Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-11-04
SAY WOMAN WAS
RA|LROADEO TO
COUNTY ASYLUM
Belleville Much Interested in
Case of Heiress Committed
to Overlook.

Claiming that Miss Bella Rule, IS
years old, of Isaac street, Bellevi1le,
who has been taken to the Overlook
Insane Asylum, is not insane but that
she vas practically abducted and
forced to the institution against her
will, and that 1t Is a plot conceived by
the woman's relatives 10 secure her
portion of her fathers estate, friends
of Miss Rule have engaged First AS
sistant Prosecutor Frederick r. Lehl-
bach to bring about her release from
the asylum as soon as possible.
1t is also alleged by several persons
in Belleville that a previous attempt
to remove Miss Rule to the Morris
Plains asylum was characterized by
cruelty on the part of a Newark physi-
clan, mi that the supposed heiress
Was staying in the homes of %neighbors
in an effort to evade capture, but was
finally made to leave and 60 to Over
brook.
Mrs. Mary Adams, of 1874 Lincoln
avenue. this city, a sister of Miss Rule,
and Frederick B. Hayden, of 1854 Wash
ington avenue, Belleville, a brother
in-law, are said to be responsible for
her removal. DR.. John L. Young, of
Washington avenue, and DR.. ]. Henry
Clark, Newark's police surgeon. both
say that Miss Rule is positively de-
mented and that she is incapable of
looking after her own interests, and
that her mova to Overlook was
caused upon application of Mr.. Hayden
and Mrs. Rule. Both DR.. Young and
DR.. Clark also deny the charge of I'M
due cruelty. These two physicians at
tached their signatures to the papers
committing the Rule m as insane.
Several Strange Incidents.
Miss Rules final landing In the in
stitution is the elimination of sew
eral odd and strange incidents which
are alleged to have occurred since the
death of her father. The latter, Ben
jamin f. Rule. who was 81 years old,
died in Belleville Thursday, October
20. Mr.. Rule was a mining engineer.
Before his death his daughter, Miss
Bella. had kept house for him for
years. and father and daughter were
attached to each other.
Jacob Wanner, of Q~uinton, o., and
Va " Ia
the latter a Belleville letter carrier. are
the neighbors who appear to be in
tensely interested in the case. and
both of whom have a fear for Miss
Rules welfare, they say.
Rescue From Automobile.
Wanner asserts that on the Sunday
following the funeral, while shaving, he
was attracted by cries of Help" and
"Oh! save me-" n running next door,
near the Rule homestead, he saw Miss
Rule In an automobile, shouting, and
that he further witnessed DR.. Young in
the machine with his knee against The
woman's breast.
He explains that he objected to this
alleged condition, and that upon the
strength of his protests he and Mr..
Roesken were allowed to take Miss Rule
into Roesken's home, where she re-
manned until last Tuesday, when she
was hurried to Overlook In an auto
mobile. 1t is said that both the physi-
clans, Clark and Young, had made ex-
aminations of the woman previously.
Last Tuesday Mr.. Hayden requested
Chief of Police Michael Flynn, of Belle
Vile, to go to the Roesken home and
there preserve order. If necessary.
Flynn and Policeman Sullivan went
there. Both the doctors were present,
besides a nurse. a Miss Meyers, said to
be from st. Barnabas's Hospital.
The nurse and Sullivan accompanied
her to Overlook.
1t is not known how much money or
what part of the estate Miss Rule was
left, because the will of Rule has not
yet been admitted to probate. 1t is
understood that Mr.. Lehlbach has filed
a caviat against this.
Mr.. ehlbach could not be reached
today.
Alonzo Church has peer retained by
those who want to keep Miss Rule con-
fined to Overlook.
Mr.. Church said today that the state
ments that either Mr.. Hayden or Mrs.
Adams have any Interior motives in
connection with the entire affair is
ridiculous, and that he thought that
Miss Rule was not worth over 81, 900
altogether. He added that the Court of
Chancery will pass on the mental CON
dition of Miss Rule. Mr.. Church de-
clared that she was certainly insane,
and that things to the contrary were
nonsense"