The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-27
MISS GOULDS PR0TEGEE
The Young Morphine Victim
Arrested Yesterday Has
a History.


lated the fact tina Emelia ~Steingruber,
a demented young German woman, found
aimlessly wandering through the Hudson
Of the police of the Webster avenue police
station and residents of that vicinity It
was with difficulty that the police got
from her her name and the address Of
her father. Sad, vet interesting, Is this
strange young woman's case. 1t is one
deserving the attention at least of the
county authorities. A short while g it
interested Miss Helen Gould, who. after
investigation. opened her purse and did
all that could be expected of her to al
leyiate the distress Of an Unfortunate
sister whom she had never seen.
The bare details of the young woman's
detention at the Webster avenue station
house and Of her transfer to the wom-
ems prison, at the Oakland avenue sta
ton house. as published in yesterdays
News suggested that the young wom-
an was a victim of the morphine habit.
Subsequent investigation shows this the
Org to be about correct. The terrible
habit was formed as a result of inju-
dieious ~hypodermic injections of morphine
during an attack of typhoid fever a few
years ago. This assertion is based upon
the story told The News reporter by
Mrs. Reincke. we'll known as a mission
airy among the inmates of the Tombs and
Bellevue Hospital. New York. Mrs.
Reincke was visiting the young girl when
The News" reporter called at the Oak
land avenue station house yesterday af-
ternoon to ask If the girl had been called
for by her father. Mrs. Reincke said to
the reporter
Il first ran across this young woman
in Bellevue Hospital, six or seven weeks
ago. The story is intricate, and I do
not believe it would interest even you
reporters. She was in Bellevue Hospital
as a result of a dose of ether. / saw her
there. became interested in her. When
she left. at my invitation. she spent three
weeks at my house. Then she wandered
away. She said she was going to look
for work In Hoboken. Instead she went
to Brooklyn. There she Joined the Bible
Glass of the Young Women's Christian
Association. Her teacher was acquaint-
ed with Helen Gould, who was in the
habit of financially aiding this young
teacher in her philanthropie work. All
of a sudden the young woman disappear
ed from the Young Women's Christian
Association Home in Brooklyn. The next
heard from her was during the following
week. when 1t was %nnounced in the
daily newspapers that the young woman
was in Flatbush Hospital. She had given
herself up to some officer, to whom she
applied for chioroform.''
The News" reporter recalls the fact
that while interviewing the young woman
in the Webster avenue station house,
Monday evening, she asked the Sergeant
at the desk for 'drachm of chloroform.p
After Miss Gould was satisfied that
this was the same young woman in whom
she had become interested said Mrs.
Reinicke, last evening. "she sought her
out and sent her to the ArdenaIe Home:
Miss Gould paid for her treatment there
for six or seven weeks. She was pro-
nounced cured and went back to Flat
bush. Her Bible class teacher took her
out Then she came back to my house.
stayed about three weeks. expressed
a wish to go back home. Ostensibly she
left my home for that purpose. but the
next heard from her she was in the Ford
ham, New York. hospital, suffering from
a dose of morphine. which she had taken
at fremont. She was charged with at
tempting suicide. She was tried in the Nor
isianda Court. I intereeded and told what
| knew She was taken to her home last
Friday, and as upon former occasions,
welcomed by her father. / wish to say
right here. that the father is loyal to this
afflicted daughter. He may not be able
to make himself understood; but he is a
good man. I know it. It's not true that
he's connected with a brewery. He makes
his living by fine needle work"
Yes interrupted Matron Wyatt. 81
believe that. For the poor girl is a SPLEEN
did needle worker herself. Despite the
fact that her mind has been wandering all
day. she has asked for work to do, and
day, that l shall treasure as specimens.
of great Skill" and Mrs. Wyatt proudly
exhibited the specimens.
But through the iron barred cell doors,
the corridors and Railways was heard the
plaintiffs melody: I'm a good girl! I'VE
never done anything wrongi l don't see
why they should lock me upt'
The girl is the daughter of Conrad
steingruber. of Guttenburg. Mrs. Reincke,
the missionary, said the girl had a
trunk filed with 'lovely clothes,,' given
her by Helen Gould. Yesterday she asked
Matron Wyatt for a pair of scissors.
which were given to her. she handed
them back. however, with the remark:
had better keep them, for If | were
to kill myself with them you would al