Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-11

Pitches Things Into the Back
Yard and Sits in a Night Gown
by an Open Window atrolman
Culley in Romantic Role-Humors
Her Whim That He is Her Lover
+ and, Believing She is Being Led
to the Altar, She Accompanies
Him to the Flatbush Retreat.
New York, October 10.-Of the past
life OF Margaret Sheedy nothing is
known that throws light upon her pres
ent plight. She came into The family Of
Lawyer ThenfOrd Woodruff Of No .124
Berkeley place, Brooklyn, nearly a year
ago. She brought excellent recommen-
dations from other families with whom
she had served as domestic, and in her
household duties and her depOrmenG
the WOodhulls found her exemplary.
She brought into her new service O
heart and a soul. but as these are not
parts Of a serving woman's equipment,
no one took the trouble TO examine into
them. And there. YOU see. lay all the
trouble, for her hear, beat for a man
whom she loved, and her soul was-a
woman's. YET an this was a sealed book
10 those who came IN contact with her,
for the passions Of domestic are un-
IN .eresting.
Margaret Sheedy IS twenty-sight
years Old. with blue eyes and thick
brown ,hair. She is not very good
looking. but is k.nd-near,ed and eX-
tremely sensitive. Her employers no.
ticed that she sometimes muter5i 10
herself ana seemed preoccup.ed win
her thoughts. The cay Of leisure which
came TO ner every TWO weeks seemed
90 bring her no pleasure. The Wood
hulls imagined they had gem OF
servant
Whatever +, was that troubled her
mind continued 10 worry her more
and more. until Wednesday night when.
after finishing the days work, she re-
tired 10 her room. thought It all over
once more. and then-then her mind
broke down. There is some technical
word that defines exactly her mental
condition; the Woodhulls merely know
that she went crazy.
She opened the window in her room
and threw the furniture in.o the yard
Chairs, lOok.ng-glasses a table, bed
clothes-everythin that she could lay
her hands on she threw out Her mis-
tress heard the noise but. guessing
what had happened, was afraid 10 ven
ture into the room. In the morning
policeman was summoned. He opened
the door Of the servants room and
found her sitting on trunk beside the
omen window. She was in her night
gown and was praying.
The pOliceman-Cu.ley IS his name
begged her 10 dress herself. She laugh
ed and replied:
MY beau was going 20 marry me.
but he didn't come-he didn't come-he
didn't come"
Then It occurred TO her that the po-
liceman was her faiihiess lover, and
she was overcome with delight.
"Tll go with you" she cried. I'll be
ready in a amoment. Don't leave me.
Please don't leave me again.
Opening her trunk she threw out a
bridal dress which she proudly dis
played TO the policeman. Then she
dressed herself Is IL she were preparing
about to 90 TO the altar. Mrs. Woodruff
remembered f5hat The girls bro-her-.n-
law. mechanic named Ryan, lived a.
No. $50 Third avenue. Brooklyn. The
policeman sent for him, and when he
arrived the woman was fastening her
bridal veil.
Now we'll go to the church" said
Ryan. she took his arm and accom-
panied him. smiling and happy, into
the street The unusual spectacle o. a
woman arrayed in bridal dress attracted
a large crowd that followed her al the
wav 10 the station house in Bergen
street.
All the way she talked about the man
who had deserted her. but what she
said was so incoherent that her
brother-in-law could not make
much of it. She entered the
station house in the belief mat
il was a church, and they had no d-iil-
Guilty in keeping her quiet. They senc
for a cab and tod her they would take
her 10 a better church. She assented
smilingly. and they drove her to the OF
fee of The Charities Department WheIe
thew obtained a certificate of commit
ment TO the Flatbush Insane Asylum.
Margaret Sheedy. sill in brida! attire
was taken n the asvium. Sac IS tneIe