The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-12
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Scott f. Groot. q clerk in the employment Of
the Lehieh Valley Railroad Company. was re-
moved from the boarding house at 3i5 West
Eighteenth street to the Insane pavilion ct Bel
lcvue Hospital yesterday morning. Mr. Groot.
who Is 80 years old. had boarded at 315 for two
years past The FIRST intimation that something
was wrong with him was a week ago. when he
appeared at tho breakfast table one morning
AMI read to the assembled boarders an impas-
SIGN ID love letter which hc had written to his
former school teacher. whom he had not seen
for sixteen years.
Tho letter struck the other hoarders as all
the more peculiar because II was understood
that Mr.. Groot was engaged to young woman
in this cltv Tho morning following the incl
dent Mt tho breakfast table Mr.. Groot did not
appear Mt breakfast, and tho servant was sent
up stairs TO his room to SEQ what was the mat
tor In answer TO her knock lie appeared at
the door enyeoped in quilt and with pit.
low Rugged tightly under each arm.
is there anything | can do for you. Mr..
----r hogan the amazed servant, edalng
AWAY toward the stairs, -, ma
my breakfast and please don't forget that iilet
When the giI! went down stairs she told the
| breakfast Ront up and that he had snid some-
thing. ~ out not feeling we'll, no landledy
| found him buried under tho bedclothes talking
| violently to himself. On Saturday his insani-
| ty took u new turn. The landladY happened to
| be In Mr. truOt'a room when hp asked her to
| hand him a small account book which was in
| one Of his coat rockets.
| DO you know what's in this li:tlc volume 2"
| said he holding the book out at arms length
| Tho landlady replied that sho had no idea
| Well" said Mr.. Groot, I'm working up an
| in the daily rapcrR. ItsRonR to be n dandy"
| Then he opened tho book and showed the
| landlady n bcwllderng array Of dots and
| dashes You didn't know | was writing n
| book. did your went on tho crazy man.
| Just wait till I finish II, though"
| When the landlAdy finally got down stairs
again sho aent In hnstc Tor the nearest Doctor.
| The Doctor called In another and II was de-
| cided that Mr.. urUot was losing his mind. aud
| that a trained nurse had better be- sent for.
| When I've saw what was going on he became
| he. 80 That insanity racket has been tried on
| me twice before but IL don't go down" On
| Wednesday IL was decided to telegraph to the
mans brother. who Is employed in the To-
high Valley Railroad Offices in Philadelphia
| He sent tack word that lie would come on at
| once and have his brother taken away
Yesterday morning Mr.. Groot became vio-
| lent and when his brother arrived hs said that
| the patient must 10 tax en- to tho insane puyil-
| ion at Bellevue Hospital He said that his
brother had become suddenly insane twice
| before the first time in Philadelphia ten yenrs
| ago and again two years later. The last timo
| he was placed in an asylum at Trenton.
Last niRht il was said that Mr.. Groot camc
| from a well-knowp Philadelphia family. and
that he had been exceptionally well liked by
all who knew him. 1t "a probable that he will
| he removed to some asylum alter he Is exam-
inod by the doctors ut Bellevue.