The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-16
MRS. RU9ZER CARED FOR
Her Youngest Sister Provides
for Her Maintenance at the
Trenton Asylum.

AT last Mrs. Amelia De Mott Rutzer
| is to be cared for. Her youngest sister
| Mrs. DR.. B. j. Perry. of No. 81 Madison
| avenue, New York. will pay her ex-
| oenses at the State Asylum at Trenton
The sad history Of Mrs. Rutzer's unfor-
.rnate life has already been told in THE
ersey City News"
1t is now known to every one that this
| n~iddle-aged woman. who for twenty
J years has been a harmless lunatic con-
fined the greater portion of the time In
the asylum at Trenton is enc of the
daughters of the aristocratic De Motts
al one time one of the wealthiest Jam
lilies in this county.
Miss Amelia De Mott married a hote'
keeper at Poughkeepsie. N. Y. She lived
as happily as people generally Go. Shs
was forced to obtain a divorce from hei
husband. and she soon afterward be-
came insane.
One of Mrs. Rutzer's sisters had in the
meantime married DR.. A. A. Lutkins, OF
this city. and during his life time the
good hearted physician paid all the ex,
! peusee of Mrs. Rutzer at the asylum.
After his death these payments ceased.
The unfortunate woman was turned out
of the asylum and taken to her daugh-
ter. Ms. Bishop. wife of 4 wel,-to-ac
man in Plainfield. Mrs. Bishop took Mrs.
Rufzer TO the Court House in this city
about three months ago and abandoned
her there.
ABANDONED IN JERSEY CITY.
Judge HudsDeth was put in possession
OF these facts and he caused Mrs. Rut-
ger 10 be returned to her daughter, Mrs
Bishop. Through some curious interpre-
tation of the law, Judge MeGrath decided
that this county shculd support Mrs. Rut-
ger, n after a c~orresponden nee with the
counsel of the Somerset County Boar
Of F:eeholders. Mrs. Rutzer, two weeks
age, was again brought to this county
and placed in the County Jail for dispo,
sition by the Court.
During this time Mrs. Perry was in.
formed of the condition of her sister and
she sought Mrs. Rutzer's relatives to see
If they would not join with her in suit
ably providing for the insane woman.
S Sa sr, ct these nso relatiyss were HTylei
a half brother. who had been prominent
in this county and was one of the in
dicted Board of Freeholders of Passaie
another daughter ofMrs. Rutzer, who mar
ried George Howe and now lives in the
neighborhood of Westfield.
NO ONE WOULD AID HER.
Not one of these relatives would aid
the Unfortunate woman. Then Mrs. Perry
called on Sheriff Toffey and asked him
table of Warden Mitchell, and to see
that she lar every comfort possible.
Mrs. Perry said she would pay the bill.
She also offered the Sheriff a check for
a years maintenance for Mrs. Rutzer at
the State Asylum at Trenton. The Sheriff
wrote to DR.. Ward of the asylum and
fed check for the expense to be incurred
if he would receive Mrs. Rutzer.
DR.. Ward wrote in reply that he could
not accept a check or money, for under
a recent ~stat-te it was necessary for a
bond to be given with two bondsmen.
The Sheriff has communicated these facts
to Mrs. Perry and she will doubtless find
the necessary bondsnen. She would have
no difficulty. If her husbands property
was in this State instead of New York.
Mott estate left in this county which
Mrs. Perry say will be sold and the pro-
ceeds devoted to the support of Mrs. Rut-
Ger. When De Mott died he left a will
that gave his large estate to his sons,
excepting the small portion which is to
be sold. This was given to his wife, who
died a year ago and is buried in the Ber-
gen Cemetery.