New-York tribune., 1896-01-04
SHE WADE HER HOuE ~ THE PARh'
MARY LYONS AFTER DoDGIN' S'""''"
POIlCE FOR MONTHS. FINALLY AZ
pEALS FOR SHELTER.

PEAIs FOR SHELTER
N,gi.tra,e Mott in Yorkyie Court yesterday
| morning committed Mary Lyons t"e".. I'M
.oars ola no home 20 the Workhouse Mary -
Il puzzle 70 the Park police and ID ''' '''' 's
trates Tho girl frs; came into pubic'y ''s' '"',
s,,. ,cas seen by the Central Park police at az
hours OF the day AMI nigh, in various parts OF ,h'
Park Apparently she never leN H. Sh' Ia" ."
faculty OF avoiding the police 9he was t'''
friend Of the PARK squirrels lne H'''' "''
evinccd fear OF her but AZ h'r ''' my '.,,..
swarm around and over her. s.t Oh her sho"''''
and hun; through her pockets for peanuts ann DIS
OF food thar she brought TO ihri'. ..
Finally. early one morning. Policemen sANase
| ail McGirly found Mary asleep sHuS} ems.
IN the shrubbory and arrested h'r. II '""' '''''
she told the police that she had be'h nm" -,
home. and having nowhere else to 70 s"r fn""'
an ASYLUM of the PARK. Sho would not say "hef'
her family lived. hu. t was supposed that they
were. res dents Of the clay.
THO gi-, was committed 10 the Worhhouse where
., sr.,- I've l,vs Ar'rr h-r r,lsas" sAe was
,,,..',llv seen ab,u, tho PARK hri a. s1e seemed
homeless aud male no one anj 'r'"'' ''' was
not uDl"sicd.
ON me advent of cold wcaihor fhc p'..r" remark
ing ,ha, she was ihinly cad. again arrested N'ff
=, Mas sgain committed t. the Wor1hou'e w'eic
she remained for forty days. h"ins released ~ ire
bitter part - December SHe ''"'n'' 80
Park but managel 20 remain In s"Siuf.'n , mos. .,
fhr time me poice would coca sor".t g., -
OF her buf 50" would nit nNAt ana ''''''' '''''
in ihe dense slrubbef}. ,. u.-..a
Thurslsv evening ~ o'clock. Faf" i"..'-
man savage Was pass'c2 near /" fihh''I. ''
,n central Park when hr heard som" ono ,aI. nc
rntcroI tne lncll4ure and found Mary haii Ie''u.
,rg uron a rustic bench. ~" wa. u'n' an
rlucheI with cold. ana her iceth chhli'i'' IL S"'
spoke . ,...t 81 or,
sun,rlng from tie cold ani "A'i 10 fo &" '"'
WOrkhOuso again 49,, hal h... t,,
on n-.nl questioned sh" sa'I shr hdt "',n III
the PARK ever snce her las, releas. from thc N2rh,
nnu-c about three weeks ago. she SAN ~" 't J
slept I'm the snsubbery oa pleasant s",s anu Va
a summer house when IN" nights "c." IN
S,c w1uli not say how 81" obtained i"''' NJ"
he elrl Vas arraienei this morning she hhi r.
covered from the effects OF exposure ~" - ID"
black haired. back-eye1. rosy-cheekgl f'r sne
w,s Dir. ,s..i In "A thin summer costume OF p'Iv n
v.h,c a fimsy laCe-'rmm"I cape covered h.'
ehonllers Sa. declined to talk fnrtnci man 10
r.,f.rate her wish to be sent t. the NcIAhous"
she did say however To Rolna- -man Grimm that
she Understood the care of Il house. hut hhl never
cone much work. , ., ,h.. D., b,t
learned that the girls family al i've IN lIe1ahl
AMI thar she has not a friend IN TINS country;
Some time ago her parents took offence at ~" n! !
.uI shlru.I her % America. i - yu'po4rl 'HH'
Mary ia in receipt Of occasional renlttdnces from
the old country. , ,,. t,,,,.o,...s -
.bn case sal he guessed she was tile un-
BALANCED mentally. a belle: shared IN by the ponce