The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-04
ARRESTED THIS MORNING.
Answers the Description Given
by Klemm-Had Been in
West Bergen.
Connected With the Circus Winter
tering There -Pocketbook and
Key in His Possession.
MISS BARROWCLIFF'S CONDITION

Superintendent Smith announced this
afternoon at two o'clock that a suspect in
the Barrowcliff assault case has been ar
rested in Brooklyn.
The arrest was made by one of Captain
Eason's men of the Second precinct.
The mans arrest is due to the fact that his
description tallies with George Ennis as
given by Louis Klemm.
The prisoner first gave his name as Patrick
Donor and subsequently as Jerry Ornan.
He is twenty-one years old, and is con
nected with circus now wintering at Yves
Bergen.
He went to his home in Ridgebury, Conn,
on Friday preceding Christmas, and returned
to West Bergen on Saturday.
He had in his possession, when caught, two
ladies' pocketbooks, one of which contained
a key, answering the description of the one
supposed to be in Miss Barrowcliff's pursue
He is held by the Brooklyn authorities.
The Superintendent also announced that
Detective O'Neill had found Louis Klemm.
He is at work on new building at the
corner of Broadway and Duane street.
When asked by O'Neill to come
to Jersey City and identify En-
mis- he refused and directed O'Neill
to inform the Superintendent that he would
not appear in Jersey City again unless COM
PEELED to do SO. An effort may be made to
bring him to Jersey City on requisition
papers as witness.
DOESN'T REMEMBER.
At As O'Clock Warden Osborne said that
Miss BarrowcliR understands everything
that is going on about her at the present
time and knows enough to answer
simple questions about her surroundings
which are put to her. When asked to tell
something about her trouble she
can only answer, 81 don't re-
member" Her mind is growing
clearer, and she seems more conscious of
her surroundings every hour. She now
recognizes the warden when he enters her
room
HER CONDITION THIS MORNING.
DIR. W. w. Varick called at the City
Hospital at II 80 o'clock this morning to see
Miss Barrowcliff. He remained for about
twenty minutes and upon leaving reported
her condition as vastly improved, her tenn
perature being normal and her pulse seventy
eight. Her mind is also gaining strength.
Her wound is healing rapidly and the swell
ing about her face has gone down SO that
she can now open her eyes. DR.. Varick
while with her tested her mental condition
Holding up two fingers he asked her how
many there were. She answered, "Two."
He then held up three and she again an
swered correctly. Holding up his whole
hand and asking her she slowly answered,
Give" The Warden questioned her this
morning before the doctor arrived and asked
her how she felt Slowly drawling out her
words she said: "Tm very, very sick" She
didn't recognize him nor seem to realize
where she was. The Warden said that it
seems hard for her to put sentence to-
gether, all questions being answered in
monosyllables, if at all.
HAS NEVER RAvED.
One fact that gives the doctors great hope
of her retaining her reason is that in all the
time she has lain in the hospital she has never
raved or talked incoherently. The few
words she has said have been perfectly ra-
tional. She has taken more nouishment to-
day than she has been able to take hereto
fore. She is given nothing but Cruel. This
is made stronger than it was yesterday.
With her wound rapidly healing and her
body gaining daily in strength, while her
memory still remains blank, the question
naturally arises:-sIs not this an evidence
that if she RECEIVERS it will be without rea-
son, and that she may never be able to dis
close the particulars of her horrible expert
encew
This question was propounded to Warden
Osborne by the reporter, He said that the
body must regain strength before the mind
will begin to show signs OF Improvement.
He does not feel alarmed for her reason, as
he has had many cases where the patient has
not spoken for eight, and, in one case, twelve
days, but have ultimately recovered. He,
with the doctor, bases the hope of the re-
cOvery of her reason on the fact that her
mind has not wandered any since she has
been lying in the hospital
The reporter asked him about the call of
the supposed Mrs. Barrowcliff.
MRS, BARROwCLIFF'S CALL
ssNo one has interviewed me yet on the
subject, he said, ssand yet every morning
paper has printed statement of some kind
concerning the visit. The majority of them
are wrong in every particular. The true
facts are these:-Y yesterday, at about twelve
o'clock woman rang the bell. l was in the
rear building and Mrs. Osborne was in the
female ward at the time. The girl went to
the door and asked her what she wanted. She
asked for Mrs Osborne and the girl asked
her her busness--we have had so many visi-
tors lately in connection with this affair that
we dc not let them in unless their business is
important She said that she was friend of
Miss Barrowcliff's and walked into the par
lor Ny wife saw her and spoke to her. She
would not say who she was, simply replying
to all questions that she was a
friend to Miss Barrowclif. / came
in and the minute | saw her /
recognized the resemblance between the
woman before me and the injured girl. /
questioned her about herself but all of her
answers were evasive. She expressed a
hope that May was receiving the best Of
care. assured her that she was receiving
all the attention possible AT the door, as
she was leaving asked her point blank il
she were not Mrs. BarrowcliH and she told
me she. was She said that she had been led
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