St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-01
Shocking Case Of AFFECT Pow
erty Discovered in a Goth
am Tenement.
A Whole Family Of Lunaties
Evicted From Their Squat
i'd Quarters.
Missouri Dudes Arrange a
Duel and Then Fail to
Materialize.
The Bottom Drops Out Of a
Mining Town. Causing
a Panic.

NEW 1ORh, JdII. O1,-LdSG ulSut
there was brought to light in this city
one of the most glaring cases Of abject
poverty and restitution ever chrOnicled
In the history of New York's poor. Off
Ger RoSenthal, of the Thirteenth pre-
ciDct, was walking through East Thir-
teenth street at 9 o'clock, and had Just
passed the entrance to No. 622. when lie
heard above the din and noice of traffic
in the street and shouts of drunkards:
"Pll be good grill I'll be a good
girl" Believing that some occupant Of
the Notwithstanding tenement was
beating his child the officer entered the
dark hallway and began to ascend the
rickety staircase. He had not taken
more than two steps when the shrek
of the girl again rent the air and he
realized that the voice was in building
back of the house. Thither he went.
and found brick block in the center of
court tianked on all sides by towering
peated rs he approached the block. and
he fastened to help. as he believed, the
ill-treated girl. The hallway into
which he plunged was dark, and the
OdOr that permeated it was nauSeatiDg.
At the first door on the left, within four
feet of the entrance. his progress was
arrested by the voice again crying:
I'LL BE A GOOD GIRLl
I'll be good girl" 1t was a novel eX-
perlence for a man only six months on
the force, and though the stencil was
overpOwering he realized that ne had a
duty to perform and quickly opened the
door. He recoiled from the volume of
smoke which greeted him. but advanced
onnurifif11 a in md
with matted hair, holding smoking
lamp aloft. stool within the doorway
and glared at him. She leered at him
and crooned dismal welcome, and then
Rosenthal stepped inside and gazed
about. He saw room eight feet long
by fOur feet wide, in the center of which
was small stove, such as could be
bought from junk man for 81. One
window gave light by day to
the apartment, and as 1t was
open it was apparent that, not
understanding their other faults and
shortcomings. the occupants of the
howell had rightful appreciation of the
laws of ventilation. Boxes of ashes
carpet. broken furniture, tin cans,
crockery that had served its time, bot
ties and poverty bric-a-brac of every
description Uttered the floor and was
piled 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 lot of
liver, SO much cooked that it was begin
ing to burn, and was emitting od0rs
that mingled freely with the general
strench Of the apartment. The floor
was covered with dirt. The ceiling
and walls were cracked and broken,
and cobwebS were strung from point to
point, adding to the
WIERDNEss OF THE SCENE.
Officer Rosenthal contemplated all
this in one hasty glance and then
passed into the adjoining room. There
was man in the front room. and his
| appearance was in keeping with that of
the howell. Take that lamp and show
me this 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 minute before Rosenthal could
| see anything in the room, owing to the
| dull light that fiickered through the
| smoky chimney of the lamp But when
at last his eyes became accustomed to
| the gloom he saw a strange sight.
Seated OIL the edge of the head piece of
the bed, which was the solitary piece of
furniture in the apartment. was a figure
which he at first thought was that
of an animal, 1t was so black
and so covered with hair. ''I'll be a
good girl, III be good girl" came from
the lips of the creature. as she extended
her hands toward the group at the door.
''She's good girl, but she amt well, u
muttered the wretched creature who
had guided the officer to the place. "ls
that giri?' said the officer, pointing
md h.as,
fro on the head piece. Eyes, she's my
daughter" retorsed the woman. "ril
be good girl, Ill be It 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 for days,
even weeks or months, for, with the
others. she had been all occupant of the
wretched hole for nearly two years.
| Rosenthal wasted no time, but quickly
summoned three officers. 1t took the
united efforts of the four policemen
and the ambulance surgeon and driver
TO OVERCOME THE MANIAC
and carry her strapped and bound to a
stretcher to the ambulance, and ali the
way to Bellevue her cries of ''Ill be a
good girl, I'll be good girl" startled
the pedestrians. At the hospital an at
tendant was sent out to assist the am
bulance corps, but he darted with the
assertion that, There's a monkey III
the ambulance" When at last the
maniac was lifted out of the vehicle
she was taken into the bath room OF the
insane pavilion, where she was sub
jrcted to bath in a solution of chic
ride of lime and carbolic acid, after
which the wounds and sores on hel
body were dressed. To-day the improve
ment in her appearance was most
marked. but as she has a form of in
sanity that is inculable, it is doubtful II
she will ever leave the insti
tuition. The record at the hos
pital gives her name as Minnie
Bautler, aged thirty, single. HaI
mother. who Is also insane, is Eliza
Bautler. aged sixty, and the man in the
room when the officer called last night
is Edward Bautler, brother of the I'M
fortunate girl. aged thirty-five. He is
a ne'er-do-well, and the fact that his
relatives are about as low i'm the socia
him bit. To-day a sister of Minnie
woman cart some of the stuff into the
court. While they were engaged at il
Landlord Hanley called and told then
to hurry. Don't be hard on u.s." said
the old woman, while she munched G
biscuit. 'I've taken pity on ye for ovel
year now, and We might stay longer
for We to get out" said Hanley. "Ye've
got to get out by night" They're out
in the street tonight. but who viii
take care of them?
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