The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-15
SHE'S THE HOSPITAL GIRL.
EMMA OTTO APPEARS AGAIN WIN A
STORY OF STARVATION.

In BelI6Vue NOw-Hns Been In Flower HOS
pitnl and the Presbyterian with stories
of Ill Trsat,nent-FAmily Take It Philo-
sophioally whenever She Disappears.
A little girl neatly dressed In white walked
into stuyvesant Square Park yesterday morn
ing and sat down on one Of tho benches.
She attracted the attention OF some nurse
girls and several Of them questioned her but
got short answers or none at oil. Finally one
OF them spoke about her TO Policeman Dunn.
He asked her who she was. She shut her eyes
and shook her head
What are you doing here ?" he asked her.
"Starving. sir" said she in weak voice.
"Oan you walk little distance to the station
house ?" he said. "I'll get you something to
eat there and call doctor"
Yes. SIR" said the girl. IT can walk. but
I'm not very strong. l haven't had anything
to eat for, oh, ever so long"
Taking her by the hand. Dunn led her to the
East Twenty-second street station. where she
told the Sergeant that she WAS Emma Otto, ii
years old OF 237 East Ninety-third street He
sent to Bellevue Hospital for an ambulance.
and meanwhile Dunn said that he would 60
and get some food for the girl.
I'll be back In q minute" said he. with
some good soup and meat and potatoes and
some vegetables and -
Hold onl" said the Sergeant. DO you want
to kill the child? Don't you know 1t isn't safe
to feed starving people that wayH Get her a
bowl Of bread and milk, That will be all she
AT this Emma,s face. which had assumed q
sDa m nfGas he p
sSon pIsh Il sG a.ep ew
the hospital. where she became historical and
then unconscious. and was put TO bed In one OF
had cried out that she was driven from her
home BY III treatment;
found the tailor shop Of Charles Otto the girls
fatbeE with Mrs. Otto in charge. The reporter
sSs Nos So &. 5o 'd dda hs o Be-
y Beiieyus ?" she said with strong German
aeeeh accent ,hi. AZ; yes is there Thought she
Yes" said her la-year-old son Emil. who
.ushS V 1@ be 5RS iR0 S sa t s%S
| Presbyterian last time"
SsGq ,a aSs. d 5ms Of s. n sSfG ire
tms *. ss' haas Sst G d sesH t to
*ii sSe via, her at home m folks should an;
She's been gone since Monday" said Emil,
but we haven't worried about her She
Those hospitals Is for a run-off little girl
such a nice place to stay safe" observed the
mother comfortably:
.s fsT o' es s
her to do some work, cleaning out some
Ssd tssf and Es raS sd claw
ssss NM 9.2 . sys sh her
&c. eept IN Tie hall and mSke dreadful Fursss: i
on the floor. and all the, eighbors came around
her; but knew she was taxing. TOOK her
watch away while she was busy with her TT.
s.san S or bu Is @hSR
she saw had it she went right on with her nt
That put the neighbors on and they left. One
was Monday afternoon. and We haven't seen
=, And she's been doing this beforc?" asked
m 'sa s.s En- ,1s Ss css,
hsyf sqESs tie n9 s
snow SaPk got thrown. 80 they keep her there
the as nsa , III r mpei
and said her ankle was broken. At first she
they rs Il a9f
AS 20" PS' Rf"'' was he s
I'm the Park. about the Marion Clark lost
|
when every body was searching for Marion
| Clark Emma had my H. months.ol brother
| out in the Park and somebody said there was
a baby that was like the Clark baby. Emma
| was due to cut up some sort Of shine. for she'd
| Just left her place at a dressmakers and been
| scolded for II. When she heard what was said
| she lay down and kicked and s1uirmed and
| yelled until she landed In the Presbyterian
Hospital. When we found out where she was
| ] went over to get her and what do you think
| found her at when got there? Doing n cake
| walk for the amusement OF the other patients
| There's her whole record so far. Next time
su, pose she'll turn up In some other hospital ;
Meantime. AT Bellevue Emma had come back
to consciousness. and related a story OF III.
treatment and starvation which was not borne
out by her condition. Examination showcl
that she had not suffered from lack of food
Asked where abe had spent the nights since
she had left home. she accounted for Tuesday
night by saying that strange man had taker
her to some place sho didn't know, amplifynl
the tale with vel low journal details as to hcl
having been forced to drink green liquid thai
deprived her OF consciousness. and OF her be
ing turned into the streets at 1 O'Clock II
the morning. There is not the slightest eyi
dence to show that she has undergone any i'll
treatment. and II 10 evident that the Who'll,
story Is an effort Of the imagination The hos
pital doctors are interested in the case. The!
say that the girl Ia a chronic hysterical pre-
tender and liar. but that she will probably out
grow these tendencies when she become
older. She was kept at the hospital last night