The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-04
MRS. YORKE IS
NOW INSANE.
Widow Of Well Known Physician
Becomes Violent in Car.
THROWS HER JEWELRY AWAY.
Hsr Frlsads Dsc'is an ImpMtuaats ani
Unwsesms SullsT Is Responsible for
HN Present Cuadltlsn.

New York. Dec l-Driven nearly out OF
her mind 50 her friends say, by tho at
tentions of a man whom she repulsed and
whom she has tried In vain to escape
Mrs. Laura Yorke, the widow OF Dr.
Harry Yorke. formerly a physician at
tsched 10 the Vanderbilt clinic. was
placed In the insane pavilion At Bellevue
hospital yesterday.
The young woman suddenly became Vio-
lent in street car and on the way to
the hospital she threw her watch, rings
and other jewelry into the street
Policeman Roth. of the West Twentieth
street station. at Eighth avenue and
rwenty-third street Yesterday afternoon
heard the cries OF the woman IN the car.
He sprans aboard
Tugging AZ her fur cape which she
threw 20 the floor. together with some
parcels she carried. the woman cried iu-
coherently that A man OF whom she was
afraid was pursuing her. she mentioned
the names of several police captains,
whom she said she knew, and who would
arrest her pursuer The next moment
she said that her mother had just died
and that she was heartbroken.
Policeman Roth took the woman from
the car and summoned an ambulance
from the New York hospital
On the way to Bellevue the woman
struggled with the surgeon, Or Hub
schnitt and the policeman. She had a
bottle OF cologne. which she broke, scat
tering the perfume over herself and the
two men.
While crossing Fourth avenue the wo-
man stripped her ings from her fingers
and flung them into the street. She threw
away her brooch and several breastpins,
and. tearing her watch from its chain,
she also threw IL away.
1T was all we could do" said the police
man. ito control the woman \ crowd
ran after the ambulance, and | guess the
jewelry was grabbed by the people I'm the
street. IL was impossible for us TO stop
and gather up the things she threw
away
led -inln- the reception room at
Bellevue the woman cried out in terror,
begging the doctors not TO give her NOR
phine and not TO place her in a padded
cell She continually appealed to "Har-
ry!" 10 save her.
To the history clerk the woman said
that her name was Mrs Laura Yorke.
that she was . years old. an English
woman. and lived az No. 81 East 10sd
street She gave as her nearest friend
Miss Margaret Kelvin, living at the same
address.
Mrs. Yorke was placed in the insane
DaNlilon, Wnere laSt nlRnt she was soil1e-
what calmer. If her condition permits
she will be arsigned in the Jefferson
Market police court today. for she he'd
been made a prisoner by the policeman
Mrs Yorke has been living I'm a fat
on the FIRST noor OF So East loSd street for
week. Seversl young women friends
are boarding with her. Since the death
OF her husband, about two years ago
Mrs. Yorke has been a professional nurse.
aud has frequently nursed patients in
Flower hospital.
Friends of the youns woman say that
she has complained TO them OF n man
who. she says has been pursuing her
for more than year with his attentions
II was 10 escape him. they say. that she
moved 10 her present address from l20
East Ninety-seventh street The man
learned of her new address and by call
ing repeatedly and writing letters. 50 har-
assed The feelings or the Young woman
that she became almost hysterical At
times. After receiving = letter from her
pursuer few dsys ago she tainted
Miss Kelvin said last night that Mrs
Yorke had been i'm good spirits on Sunday.
and her outbreak or violence
was altogether unexpected.
I'VE expected her home on Sunday
night bur she did rot appear" said Miss
Kelvin. we heard nothing OF her until
ne learned that che had been taken 10
Bellevue