New-York tribune., 1906-11-20
THREW CHILD In SEA.
WomaH HurLs Baby OUer Rail of
Liner in Midocedn.

While the steamer NIeuw Amsterdam Of the
Holand-Anerica Line. was weathering along in a
heavy gale last Thursday afternoon the few pas
sengers who ventUred on deck Mortified %
see woman seize infant from a group OF chill
dren clasp = her breast kiss il fraltically and
then hurl Il over the s5arboard rail into the sea
The woman was Rosa Naegle a Swiss governess.
twenty-seveu years old. The Nieuw Amsterdam
left Rotterdam OF November %. and bv the time
she a day out OF Bou1ogue Miss NaegIe had
attracted much attention by the fondness she dis
played for the children aboard the ship She was
always surrounded BY a group OF them, and par
tiripated in their games She told several passe1-
gers that she loved children and had made them 4
life study. The children OF the second cabin re-
ferred 70 her as The nice lady who plays with
Us" and waited patiently for her appearance each
morning
on THURSDAY dozen children sat on the az,
promenade deck. Miss Maggie joined them and told
q number OF fairy tales. Aaron Guvowski. year
old baby. whose mother and Two brothers formed
part Of the audience tOdCed over 70 the gove-ness
who took him Up in her lap She was about %
tell new story, when she rose suddenly from her
chair and held the child az arms length and smiled
admirtngIv al him Then she drew him 70 her
breast, kissed him repeatedly ard walked 20 por-
Lo7 OF The rail that screened by canvas
wind shield. Mrs. Guvowski remarked to one os
the children, How fond she is Of my little Aaron.
Ine words were hardly uttered. when rhe mother
saw her child hurled over the rail into furious
--e1- NAdppLLE DOt1 lanlS over 1s- -
smut out tne picture Of what she had done Miss
Maggie screamed and ran hystericaIlv bout me
deck
Mrs. Ggvowski climbed up on the rau and was
about 70 jump after her little one when the quar-
terTnasrer and a seaman caught her and locked he-
IN the nearest sta-eroou- The steamer had gone
s5oui ten lengths when he news q what mad nap
penec reached Captain BonjeT- Within four min
command Of Second o47cer Byl. IL men Il
"A, a 4eayy ,e ". head sea was running and While the
TIE body As They went over ne rail- he Second
officer heard the mother screaming in he state
room ana said gT1Ily 70 the men; Quick. We
.ng The men roSed in the cbo6ry HoIbsrs r5r
three hours. the N-euw Amsterdam running around
qntl! 5 darkness forced Captain Bon3er 10 signal
Women from the first cabin focked 70 The be
reayec mother and tried 10 console ter. but with
hospital and kept there under guard throughout
the remainder OF the voyage When the Nieuw
ana as vet ras hen 1. - srHI,- 20 C0. E - s+
before she threw the child overheard are confident
ttat she does not realize what shs has done They
gave 10 signs oS insanity. She told one of the
Pl0yed fl several New York families as a child 3
nurse. ard was returning or the Nieuw Arnster-
Berne Switzerland. She said she had studied while
e-ress n New YORK D-. kelly. the sflDs surgeon,
under whose care Mss Maggie has been since
-ELrSC1y- SAD re -oOlE1L SEe became Si1CCefl4E
insane. Miss Maggie viii probably BE taken 70
ELS Island today. = she IS able % leave the ship.
and held Ior deportation.
Il IS likely that she will Re sent hack 70 Rottar-
dam II charge OF a clatron from Ellis Island on
the steamer NOordaT, which Will sail tomorrow.
Mrs Louis Guvowski. with her three children:
Jacob. four years old: Cfrod1o two years. and
Aaron, the infant who was drowned. vas on her
way 70 toi1 her husband. who established farm
near Fargo. y. D, a year ago. after fleeing from
Russian persecution in EOstT0ma- He sent
TRANSFORMATION 70 1is vlfs and children. providing z
them with second cabin accommodations. He had
never seen Aaron, who vas born week after the
father sailed for America