New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-04
SERIOUS CHARGES MADE BY HER FATHER

HE DECLARES THAT HIS YOUNG DAUGHTER Is
OF UNsoUND MIND AND is IMMORAL
young woman was arraigned In the Harlem
Police Court yesterday afternoon on warrant Is
sued AT the instance OF her father charging her
with being unsound mind and OF gross immortality
The prisoner IS bright, vivacious GIRL twenty
years old She is the daughter OF Charles q.
Iundborg OF No 2sS West One-hundred- and-thirty
nfth-st. the marine architect Her name Is heieh'
Mr. Lundborg appeared against his daughter his
wife was with hin. He said that the prisoner was
born in Sweden about twenty years ago. Eary IN
,fe she developed symptoms OF hip disease ana the
family travelled all Europe. visiting ana con-
shifting the best physicians the Continent as 10
the best treatment for their daughter Helen was
an accomplished nngust. speaking SIX Languages
nuent.y
The LANDLORDS are well-todo. and have spared
no means TO make the girls lie bright and happy
hoping thus relieve her distress OF nina because
OF her deformity About June last they employed
AZ a servant "A Kate Newell, and now TO her ~
ascribcd the daughters peculiar actions, ana 'hes
allcge that she cnticod Helen from her nome
The I.undborgs have "A summer home AT A'ia''"0
Highlands y. j.. and thither last summer they
went taking Kate Newell with them. Mr. Lund-
borg alleges that he noticed his daughter acting
peculiarly toward the latter part OF August ana he
gave the servant her discharge. When Helen
learned OF this. she declared she would leave the
house. too. u KATE went. SO the LANDLORDS kept
the woman. Returning to this city, Kate was sent
away. Both the girls left the house that night
defylng locks and bars.
The Lundborgs lost all trace OF their daughter Tor
about four weeks when she was discovered h'ihs III
A miserable. cramped. furnished apartment on the
Wee, Side. not FAR from the centre OF the TENDER
ion District she WAS discovered through a Mr.
CUMMINGS a lawyer whom Helen had employed on
some trivial matter. He wrote 10 Mr.. Lundborg
that the sooner he removed his daughter from the
influences OF her companion the better. Helen was
arrested and taken home. Immediately the family
noticed that she acted strangely She used TO stand
In the middle OF the floor and draw Imaginary cir
Giles around her Then. too. at times she was very
violent and had TO be watched lest she should do
harm TO herself.
After remaining home week Helen eiuded the
vigilance OF her parents. and again sought her
friend Kate. For four weeks the Lundborgs
searched high and low Tor the missing erl' employ
ing private detectives About week ago she was
found In company with Kate In furnished room
house kept 10y a Mrs Faulkner at No, "a West
Thirty -nnth-st.. and detectives were detailed TO
watch their movements A. result, Mr.. Lund-
borg charges his daughter with assocatng with peo-
plc OF immoral character. and that she Is or un-
Helen was arrested by Court officer Setter. OF the
Harlem Police Court yesterday afternoon, ana later
was arragned in the Harlem Police Court u,.u..,
When she was made acquainted with the charges
made against her. the girl Indignantly declared that
they were absolutely untrue, and that they were
the result OF persecution the part OF her father.
'.Iiov have you supported yourself since leaving
home?' asked T.. \. Scott who appeared for tho
LANDLORDS. , , . ,,., ;,
81 have lived Rates savings and private
She refused 10 say where she had made the loan,
| and Justice Burke committed her to Bellevue Hcs-
| plial To be examined as to her sanity. 49,,
| The Newell woman was In court she - tan,
dark. unprcposscssng woman masculine OF feature
and is deeply mark d from smallpox.