The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-28
OWNED ART
OF THE, CITY.
The Strange Belief Held by a
Demented Woman.
VANDERBlLTS & MORGAN
These Flnanclers Among Those Whom
She Claimed as Her Clients.
How She Claimed the House
Of Mr.. King.

I.aboring under one Of tho strangost
Of tho many strange hnllucinatons per-
son afflicted with q disease Of tho
brain may suffer, nnd imagining horsolf
tremendously wealthy, Julia w. Moore.
colored, OF No. 81s North Third Street,
was arrested yesterday morning by Pa
trolmun Murray, OF the Third District,
on charge Of lunaoy. She was taken
to the city jail. whore yesterday after ter.
noon commission Of lunacy, Magistrate
]. A. Purdle presiding, adjudged her
lunatic, and sho will be sent to the Pc
tersburg asylum as early as practicable.
For weeks, 1t is said. Julia Moore has
been leaving her home bright and early,
taking with her broom and scrub
mop She has daily visited a th:ee-story,
brick residence, at No, 16 West Marshall
Street, the property Of Mr.. John J. King,
which Is vacant. with great energy the
woman has striven hard for hours to
keep tho place clean. She has succeed
cd. tx ,3&
IMMENSELY WEALTHY.
In a statement made to Magistrate Pur-
die, after her arrest, the woman claimed
Ito own all of the property west OF St.
James Street and north Of Brook Avenue
This she called Wilson'S farm, stating
that she had purchased 1t on the Install
mont PLAN with money earned In tho
laundry |buziness ill New York, from
where she originally came.
heir to 100000. which had been left her
by the lute Cornelius Vanderbilt, who,
during life, was one of her laundry pa
irons. She stated that she was vol 4ac-
quainted with other members of the Van
derbilt family, and nlGo on friendly terms
with Plerpont Morgan, John w. Gates
and other we'll known flnnnclers.
She claimed that as yet she has not
seen fit to touch any Of the immense
sum left her by Mr. Vanderbilt, but was
seriously considering drawing on it in
!, the noar future, when she intended maxi
Ing many improvements On her densely
populated farm FOR the Benefit OF the
| tenants.
Julia Moore though crazy, seems to
have had fair education. She Is an ex-
| ceptionally fluent conversationallst, and
explained her real estate holdings as II
she was we'll acquainted with every pig
rail in 'her farm" In addition, tho
woman displayed q remarkable famil-
! iarlty with the events Of the day and
| people recently before the public. 1t Is
said she has been an inveterate reader Of
the newspapers,
SHE WAS GENEROUS. q
WILSON'S farm" is the pot hobby OF the
woman, and when officer Murray re-
marked to her that he had small par
eel Of the plantation In his own name
she said she had no objection and would
never think iof driving her tenants out
In the cold.
Some two or three weeks ago the oc-
cupants OF Mr.. Kings Marshall- Street
house moved out. He sent some work.
men to the place to attend to some re-
pairs. and they left bunch of keys In
the front door. The Moore woman spied
these as she was passing. She took all
| OF them with her. and since has paid
| daily visits to the place, spending hours
In cleaning 1t UP. atl
Thursday morning. Mr.. King happened
Mt the house while the woman was bust
| ly engaged with her broom. lie was sur
| prsed, and inquired ns to why she was
| there. Fl i7 III
"Wly. man. the proprietress Is going
| to move In here tomorrow, and | nm,
cleaning the place for her" replied Julia
Moore
"And. pray, who Is this propriotress?'
said Mr.. King, thinking that possibly hi
had been dspossessed by some freak.
II am the woman" sald the dementet
person., bowling politely,
1t required only a few minutes for Mr.
King to perceive that he was talking te
a !unatic, and the arrest of tho woman
resulted yesterday morning.