The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-31
THB NAN, THE GIRL, THE WIFE.
1T WAS MISS STOOKHAM WHO
/ OWED BEFORE A TRAIN.

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Father SayJ the Man VINO Was With Her
was q Friend VINO Had Told Her
Re Had Separated Prom his VIE
.-HOOdlums Mob the Girl In the streets
'HsIsn Brown, stenographsr.' who threw
borheh In front Of a subway train at the
Brooklyn Bridge station Wednesday night
after a seems with the wife OF her COM
panion, Il Miss Irene Helen StookhAm Of i2o
Underhin avenue, Brooklyn, the daughter
Of Samuel +. Stookham, who has a ship
ohAndlery at ~ Pearl street, Manhattan.
The telegram she sent from the Elizabeth
street. station after her arrest on a charge
Of Attempting 10 commit suicide, addressed
70 B. Richards, l6S Underhill avenue, Brook
lyn, bore a wrong number, but was delv-
orBd, ~ the girl wished II 10 be, TO Mrs.
Richards Of 1873 Underhill avenue, next
door 10 the Stockham home. When Mrs.
Richards took IL 70 the Stockhams she
harmed that they had been notified from
another source, presumably by the man
who had deserted the girl upon his wife's
arrival.
MiAs Stockham, slender, pretty girl,
With light brown hair, wore an extra veil
loaned by the police matr on when she left
the station house yesterday morning, accom-
panied by Detective Sergeant Hahn. 10 60
70 the Tombs police court. The cries Of
GmoWd Of hoodlums following the pair added
10 the young woman's fright. She seemed
faint at the end Of the walk She held
bar hands in front OF her wells a. Hahn
ledthe way to the bridge,
Her father, who was already In court
went 70 her, kissed her and begged her
not TO faint The examination by Magis-
trate Whitman was carried on In low tones.
he read the formal charge.
did you attempt 10 kill yourself7' he
aNo, did not, = Miss stookham replied.
You haven't any reason for wanting
70 kin yourself have your asked the
Magistrate. kindly.
nc, sir; / was excited and hysterical.'
I will discharge you said the Magis-
trate. Give your name to the clerk
She may not have heard the final order,
for her fathers arm was about her and
be was drawing her toward the door. They
hurried down the aisle and out the door,
street followed by more hoodlums. As
the mob went up the hill toward Broad
WAy q rumor was circulated that the girl
was Nan Patterson, escaped from the
boarded a Broadway car, bound north,
but trucks got In its way and to escape
the hoodlums who were piling into the
car, they got out and took refuge in a store
~ NuJ OOIuCI VI NdLlhl blItCNs Nnlb
they escaped by a back door, ran east to
the subway station and took a train TO
the Bridge and from there a trolley car
10 Brooklyn.
They did not 60 home at once. for the girl
seened on the verge Of collapse and her
father for refuge took her into the home
Of the Rev. +. jacobson, pastor Of the
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church, at
100 Pacific street. Mr., jacobson had never
gen them before but they asked ed him int 70
recover herself. Pastor jacobson was
naturally a bit puzzled until Mr.. Stock
ham said 10 him:
twill tel you pitiful story. My daughter
for some time has been receiving attentions
from q man whom she supposed 70 be a
moot honorable man and In whom l had
the utmost confidence He told her that he
WA married, but had separated from his
wife and soon would get a divorce from
her. Last night he called to take my daughter
20 IN entertainment In New York. At the
Bridge station Of the subway his wife met
them and my daughter learned for the first
time that the man had not been separated
her hystericai condition she rushed from
the platform, but do not think she tried
10 End her life
Mis- Stockham and her father left the
pAAtor's house at P. NJ, and walked to their
bone
The family physician Of the stoclkhams
haA been DR.. William H, Nahs Of A20 Park
place. whose home il two blocks from the
girls house. IL was said at his house yes
tertiay that he and his wife had been called
out 81 town on business early in the morn
ing The woman in charge Of the house
said that Miss StockhAm had been patient
for about four years, being treated for
Miss stockham Is 20 She has worked
as a stenographer. although she was not
obliged to earn her living.