The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-17
FOUGHT HER CAPTOR
Insane Young Woman Causes
a Scene in the Ho-
boken Depot.
RELEASED FROM AN ASYLUM
Was About to Sail For Germany
But Was 'faken Back to
Morris Plains.

There was breeze of excitement in the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Rail-
road depot at Hoboken, this morning. AT
11:15 O'Clock a train steamed into the
train shed crowded with passengers.
Among those who alighted from one of
the forward cars was an old man who
was in company with a young woman.
The woman had blonde hair and she was
dressed in a grey gown. AS she stepped
on the depot platform she appeared
greatly excited. For a moment she stared
wildly at the other passengers, and then
dropping a bundle which she was carry
ing, gave shrek and made a mad rush
down the platform towards the dock.
The. other women in the crowd becoming
frightened, jumped to one side to allow
her to pass One of the men passengers
tried to stop the woman, but when he
seized her arm she turned and made an
effort to bite him. so he let her CO.
The old man who was with her stood
amazed on the platform, apparently too
frightened to move. The screams of
the woman were heard out in the street,
and Policeman Haw, who was at the
ferry, ran into the depot. He reached
there just in time to see the frantic wom-
an dash by the waiting room and run
directly for the end of the dock
By this time number of the railroad
employees had started after her. but when
any of them dared to touch her she would
Shrek louder than ever She turned sew
eral times upon the men and kicked at
them frantically. Then, before they
could grab her, she started down the pier.
Finally when she was within a few yards
of the edge of the dock, Policeman Haw
and one of the employees on the railroad
ran up alongside of her and seized her
by the arms. There was a struggle for
about five minutes before the woman was
overpowered She stared at the men and
tried to scratch their eyes out, and
caught hold of Haw's coat in her teeth.
After she was held down on the DOCK
however, she became Quieted. The pa
troll wagon was summoned and the wom-
an and the old man, who was still stand
ing on the platform in the train She'd
were taken to Police Headquarters
lish.
Through an Interpreter the old man
said he was August Neupert. He said
that the young woman was his daughter
Agnes. 26 years old. The woman came to
this country from sarony, Germany, sew
eral years ago, and becoming demented
was placed in the asylum at Passaic. Af-
ter remaining there for about year she
was removed by the authorities to Morris
Plains. Her parents in Germany learned
OF her misfortune, and Neupert decided to
come to this country and take his daugh-
ter home to the fatherland His daugh-
ter Was released from the asylum in his
care this morning, and he started for
Hoboken, where he intended to sail for
Germany on the steamship Saale of the
Hamburg line, which leaves tomorrow
morning.
On the train the woman became violent
and attempted to jump out of one of the
windows. Her father was unable to
l,e hold her and Conductor McCabe came to
his assistance. The conductor caught
the woman just as she was in the act of
opening the window. He had to watch
the woman until the train reached Ho-
bo5en, fearing that she would injure her
SELF
At Police Headquarters Chief Donovan
refused to accept the woman as a pris-
oner and told her father to take her back
to the asylum as there was no place in
HOboken to keep her
She was finally brought back to the de-
pot and her father purchased tickets to
return to the asylum
Special Policeman Heck went along with
the couple to take care of the young
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