Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-01-10
HER MIND IS CLEARING.
The Atrocious Assault Upon the Young Jersey City Music Teacher Is as Much Q Mystery as Ever In Time She Will Probably Tell All.

Jersey City Music Teacher Is as Much a Mystery as Ever - In Time She Will Probably Tell All.
 JERSEY CITY, Jan. 10.-Steadily the | clouds that obscure the intellect of Miss May Barrowcliffe are vanishing. She was | able to recall her movements of that event. full night up to the time of leaving Mrs. Smiths dwelling to keep her engagement with her cousin. Then her mind began to wander. She is gaining physically and mentally and in a few days she will reveal who her assailant was, if she knew him, or describe him if stranger. Her mind was clear in one particular. No one is allowed to see her except the two detective nurses and Dr. Varick. Even the hospital physicians are excluded. She knew that her cousin, Gertrude Dexter, had not been at her bedside for several days, and she rebuked her cousin for her apparent neglect.
 Asked For Her Cousin.
 Her first query when she aroused was, ''Is this Sunday" A moment later she asked the nurse if she did not think Gertie was behaving badly in not coming to see her. ''She does not come to see me at all. l think it is very strange" remarked the patient.
 Dr. Varick explains that it is done that her improvement shall not be retarded. Just at the close of the day she seemed brighter than she had been at any time since she has been patient, and she was interrogated about what she could recol- lect of the night of the assault. She re- membered distinctly having called nt Mrs. Smiths dwelling to give the music lesson. and even recollected that she and Mrs. Smith tol cd nt bo cha r.,l ing her leave, and her remark that she had to hurry, as she had an engagement to meet Gertrude Dexter at half past o'clock. She could not tell what occurred after leaving Mrs. Smiths.
 II went along to where the trains turn ed" was the vague statement. Her mind began to wander. She was stronger and was propped up with pillows. For the first time she took the bowl of gruel in her own hands and drank it.
 The police have adopted the theory that she may have fallen from the rocks. On Monday she said, You must think am a goose not to remember how came to fall" This theory appears plausible now.
 Sip avenue is three or four feet above the lot At one point near Van Wagenen ave nue the embankment has been washed out, leaving gap of two feet between the street and fence of the lot. It was dark night, and it is now regarded as possible that she stepped over the edge of the street and pitched headlong to the rock covered lot.
 The fall dazed her, and she may have mechanically wandered around the lot un- til she lapsed into nsensibility and fell on the rock which inflicted the gash on her forehead. They are pursuing this theory, despite the statements of the hospital physicians.
 New Witnesses Found.
 Detectives Hottie and Clos were at the lot Tuesday overturning the powders and making a thorough search for the missing pocketbook.
 They found a new witness in Margaret Murphy, young girl living on West Side avenue, who ayers she saw Miss Barrow cliffe leave Mrs Smiths and turn into Sip avenue.
 D. w. Colbert of 40 Beacon avenue is a member of the Helping Hand society, charitable organization connected with the Grace Methodist Episcopal church at Ma rion. He furnished a possible clew to Dis trict Attorney Winfield The Helping Hand society aids all calls for charity He says that on the Wednesday prior to the assault tramp, rather neatly dressed ap- piled for help. He told an interesting story and was given money to assist him in reaching his destination. The fellow did not leave the city, so Mir. Colbert has been informed, as he was seen about the Marion section late Friday afternoon.
 The district attorney refuses to discuss the case or impart any information that he has received.