The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01

"Is Mr.. Vanderbilt at homer" she
asked the servant who opened the door.
mo, he is in the country.
'Is any member of the family
here?"
will you send in your card?" asked
the servant
The woman presented a bit of card
|, board. 1t bore the name Mrs. Cath
crime Maloney, Beech street, River
dale" The servant did not recognize
the name as one of the friends of the
Vanderbilts, but the callers air OF as
surance decided him to inquire.
He asked her to be seated in the
vestibule while he went in to search for
the butler. She looked around the i'm
pressive entrance of the palace with
interest. The crowd outside, now con-
siderable, waited for developments.
Mrs. Maloney. the family is in the
country. Was there any word you
wanted to leave?" said the butler, COM
ing out.
Eyes. certainly" she said, excitedly.
II came to collect $4,000 that the Van
derbilts owe me. Some one has got to
pay me at once. 1 have waited too
long, too long!" She said this sadly,
whispering the words under her breath.
Then she continued: Are you sure
that they are all away?"
Yes. They are all away. You had
better come again when they are
here" said the butler, who now real
lied that the woman was probably de-
mented.
At that she became excited again and
sat down on the door seat. She push
ed the hair from her white forehead
nervously and set her chin firmly as she
said:
Give me that money quickly! 1 will
not wait. You owe it to me, Mr.. Van
derbilt has owed it to me so very,
very long! l want it in bonds"
The butler stepped to an inner room
and sent a servant for policeman.
Then he urged the woman to leave,
saying that she could not get the mon
ey there. Every minute she was becom-
ing more excited.
Gently, respecting her ladylike bear
ing and silvery hair, the butler took her
by the arm and led her to the door.
There she again halted. The crowd out
side was gathering rapidly and Police
man Raffky was coming through 1t.
The woman saw him and becoming
calm. looked the butler in the face
and again insisted on the money.
The servant had explained to the po-
liceman. He came up and addressing
the woman said, "I'll go to the bank
with you to get the money How do
you want it, in bills or specie?"
The gray eyes of the woman softened
at once.
"Will you? That is so good of you.
Mr. Vanderbilt promised it to me, you
know. He has owed it to me so long
and now l need it," Taking the arm
of the policeman she was escorted to
the carriage that had brought her. but
irstead of going to the bank she rode
to the East Fifty-first street station.
Later Magistrate Mott sent her to the
Bellevue insane pavilion for observa-
ton.
In the insane pavilion last night the
woman talked incoherently and all eff
fort on the part of physicians and at
tendants to get an explanation of her
act proved fruitless.
She talked continually, pacing about
her little room or throwing herself on
the cot, and seemed ignorant of her
whereabouts.
MY son William, he is fine boy"
she said TO one of the physicians. He
is an honest boy, too. He wouldn't
steal a cent from anybody"
Then she talked ramblingly of her
home in Riverdale and of stolen gov
eminent bonds.
He was a rich man." she said, but
he took all my bonds. That's the rea-
son i don't like the rich"
She kept up an incoherent mumbling
till nearly midnight and then fell
asleep.