Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-04-21
Florence Jordan Back Again Under
Extremely Sad Circumstances.
SUFFERING WITH ACUTE MANIA
Her History as Outlined Since She
Left Here.
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Florence Jordan, the beautiful young girl,
who, some months ago, startled Washing
ton by her depravity has returned to the
city crazy. She arrived here from Phila-
delphia this morning in charge of the ma
tron of the Philadelphia City Hospital,
and was taken at once to the sixth pre-
cfnct station, where the police surgeons
examined her and pronounced her suffering
from acute mania, probably the result of
being enciente.
1t was sad picture that a reporter of
The Star looked upon this morning when
he was ushered into the matron's room at
the police station. On a cot in one corner
OF the room lay Florence Jordan, dressed
IN gaudy silk, with short disheveled nair
and a face that bespoke suffering. She is
a wreck of her former self and her care
less manner and beaming face have given
place to seriousness. Her radiant beauty
has gone. She seems to have aged twenty
years. Her pearly teeth are the only rem
nants Of the beauty that called forth such
expressions of sympathy when she was ar
rested on former occasion. She seemed
ioatn 10 talk, and her memory of previous
events was clouded. The Star man who
mad interviewed her when she was arrest
ca De1ore approached her and asked her
II she was glad to get back to Washing
ton. She evidently misunderstood the
oaths that she did not want to 90 back
70 washington and would not do it. Then
sne spoke incoherently of the witches up-
STAIRS st with their rag doll babies and added
lnat she mad ro2eG them all in. Her an
swers to the doctors questions were M
satisfactory, and during most of the in
tervieW she cried piteously, but with no
apparent reason. 1t was a sad spectacle.
sd h perhaps to those who had seen her
wnen she was radiant and fair, and now
iooked upon another face. another girl
Her Philadelphia Life.
Her history while in PhiladeInb;a 10 on,v
vaguely known. During the latter par, of
March she was taken to the hosn,ta, by
the woman with whom she boarded" 90
the doctor in charge of the hospital wrote
her previous history, or all that could lie
gained from the woman with whom she
lived, was to the effect that she had been ,
ncaroer at her house some time During
Marcn she noticed change in her She
II sisted upon bleaching her hair every day
or SO, ana imagined herself great actress
Al times she would give ludicrous speci-
mems or her ability, and once at least had
tried TO jump out of the window to 20 to
Harry who, the woman explained, had
peen frequent caller at the house and
Lad taken her out frequently. Then she
became so bad that she had to be taken to
the hospital This was all she said. At
the hospital she gave evidences Of acute
mama Sne complained Of hearing strange
sounos, and saw Imaginable things, When
first admitted she had indignantly demand
ca her release. and had torn her clothes
ard attacked the nurse. She refused to eat
the hospital fere, aid ordered her meals
sent In courses from hotel. When giye.
the hospital clothes to put on she fought
and had to be restrained That was the
history of the second chapter in the life of
Florence Jordan.
A Case of Acute Mania.
When the New York train came in this
morning Florence Jordan, accompanied by
the matron of the hospital, left the for
ward car, and they were directed by an
officer to the sixth precinct ambulance that
was in waiting. In short time she was
at the police station, and Immediately
threw herself on the bed. The matron, in
reply to a question, said Florence had be-
haved fairly well on the way over She
had cursed several times and created a
small scene, but YVES not violent She only
repeated the story of the physician. Be-
yond that she knew nothing.
The physicians made an examinat ton and
decided she was suffering from acute
mania, probably the result Of her condition
a jury of twelve men will shortly be called
upon to hear the evidence in the case, and
upon their decision she will probably lie
confined at st. Elizabeth's.