The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-07-27
LIZZIE BERNS HOME
FOUND AT ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL IN
RACINE LAST EVENING.
SHE INTENDED TO BE A SISTER
The Young Lady Tells the Whole Story OF
the Atari Matrimonial Troubles the
Cause of Her Strange Action-Nicol
Denies the Girls Story.

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and today the young lady is again at
the home of her parents on Orange
street.
The first authentic news of her
whereabouts was furnished last night
by this paper, when telephone mes
sage was received from Racine stating
that she was at st. Mary's hospital in
that city. Knowing the interest in the
case this paper issued special bulletin
which attracted great attention. AS
soon as the message was received a
representative of this paper went TO
the home of the girls parents and gave
them the first information which they
| had received as to where the young
girl was staying. The parents were
greatly rejoiced TO hear that she had
been found and the entire family at
once left for Racine to see her and re-
turn her to her home. 1t was happy
party and only those who accompanied
the parents on the trip can understand
how great their JOY was. The week OF
uncertainty had made noticeable
change in the father and mother and
the joy of hearing that the agony was
over was almost more than they could
stand. When the reached Racine
they went at once to the hospital and
the reunion of parents and daughter
was a pathetic one. AS soon as posi-
BILE the party, accompanied by Chief of
Police O'Hare, who had arranged the
details of the meeting, returned to the
Berns home in this city.
Miss Berns, of course, was little
reticent, but she told the whole story of
the affair without reserve. The cause
for her leaving home seems to have
originated from some trouble with her
parents over matrimonial matters. It
was the plan of her parents that the
young lady should be married to a
young man in Milwaukee, but this was
not to her liking. The young lady
with the independence of an American
girl had made other plans and desired
to marry the man of her choice. This
difference of opinion finally led to a
family rupture and the young lady
leaving home. In speaking OF her
whereabout since she left home Friday
night Miss Berns was perfectly frank
and made no effort to conceal anything.
She said that after she left home she
met Mr.. Nicol and that they remained
together all night. She said that they
walked down to the golf ground and
spent the hours on the lake front.
She corroborates the story told by
James Doherty and says that in the
morning she walked through the grave
yard and went out to the home of VIM.
Goergen, where she spent the day.
In the evening she walked back to
the city and took the 9 o'clock Car to
Racine. AS soon as she arrived in
Racine she went to the st. Mary's
hospital and asked for shelter. She
told the Sisters that it was her inten
ton to fit herself to enter the SisterhoOd
and she was kept at the hospital until
last night, when she was restored to
her parents. She said that she was
honest in her desire to become Sister
of Charity and that she was kindly
treated by the people at the hospital
Yesterday afternoon Father Elskamp,
pastor of St. Georges church, was in
formed that the young lady was at the
hospital, but he refused to give the
place of her retreat, only stating that
she was alive and we'll. The parents of
tbs girl were not told of her where
abouts until the secret was discovered
by the representative of this paper.
The story told by Miss Berns is par
TALLY the same as the one told by the
managers of the hospital to the News
last evening, but the matron of the
hospital stated that the girl had come
to Racine for the purpose of getting
married and had afterward changed
her mind and had sought the shelter OF
the hospital as place of safety.
The police have not as yet been able
to account for the strange actions OF
the man Nicol who it seems has played
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Notwithstanding the story of Miss
Berns, Nicol still denies that he knows
anything of the case and says that he
left the girl on Friday evening and did
not see her afterward until this morn
ing when he was taken to her by the
Chief of Police. The police claim to
have discovered that Nicol visited
the girl in Racine on last Tuesday
evening, but this the young man also
denies. He admits that he was in
Racine at that time, but says that he
did not see the girl.
The friends and parents of the girl
are all glad that she has returned to
her home unframed, and with thanks
for this, the story should be forgotten.
INTERIOR expansion is subject
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it generally known that there are