The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-12-23
A CRAzED WOMAN
startlcs Church Goers at a!Now
York Tabernacle.
DEMENTED BY The LAWS DELAYS
sheisF Found Mad Mt tho Church Door.
Claiming Heavy Damages for Al.
legged False lmprisonment, Her Iua.
billy 20 Secure tho Money unhal.
nnccd Her Brain.

NEw YoRH, Dec. 22.-Droadway in the
vicinity OF Thirty.iourth street was
throngcd with sedate churchgoers Sun.
day morning at hali.pastlO o'clock when
n well dressed Observation-Disclosures
woman, with frenzy cleaning from her
dark eyes, suddenly rushed toward the
open doors Of the Broadway Tabernacle,
shrieking at the top OF her poics.
She wore 10 hat. and her long black
hair fell in wild tanglo TO her waist.
1t would be hard to to imagine moro
startling apparition for Il peaceful Sun
day morning. She waved package OF
papers above her head and uttered in
coherent appeals for justice.
"liel p me, angclsot God - she scream.
ed, "help mo! They have driven mo
crazy. But I'll win tho $4,000 This
day I'll have it."
10 tho startled spectators there came
great relief when Policeman Murray,
OF the Broadway squad, appeared aud
very gently took tho maldene1 woman
into custody.
An hour later shc was nrralgnea In
Jefferson market police court before
Justice Kelly, but no amount OF cross
examination could elicit from her moro
information rs to her identity than the
slmple statement OF her name.
WEALTHY AcQuArSrANcEs.
Bridget lTickcy's my namc, SIR" Be.
yond this admission Bridgct's lips we're
sealed, and she confronted the justice
with cleaning eyes and pallid cheeks.
Committed for examination rs to her
mental condition, she retired TO the
warden's private room, still holding in
Il nervous, rico-liko grip the papers
which she had waved aloit in Broadway,
and which, after her arrest, she had
positively refused to surrender.
When reporter entered with the
hope Of getting n glimpse OF the docu-
ments the woman bounded from her
sent and sprang toward him with an I'M
precation. lie dashed around tho little
apartment with the woman in hot pur-
suit until the astonished warden man
aged to corner and control the prisoner.
Then her delirium changed, and with
out word she produced her cherished
papers and allowed the breathless VIC
tim OF the chase to look them over.
They reveal the woman's identity rs
Bridget Hickey, cook, but not by any
means OF the plebian variety for many
years, according to the document.
Among her former employers appear
tho names OF Cornelius Vanderbilt Da-
vid Dudley Field, Mrs. Marshall, O.
Roberts, Cambridge Livingston, Mrs.
Arson Phelps Stokes, c. p. limiting
ton, Alexander Major, William Apple
ton, II. Le Grand Cannon, Clarkson A.
Potter and George l.. Scott. the well
known broker Of No. Is Broad street,
whose house is ct No. 2S. West Fifty
seventh street.
At the palatia! doors OF the last
named gentleman the unfortunate wo-
man lays the mental aiiliction that has
overtaken her.
The document that gives the above
and other interesting information is 4
formally executed complaint in an ac-
ton brought one year ago by Bridget
against Mr.. Scott, charging the dciend-
ant with false imprisonment resulting
in damage OF $4,000 to her peace Of
mind and reputation.
CLAIMS $4,000 DAMAGES.
This is the paper to which the crazcd
woman clings. In detail it alleges that
Bridget was engaged ms cook by George
S. Scott upon two weeks trial; that
J1,a as l,ar al -.
OF service she was arrested without
cause by order OF Scott, dragged through
the streets by two policemen and locked
up over night in the Fiity-tirst street
station. On the following morning she
was arraigned before Justice Kilbreth,
in the Yorkyille police court, where
Scott was present and in consultation
with the justice. Then she was dis
charged. The complaint further alleges
that Scott. at the time OF the arrest, en-
Outraged the policemen to abuse her.
Her most pathetic statements refer to
the horrors OF that night in tho cell,
where, pcnnod in for the first time with
the drcgs OF humanity, hcrreason almost
deserted her.
I cav Ny. Scott at his home last even.
ing:
Eyes" said he, 81 remember Bridge,
Hickey very distinctly. Sha WIS strong.
ly recommendation US BY Mrs. Coils p.
Huntington rs woman in all respects
worthy Of confidence. We knew that
she had served in succession OF aristo.
cratic families, but nevertheless deter.
mined to try her for couple OF weeks
before regularly engaging her, This VIC
did, and in q weeks time saw things
tina. led us to question her sanity. So |
Mt once ordered her 10 leave, paying
her, however, for tho stipulated two
weeks trial term. She refused to 60
and called in tho police. ! know jus.
ticc Kilbreth very well, and on the
morning OF Bridget's arraignment in his
court went to him and arranged for hel
discharge. At the time did not know
that by so doing laid myself liable TO d
damage suit for false imprisonment.
Shortly after that went to Europe,
and Just before sailing was served with
the papers in her case. Well, now, OIL
course o suit with a servant girl was out
OF the question for me, you know, so
lust tossed the papers to my lawyer,
Jacob Halstead, and believe he settled
the matter for a hundred or two. Thut':
all there is to the matter, assure YOU
WHAT FORMER EMPLOYERS SAY.
O. P. Huntington, the railroad mag
nate, carefully listened last evening tc
my story Of Brldget's troubles, ther
conferred with his wife In an adjoining
room and returned tome with this state
ment!
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