne'er- do well. and the d
act that he and his relatives are about as
NV in the social scale as humanity can be Z
oes not worry him bit Today sister
l Minnie went to the howell and helped the =
ID woman cart some of the truck into the =
ourt While they were engaged at it. n
landlord Hanley called and told them to +
urry. Don't be hard on us,'' said the old l
'oman while she munched biscuit. give y
lken pity on you for over a year now. and !
might stay longer only the board of 7
eaith mas given orders for We to get ont. ), y
AID Hanley, "ye've got to get out bv =.
light" They are out in the street o-nipht.
ut who will take care of them?