Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-06-19

me was quotation from her favor
lite hymn, Rock of Ages:
Other refuge have | none;
| Hangs my helpless soul on thee;
Leave, oh, leave me not alone,
Still support and comfort me.
"Of Prof. Herkomer, | do not cave
to talk. What he had against my
daughter no will not tell. and l don't
think anyone VII ever know. His
words To my daughter were: 4 have
heard something about you, and you
cannot stop in my house any longer.
"AlI the otter artists by whom my
daughter has been employed vent ID
him in a body and der andcd to know
what lie had against my daughter.
| Their, coward Tx =, he engaged Il -
licitor ; nd referre everyone to hi
II was rot wha- l.. said, but what re
refused To tell, that caused my daugh-
ter's worry. That man knows that
| his insinuations against my daughter
are without foundation.
Then the brooding over his re-
marks and the anxious waiting for
nv message, which was never deliv-
cred, had its effect, and my daughter,
from a highly nervous state, became
Historically insane. Up to the 2sth
of last December | received many let
ters from her. which read clearly, but
| in January. when she left the asylum,
she seemed To have had relapse.
This has always seemed strange to
me. and l cannot account for il.
You can say. however, that my
i
and we hope to bring her reason back
Eventually. Whether | shall sue any
body for this | do not know. but
something will probably be DONE
The cablegram. according tn the
mother. was sent by Lawyer Edward
Nichaels. of Buffalo. and read:
Content. Message soon.
Mamma"
The cable. ii was claimed. was
properly addressed and sent through
Brown. Shipley Il Co. of London. 1t
was never delivered. \ heavy suit
for damages is promised. During
the interview with her mother, Miss
Wackerman. who was dressed in an
English walking frock, with picture
hat and was the picture of beauty.
smiled. and now and then mumbled
an unintelligible word. Once she
took from the table in the stateroom
photograph of Emperor William
which she held up and smiled upon
and then laid il ON the table again.
The girls beauty of face and figure
still STAYS. with her big lustrious
brown eyes. a wealth of chestnut
brown hair and the shapely form
f.-fL of I
with admiration. remain with her,
and. although she has been confined
To n room for several months. the
color is still i'm her cheeks and she is
not emaciated.
She wore sealskin collarette over
her frock. and now and then shivered
as though she felt the wind that
swept i'm through the window. To-
ward the close of the interview,
after smiling at the reporters, she
raised her hands to her head and be
gan loosing the piled-up hair, causing
il to fall i'm waves around her waist.
1t was pitiful sight and little
German cabin boy, who had come into
the room to say good-by to the girl.
who had taken Il fancy to him on the
trip. Nvept aloud and was taken away
by a steward.
The incident which gave Miss
Wackerman notoriety. and which
was the principal cause of her mental
disorder. occurred last year, when
Professor Herkomer exhibited in the
royal academy a picture entitled
Seeing. L Saw Not; Hearing Not,
Heard
To those especially of the artist
colony who observed the painting Il
was patent that it was Il portrait of
Miss Wackerman. but. contrary to
custom. the artist had omitted to
attach 10 the canvas the name of the
model. This omission caused much
comment, and then il was announced
that Professor Herkomer had for
hidden the girl to re-enter his house.
Joseph II. Choate, the American
ambassador; the Bishop of London
and many artists for whom the girl
had posed interested themselves in
her behalf and demanded eNplana-
tions. which the artist. however, re-
fused to make. Several painters
from whom Professor Herkomer
said he had received the information
which led him to drive the girl from
his house loudly condemned him. and
the affair assumed quasi interna-
tionaI asDect