Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-04-18
GOES STARK MAD OVER
MEXICAN MUSIC TEACHER
A Remarkable Case Of an Iowa
Woman's Loss Of Mental
Capacity.
TELLS HUSBAND OF lNFA1uA1loh
Emergency Hospital Not Secure Enough
and Now shc Is In tho State Insane
Asylum-Neyer Thinks of Her
Little Son.

Radcliffe, Ia, April 16.-Nlrs. Charles
several magazine stories and musl-
clan of unusual talent has been sent
to the state hospital at Independence,
having entirely lost her mind through
mad infatuation which she sudden
ly conceived for Aurelio Munroy, a
Mexican professor of music whom she
met at Radcliffe less than three weeks
ago. Until the advent of the Mexican
musician Mrs. Finn, who is Il strilSingly
beautiful woman, lived a quiet and APP
parently happy life. She is but "a
years of age, is the mother of q bright
little boy, was loved devotedly by her
husband and has had a home in which
every comfort was provided.
Aureio Muroy came to Radcliffe
about month ago and soon after his,
arrival was engaged by Mr.. Finn to
give his Wife music lessons. Within al
week Mrs. Finn told her husband that
she did not love him and wanted di-,.
vorce at once In order that she might
marry her Mexican lover. Because of.
the frantic way in which she made the
appeal to him Mr. Finn became con-l
WINGED that his wife could not be in her
right mind. Her subsequent actions
seemed to Verify this and in spite of
her violent protestations she was taken
to an emergency hospital at Eldora. 1T
was hoped that once away from Rad
cllffe and her Mexican lover the mad
.lnfatuation would abandon her, but
within a few days it was learned by
the attendants that the demented
woman was carrying on a secret cor.
respondence with the Mexican. In
stead of recovering Mrs. Finn became
rapidly worse and Dr. Morse, fearing
they would be unable to care for her
longer in an emergency hospital, as her
condition was coming absolutely vio-
lent, ordered the commissioners for the
insane to make an examination and as
a result of this the young woman was
taken to Independence to rave pitifully
for Aurelio Munroy and is said to be
going rapidly into decline. Tho Mex
lean, not knowing that his former pu
pill because of her mad love for him had
been taken to the state hospital for
the insane, visited Eldora last week in
the hope of getting an opportunity to
see her. He sent n message to the hos
pital, but learned that she had been
taken from there to more secure quar-
ters. AT Independence they have re-
fused him admission and Will allow
no correspondence to be received by
Mrs. Finn.
The case is one of the saddest which
has ever come to one of the state hos
pitfalls. The rawlings of the woman are
incessant and she is living alone for
the hope that some day she can get out
and go to her Mexican lover. She
gives no indication of realizing that
she has broken up her home and has
left her little boy without mother.
BY all who knew her she was regarded
as woman of unusual talent and there
has never been an assurance that she
was other than n 6nfifu1 Wife and
mother until the Mexican musician
came a few weeks ago, and instantly
won her heart.
At Radcliffe the people are strong in
their sympathies for Mrs. Firms hus-
hand and son and the Mexican must
clan has found it necessary to leave the
place for good.