The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-02
INSANITY IN THE BLOOD
Miss Lucy Taylor Removed TO
ST. Elizabeth'S Hospital.
FATHER SLIGHTLY BETTER
One Vt Her Sisters Now an Inmate
of an Asylum in Baltimore An
other, STIil az Home, i'm Highly
HystrritaI Condition From tie
Cccurr aces OF Last Night.

Hereditary insanity nearly caused a
tragedy at an early hour this morning
i'm the home Of Walter Taylor. a clerk
in the Treasury Department. living at
No. 4Us Fourth street northeast. as told
exclusively i'm The Times this morning.
Lucy TAYLOR is the third member of
the family TO lose her mind Her moth
,r died in mad house and her pretty
sister Bertha, is now confined in an in
sane asylum in Baltimore. This con-
dition IF affairs SO preyed on the mind
of Mir. Taylor that last night he toe.
became temporarily mentally deranged
aud attempted to xiii himself by hang
ing
His act followed a terrible scene in
The house in which the daughter d.
vested herself OF all her clothing and
after demolishinS the contents ui the
parloI jumped through the window and
ran To nearby vacant lot where she
lay unconscious Ia SNOW bank unlA
found by friends.
The young girl is only twenty wears
old and very beautiful She has large
brown eyes and 4 wealth uf brown
hair Two years ago she experienced
her first attack of the dreaded nalaiy
which WAS only too familiar 10 her. she
having seen her sister in the same con-
dition before her incarceration in The
ASYLUM. The father sought to prevent
a recurrence OF the trouble in the case
of Miss Lucy. The first attack was
mild. and she Was apparently cured BY
a trip to Atlantic City. which restored
her mind 10 its normal condition.
TWO weeks ago The old trouble be-
gan again. The symptoms were nlild
al first. and caused only a slight nl-lan-
,-h0la IL was then noticed that NJ.
TAYLOR also looked worried and seemed
oppressed. Instead Of LuCE getting
better she grew worse until Mrs. HuS-
bandman, a friend OI the family. Was
called upon to look after the young girl
The family then consisted of Nr.
Taylor, Mrs. HuSbandnan. Miss Nellie
TAYLOR. aged tWeutE-fuuy Years, ana
the afflicted girl.
Yesterday il was noticed that Miss
TaHl0r's condition had grown worse.
and also that Mr.. Taylor seemed more
worried than usual. He. too. seemed to
grow melancholy and acted strangely.
He went 10 his work as usual, but whe n
ne returned home i'm the evening it WAS
evident that his mind was giving way.
H. was induced to retire early how
ever. as did also Miss Nellie Taylor
and nine -year-old Pauline. the baby Of
the household. Lucy lay on q couch in
the front parlor she was watched
over by Mrs. Husbandmau, whom she
furtiVelN observed for several hours.
Toward midnight the girl grew worse
She became feNerish and then excited.
Although a very stout woman, Mrs
Husbandman became frightened at the
girls menacinE looks.
Suddenly Lucy sprang from the
couch.
i will Kill YOU" she cried. and at
tempted To seize Mrs. HuSbandman.
The latter fed from the room. Left to
herself. the maddened woman pulled
the pictures from the wall and smashed
the bric-a -brac to pieces. Everything
was dashed to the floor and broken in
10 a hundred pieces. The room looked
as If cyclone had struck it.
For one moment Lucy eyed the re-
suit of her terrible outbreak, Then she
smashed one of the windows with her
hand. The shutters were open and the
SNOW 2listened outside. She gave one
glance and sprang headlonE through
the other window. landing in a snow
heap on the ground
Bv this time the sounds downstairs
had aroused the sleepless father in the
room overhead The terrible scene did
not last more than two or three min
utes. and when Mr TAYLOR got down
stairs il was all over. bat the afflicted
daughter had sappeared. Miss Nellie
Taylor was soon with her father. but
left him a moment and hurried out the
front door to see the direction taken
10y Lucy.
Then the father thought Of suicide.
and going into the Kitchen secured a
piece of rope He made a moose, which
he slipped about his neck Then he
threw the other end over a water pipe
lf-r na L. -+.a
un chair and drawing the rope tight |
fastened il securely. and jumped from
the chair. 1t was but a few minutes
before he was unconscious.
Meanwhile the neiphbors had be- /
come aroused. Policeman Hayden, Mr.. 4
Myers and A Mr.. Hall were soon at the /
house, and began a search for the girl. 4
A lady informed them that she saw her /
run around Fourth and ID streets and /
disappear. The men took the same di- 1
rection and found the girl lying nude /
and unconscious i'm a snow drift on a |
vacant lot. She had torn off all her 4
clothing and was utterly exhausted /
from the violence Of her mania. She /
was wrapped in the overcoats Of her 1
rescuers and taken back to the house |
just as Miss Nellie Taylor rushed 1
screaming from the kitchen where she |
had discovered the body of her father. |
Mr. Myers accompanied the elder sis /
ter To the Kitchen ana loSelnef tneA /
succeeded in getting the body down. |
Life had apparently fed, bat a messen- |
g,r was quickly dispatched for an am /
bui. nee and the wagon from the Emer- |
eencA Hospital responded. MIR. Tay-
lor was placed on a stretcher and 4
quickly con-eyed to the hospital where /
the physicians made every effort to re-
store consciousness.
The insane girl had Seen placed in a
bed up stairs and DIR. j b. Gregg Gus
tis. the family physician. summoned.
He hurried to the house accompanied
by DIR. George w. n. Custis. They APP !
piled restoratives and quickly brought
Miss Taylor TO consciousness. Then il
was found that the older sister was
highly hysteTical as result of the
intense excitement and she was put to |
bed in the home of a friend nearby
The little child, Pauline. was also re-
moved from the house and then watch
I'd by friends.
Miss Lucy went TO sleep. Policeman |
MIR. Ward L. Smith. of Fredericks-