New-York tribune., 1910-08-22
HIS F|ANCEE IN HOSPITAL
insane, Doctor Says, and Smith,
of PoughkeepSie. Is PennilesS.
BELIEVES SHE WAS ROBBED
Had Money Saved for Wedding,
He Says, When She Left Him
at Coney Island.

The romance of Miss Margaret Close, of
Poughkeepsie. and Edward Smith, of New
Orleans is ended. The woman is believed
to be patient in the psychopathic "aro
of Bellevue Hospital, and Smith is pennl-
less in New York Some one robbed his
fiancee, he believes, of several hupdred
dollars, which they had saved together,
and A quantity of iewelry some time be
tween Tuesday night and Thursday. when
the woman was found, the police say. in
the car barns at 172d street and Boston
Road.
Smith told a story Of misfortune to the
C-onev Island police, who had been keeping
him In food and lodging since his bride to-
be wandered off Tuesday night. while he
was sick in his room in the Prospect Ho-
tel, Coney Island
Smith, who says that up to the first part
of last week he was an attendant in the
Hudson River Hospital for the Insane at
poughkeepsie walked into the Coney ISL
and police station Wednesday and reported
the disappearance of Miss Close who, he
said was q nurse in the institution where
he met her.
on Tuesday. according to Smith. he and
Miss Close left the asylum for Coney ISL
and. where they intended to be married
When they arrived there they took rooms
in the Prospect Hotel. Early in the even
ing Smith fell i'll and went to bed. Miss
Close went for walk. On Wednesday
morning Smith went to call her for break
fast he says. He received no answer to
his calls and summoned the clerk. They
entered the room. but the woman was not
in it. The bed had not been disturbed
During most of Wednesday Smith looked
over the island for his fiancee. but found
no sign of her. and he went to the station
house. where he talked with Acting Cap
tain Eason in command. Easnn gave him
money to tide him over the day. and sent
out q general alarm for the missing nurse.
Patrolman MCManus. of the fremont po-
lice station. saw a woman answering the
description Of Miss Close in the Bronx car
barns on Thursday. She was running through
several empty cars in the long shed and
ringing UP fares. he says. She became 50
d demonstrative that McManus took her to
the fremont police station.
DR. Carey was summoned from Fordaam
Hospital He declared the woman to be
insane. the police say, and she Was taken
to Bellevue. where she was assigned to
Ward 80 There the woman, who said she
was Margaret Lucky. of No. 10 Knapp
street. Poughkeepsie. and who said she was
q nurse. had no money Jewels. The 20
lice report that she had none when she
reached the station house.
Word was sent to the Coney Island pn-
lice. and Acting Captain Eason notified
Smith who left the station house yesterday
for New York to identify the patient in the
hospital If he could Up to a late hour last
night he had not reached Bellevue. but the
authorities there believe that the patient is
Miss Close.
DR.. Gregory. in charge Of the psychopsthic
ward, said the woman is insane and said
that he found on her d letter which would
indicate that she had been out of her mind
before. He said that the woman's family
in Poughh eepsie had inquired about her.