New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-28

Held Seven Weeks in Institution
for Persons Suffering from
Mental Disorders.
TEACHER I'M PHILADELPHIA
Woman Sharing Stateroom with
Miss Hays Complains Of Queer
Actions-Taken Home by
Company Doctor.

after being detained for seven weeks
by the German government ar an in
stftutiou for persons suffering from men
- disorders at Frankfort on Main,
Miss Emma 7 HAYS. a school teacher. Of
Philadelphia. returned 20 this country
Yesterday on the Hamburg American
liner Kaiserin Auguste Victoria She
vas said 10 be in full possession of her
faculties when the Kaiserin locked in
the morning. and left for Philadelphia
IN the afternoon She had some diff
Guilty in getting her baggage, as the
steamship company wanted to hold II
until her transportation from Ham burg
u New York had been paid.
Mss HAYS appealed to the imrligra-
,ior officials. and after proving TO them
mat she vas an American citizen and
had been sent back to this country by
-he German government. pra cticaly 3
deoor-ed alien, an inspector went to her
assistance and she secured her trunk
representative Of the Hamburg
American Line said yesterday that the
eorrrsrv felt sorry for Miss HAYS and
had done al n its power 10 aid her
The holding Of the baggage was done
1,e-z7lse the company felt that either the
woman OF some responsible relative
should pay for her transportation hack
- -his. country Although she was re
1esze6 and the company was no longer
responsible for her. Julius P. Meyer. the
general manager Of the line, assigned
Dr.. T. J Schuck. the port physician and
he assistant manager OF the. haiserin's
Rftz Carlton restaurant TO accompany
her 70 her home. al No $50 Spruce
street. Philadelphia
Woman Room Mate Complains,
Shorty after the woman's arrival n
Hamburg II vas learned that the local
and home Offices had had considerable
cable correspondence concerning her for
several months and that after her de
1ention II the institution in Germany an
effort had been made by the local Office
q the line 10 find ner relatives here.
Miss HAYS. who had been teaching
school in Philadelphia. went 70 Atlantic
CITY in the latter part OF May and lived
the-e al No 49, St. James's Place. On
June i she tefephoned 10 the Office of
the Ham burg American Line n this city
asking L she could get accommodation
fer Hamburg in the second cabin OF the
Pennsylvania. which vas TO sail on June
u When told that she could have
berth in Room 10 with TWO other
women she accepted the accommodation
and said her bankers in Philadelphia
would send the company Z check for the
amount IF her ticket This vas done.
and Mss Hays sailed on the steamship
N room with Mrs Lydia Bartlett, Of
Bog1on. and Mrs 6 Neuendorff. Of No.
~ East 18th street. this city.
or The third day out Of port It IS said
one o. the women in the stateTOom conf
planned 10 the chief steward that Miss
Hays vas acting Queerly and asked
that she be removed to another room
Later The school teacher was transferred
and kept under observation until the
Pennsylvania arrived at Hamburg.
Detained FOR Seven Weeks.
Miss HAYS told an immigration inspec-
tor yesterday that she was taken into
custody by the German officials and de-
tainec Il Frankfort which is twelve
hours ride from Hamburg She did not
explain Why she vas detained there in
s,ezd q At Hamburg. She said she vas
released in about SIX weeks. but was
detained again for ten days
She tod the government officials that
sra vas born II Guernsey. Ohio The
local Office Of the Hamburg American
V-reG its Ohio agent, who published a
notice o. Miss Eays's plight III & Guern-
ssy newspaper, and z distant relative
Of tae school teacher corresponded with
ne line He was informed that Miss
Esys would arrive on the Kaiserin, but
dc not arrive here yesterday, as was
expected
L TaS said that Miss Hays. VINO is
my three years old. boarded AZ No $50
Spruce street, hut had no relatives in
Philadelphia She said the ships purser
held 81 OF her money. and that he al
lowed her only twenty marks for spend
ilg money.
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