The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-01
| WILL Be REMOVED
Julia Lyons's Relatives Will
Take Her From Home
for the Blind"
TALE OF CRUELTY BELIEVED
Neighbors Say Screams From
the Institution Are of
Nightly Occurrence.

The relatives of blind Julia Lyons. the
girl who escaped from SISTER Rosaiies
rome Tor the Blind, on Ocean avenue,
thursday afternoon, have decided to take
the girl from the institution They be-
heve now that she was illtreated and that
the treatment she was subjected to alone
prompted her to seek refuge with her
sister. Mrs. Griffin, at No. 22 Clerk
street
When the girl ran away from the home.
she found her way to Jackson and Eue
avenues There she met man who
volunteered to take her to Mrs. Criffin,s
nome after Julia had stated her plight
~ MN. IL was when the couple arrived
IN the rear of the Home for the Blind
oh CiefK street, on their way to Mrs.
GriInn's house, that SISTER Rosalie and
iler assistants rushed out and almost tore
the girl from the stranger. The esrl
ofoKe away from Sister Rosalie and
sought place of safety away from the
people OF rhe home, on stoop at No.
2O4 Clerk street.
Sne round her way to a vacant lot
nearby and deliberately threw herself on
the ground, crying that she would not
go back to the home and that she want
ed 10 go to her sisters. She was finally
persuaded to return with .sSister', Rosa
lie.
Mrs. Lyons, a sister-in-law of the girl.
is the authority for the statement that
the girl had been misused at the home.
even though her expenses were defraved
each month. Mrs. Lyons added that the
girl was forced to wash, iron and serub.
and that at one time her hands were so
oadly burned that she was forced to go
home to her sisters house until the burns
were healed.
SISTER Rosalie has incurred the dislike
OF the priests in this city because of the
adoption of her seH-conferre5 title and
the robes she wears. The Bishop warned
nus people against her some time ago,
through all the churches of the diocese.
SISTER Rosalfe was very emphatic in
ner statement regarding the sanity of the
girl. She said that Julia Lyons was crazy
beyond a doubt and that she was a fit
subject for an insane asylum. As for
abuse, no patient ever received iil-treat-
ment at her hands.
.fWho would misuse the grip, asked she
Sister Rosalie was asked what she
thought of Mrs. Eyler's administration at
the State Industrial School for Girls
Sister Rosalie replied that it was quite
evident that the matron at the girls
school must have great pull with the
State officials
The Sister in a conversation with the
reporter stated that the fee for inmates
was Sl2 month and that the relatives or
whoever was responsible for the inmate
was obliged to provide clothing. A doctor
occasionally visited the home to look after
the inmates, she said.
Relatives are allowed to come and take
the children out ON Thursdays and Sum
days.
The relatives of Julia Lyons will take
her away in the course of a day or two
They deny that the girl is irrational, and
add that if Julia is inclined TO be obstf-
nate, it is because of misuse at the hands
of the sister who conducts the institu-
tion.
Residents on Clerk street in the rear Of
the home. stated to reporter of THE
News that screams had been heard regu-
larly from Sister Rosalie's place. In
fact, they were so frequent that the resi-
dents no longer paid attention to them.