The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-17
SUDDENLY BECOMES CRAZY.
A woman is Found in Crazed Con-
dftOn at GOldsbOrO DepOt-Mr.
Reports Marries Mrs. Lee-EnjOy-
able Social Function-Strange At
fiction of .HeIIo Girl"
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Goldsboro, N. c., July 1.-THE mar
riage OF Mr.. Sam ]. Roberts to Mrs.
Emma Lee occurred at 7 o'clock yes
terday morning at the residence of the
late J. w. Lee, of the Mt. Olive section.
The bride came to the city on Saturday
night and was met at the residence of
Mr.. Johnson early yesterday morning
by the groom and the minister, Rev.
II. +. Trip. who performed the cere-
mony in the presence of only a few
intimate friends. The groom is a resi-
dent of the Saulston section of this
county and is engaged in the leaf to-
bacco business. The bride owns a
handsome farm and considerable real
estate valued at from $40, 900 to S25,-
600.
A strange middle-aged woman neat
iy dressed and in a demented condition
was found in the railroad waiting rooms
in this city on Saturday afternoon.
She said she had no money, but van
ed to go to LAGRANGE. The conductor
on the LaGrange train refused to take
her and the ticket agent, MI. J.. L.
Royal began an Investigations, which
disclosed the fact that the woman nae
come here from Ahoskie, near the Vlr'
ginia line on the train Saturday after
noon She had been put on the train
by people she had been living with
and given a ticket to this point. Mr..
Royal took charge of her and sent her
to a boarding house while he made a
further investigation. He telegraphed
what information he had to the rail-
road authorities in Wilmington n re-
ceived the following reply:
we have received the following from
the agent at Ahoskie in regard to the
woman going to Goldsboro on No. 40:
l sold a ticket to a gentleman and l
learn it was for a woman answering
the description you give. / have seen
everybody here that could give me any
information. I understand that her
name is Mrs. Susie Perry and that she
came to this n~eighbOrhood several
months ago to live with a family by
the name of Goodwin about five miles
from here. She left here for LAGRANGE,
which | understand is near her home.
Her fathers name is Madison Lamb.
She has a farm near LAGRANGE. I
learn that she has been in the asylum
at Raleigh, and that she is given to
crazy spells. Please communicate
with her relatives at LAGRANGE and
advise what TO do"
At the boarding GUS in this city
yesterday the woman became unruly
and had to be sent to Jail to await
further developments. Sheriff Stevens
went down to LAGRANGE yesterday af-
ternoon and learned that the woman
had been in the asylum n that n
has a mother and a sister in the asylum
now. She has also had two uncles to
die IN the asylum. An effort will be
made to have her returned to the
asylum.
Miss Bessie Russell. one of the lady
operators in the Interstate telephone
exchange in this city. is afflicted in %
rather nacn1jar manner Her face is
badly swollen m it was rumored that
the swelling was caused from drinking
coca-cola, but her father is Of he Opin-
ion that the swelling was caused from
handling the brass fixtures in the tele-
phone office. 1t IS understood that
Miss Bessie drinks coca-cola quite fire.
%quently. which accounts for the report
that she was poisoned from drinking
that soda fountain drink
Mr.. n. c. Cogdell, of Grantham's
township, had the misfortune to lose
his home and sm~okehouse by fire yes
terday morning. The fire originated in
the kitchen while the cook was pre-
pairing dinner He carried fire insur-
ance to the amount of one-thlrd of his
loss will put him to considerable incon-
venience for quite awhile.
Miss Louise Fry. daughter of captain
and Mrs. H. r. Fry, delightfully."- en-
tertained the G. A. c. Club Yesterday
afternoon at her home on George
street. An observation contest was d
feature of the afternoon, which Miss
Laurie Brown was awarded the prize
and Miss Clara Porter the BOBBY. Sea-
sonable refreshments were served in
the handsomely decorated dining ROOM.
Other games were INDUCED in and the
hours passed by very pleasantly until
the parting hOur came. The following
were present: Misses Juliet Crews, OF
Raleigh, Mona Horsefeld. Blanch
King Clara Porter, Bessie Hill, Lucia
Prlvett. and Laurie Brown.