The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-10

Now Realizes the Limit OF Meaning
I'm Her Smiles Bellevue Says He's
DangerOus-Secretary Took Him There
electrician in the Empire Theatre, where
Maude Adams is playing in Peter PAN"
was taken to the Yorkville police court.
yesterday and was charged with being
~insanely in love with the actress. He
admitted the love part OF the accusation
but denied the insanity. DR.. NJ. S Gregory,
who is in charge Of the psychopathio ward
at Bellevue Hospital, said that in his opinion
there was no doubt as to the mans insanity.
Detective Hart Of the East Thirty-ffth
street station took him to court from the
hospital.
This man is in love with Maude Adams
and the physicians at Bellevue say he is
insane and that it would be dangerous to
let him be at large" the detective said to
Magistrate Mayo.
why didn't they send him to an institu-
ton, then, if they found him suffering
from insanity" asked the Court.
They could not do so, as he had gone to
the hospital of his own accord" replied
the detective as he handedup a letter which
was addressed to the Court by DR.. Gregory.
The letter read:
Several days ago Gotlieb voluntarily asked
to be examined. 1t was found that his mind
was unbalanced, but he refuses to be COM
mitted. We think he is unsafe to be ut large.
Thu man said in court that he was 81
years old and ived at 44O East Fourteenth
street. He had been employed in the EN-
pire Theatre for four months, he added.
From what the detective had learned at
tha h4a-;tol - r..a ,NI thoN tla r.an o,l
a young woman drove ina carriage to Belle
u last Thursday and asked that an ex-
animation be made as to the mans mental
condition. He was placed under observa-
ton in the psychopathic ward for the five
days prescribed by law. AS he refused to
be sent to an inst tuition for the insane the
hos pital authorities had to discharge him
or have him formally committed bya Magis-
trate.
The detective said he understood that the
young woman who accompanied the cleo
trician to the hospital was Miss Boynton,
the private secretary of the actress with
whom the ma n is in love.
Gotlieb himself confirmed this in talking
about his case while waiting. When the
Magistrate had heard all that Hart had to
say about the man he ordered him to make
a formal affidavit Of insanity so that the
electrician could be sent zach to Bellevue
for a further examination.
Il freely acknowledge my love for Maude
Adams," the electrician said. Il have loved
her for some time and thought | was loved
in return, but it is possible that | miscon-
strued her kindness for love. | believed
my love was reciprocated, and as an honest
man | thought l had a right to pay my
respects to her. She is one grand, pure
woman and does hot deserve a word of
reproach.
Il tried to overcome my love for her. and
| took a trip to Chicago, thinking the change
OF scene would change my thoughts, out
the distance only brought her closer to my
mind; | wrote to her a number of times,
but she never answered my letters.
Last Thursday decided to call on her
at the Hotel Manhattan. When went
there her secretary; Miss Boynton, met me
and asked if | would go to see a physician
who was a friend of the actress. / con-
sented and we went to Bellevue. | was
only too glad to oblige Miss Adams. 1t
shows how simple | was to he caught bv
such a hoax and allow myself to be kent
there and examined. l may have been
'nutty' over my love, but | now realize how
foolish was to think that Maude Adams
would ever love a man like me.
She would only smile at me, and i was
foolish enough TO think the smiles favored
my suit
When the substance of the detectives
affidavit was made known to him he asked
that some one inform the actress that the
physicians had declared him insane, and
that he begged she would save him from
going to an insane asylum.
Tell her. he went on, that the man with
the crooked nose is now in his senses and
does not van to go to an asylum"
Magistrate Mayo committed him to Belle