The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-23
W. K.vANDERB[LTS CALLER
sHB RINGS LATE AND EARLE AT
HIs HOUSE.
she q. Not Allowed e. SEC Hin snd the
Ren Is NAMED 60 Prevent Hts Being
Internationally Arrested and Com
mttted for Eunmiuation ss 60 Her Sanity.

she fs Not Allowed 60 SEQ Hin ana the
Hen IL Mumed 60 Prevent Hts Being
DIsturbed-Ftnaiiy Arrested and Com
mitted for Examination ss 60 Her sanity.
Shortly before : o'clock on Tuesday night
q. well-dressed young woman rang the bell at
the house Of William X. Vanderbilt, at FIFTY
second street and Fifth avenue. When Ernest
Everhardt answered the bell. the woman re-
ouestod that she be taken at once TO MI. Van
derbilt, as she wished 10 see him on a matter
OF Importance. When tho servant said
that Mr.. Vanderbilt was busy, the woman pro.
duced a note which she said must be delivered
at once. The servant closed the door, leaving
the caller standing in the outside vestibule,
put the note In his pocket, and went about his
house dutier. Two hours later the door bell
again rang violently. When Everhardt
opened the door the young woman again con.
fronted him.
i've been waiting here two hours" said she,
and you'd better take me to Mr.. Vanderbilt.
I propose to see him before I leave the city"
she was told that Mr.. Vanderbilt wasn't to
be seen, and the door was shut in her face.
Before going to bed the servant took the pre-
caution TO mufiie the bell. so that Mr.. Wander
bilt would not be disturbed by her coming
sEain.
The young woman did not trouble the Van
derbilt household during the night, but oarly
yesterday morning she was on hand once more.
Shortly after 8 O'Clock Everhardt heard the
muffied gong pounding away at a great rate.
Whom he opened the door the caller Of the
night before tried to push past him into the
hall.
You sec I'm here again." said she. "and
there isn't any use telling me Mr.. Vanderbilt
isn't at home. l know that he is"
al right" replied Everhardt; go around
to the side door. and we'll talk about it."
At that the woman became indignant.
I'm not a servant said she. and l don't
propose to apply at the servants entrance.
! come of as good a family as your master"
Deciding that he wouldn't have any peace
while the woman was at large. the servant
put on his hat and went in search of a police
man. He found Policeman Diehl Of the East
Fifty.tHrst street station half II block from the
house, and told him that a crazy woman was
still pulling at the bell when the policeman
appeared.
In answer to his question as to what she was
doing there, she said that 1t WAS no ones bus.
mess why she wantei to see Mr.. Vanderbilt
families in philadeLphia. When taken TO- the
station house. she said she was Estclla Bur
T;ns 8; e 81 Y TSIisd Glfi and t sSs s sGS liv fSa Ct she he
came to this city two days ago for the pur-
pose ii .~eing A!r. Vanderbilt.
Brann in the Yorkville Police Court. she said
it was an outrage to arrest ner for ringing the
uOO' Dell Il an utTltul NlIlGtll.
II have done nothing wrong: judge, said
she, and there Is no reason why ! should De
n arr, nIab, l , ,na' o at Mr.; Nsn Gtanr r.f n@edo
went there again this morning. | WAS ins'ilted
by a servant by being told to go to the entrance
used by domestics."
But why, dii you want to trouble Mr.. Van
derhiltf' asked the Magistrate.
aud, knowing Mr.. Vanderbilt to be a man OF
influence. decided to call upon him and obtain
to one Of the weaithiest Gentlemen in Plila-
delphia. and / know most of the hes. families
sasqs; i DISC d nnyf fFl S { ig taiS witt Gity' f hm :
She produced a letter from the Rev. Or. Car
pastor. in which Or. Carter recommended her
as q deserving woman of nnYsual ahtiity;
land l will send you to Believe Hosnital.
where the doctors will examine you. If YOU
are all right they will no douot let you 20 Mt
Miss Burmeister became Indignant.
i am able to see my own doctor, sa'd she.
and 1t is unnecessary to commit me to a hos
The Magistrate. however. decided that an
her to the hospital until the doctors could de-
teTmine her mental condition. u. ,,.
meister wrote a dozen or fifteen letters to per :
sons in this city and philadelphia. IN which
police. and was to be locked up inan insane
asylum. One of the letters was addressed To
Nj PuI Rep rSip and = ap seGo @slt F. hdiIho Rd TS'tf.i
was for some years a stenographer in Philadel-
phia. Among others who emf loved her were the
Rev. DR.. II. l.. Wayland. DR.. William Pepper.
the Rev. Drs. Dana, McCook. Mcconnell. and
Bishop Whitaker.
she was a woman Of exceptional intelli-
genc,." said DR.. wayland tonight. Il en-
ployed her for four years, but found her OF an
excitable and nervous temperament" The
Doctor believes that her mind was partly un.
settled when. some wears ago; she took several
courses OF lectures al the Woman's Medical
College, Philadelphia. She has recently devoted
much time to the investigation OF electricity and
fairfield air in n combination. to communicate
between distant points. DIR. WaylRnd believes
she wanted to see Mr.. Vanderbilt in order to in
duce him TO take Il financial interest in her in
vestigations along this line. Her real name is
Earnes. but she bear. the name Of Or. Burmeis-
ter. who adopted her when she was a child.
She has several sisters living in Philadelphia.
and she visited DIR. Wayland as recently as
Monday last, but said she must hasten back to
New York.