New-York tribune., 1910-02-25
PURSUED, SHE SAYS
WOMAN ST'IRS POLICE.
Flies to Headquarters to Es-
cane Phantom Mob.

Crying that she was being pursued by a
crowd woman jumped from a taxicab in
front OF Police Headquarters last night and
rushed. into the Detective Bureau where
Lieutenant Dewey was on desk duty. She
said that she was Mrs Curtis Davis and
that her home was at the Hoffman House
No. 1882 Belmont avenue, Washington, d.
C. She had been sta wing in this city at the
Hotel Langham. at Broadway and sl0ed
street, she added. -
A crowd is following me to do ne harm.
she shouted. They've been after; me ali
day. My husband is in the crowd. He
wants to put me away. There they are,
she screamed. as she ran to a corner and
covered there. Please save me-.
Deevey said he suspected what was the
matter with the woman, so he shouted in
grun voice to the imaginary. crowd; /;
Get out Of 1ere,' This seemed ito quiet
the woman, and when the lieutenant made
a pretence OF being addicted to the use
of the hypodermic needle, he said she be-
came confidential, opened her bag and took
out a needle and three small bottles Two
of them contained liquid and the thlrd
according to Dewey, was full OF morphine
tablets.
A diamond brooch at her throat became
her TO fasten it, to which Mrs. Davis re-
piled that she had plenty of jewelry. To
prove it she took chamois bag from her
handbag and displayed about fifteen pieces
Of iewelrv all set with diamonds and
other valuable stones
T1pon being examined further she SAID
that she had been an inmate of DR..
Barnes's sanatorium, at Stamford. Conn,
and that she had come to New York to see
her LAWYER B. Lockwood of No. 80 Wall
street The chauffeur of the taxicab, Sam
uel Cornfeld OF No. 165 Floyd street
Brooklyn said that he first saw her at that
address and that she ordered him TO drive
her to Broadway and S7th street.
AT 47th street she raped on the WINDOW
pane and in an excited tone cried that she
had been swindled, at the same time order-
ing him to drive her to the Criminal courts
Building Cornfeld followed her instruc-
tons, and after waiting outside seVerai
minutes. went in and found her pacing the
floor of the corridor .nervousiy. She de
manded to be taken to Police Headquarters
saying that she was being pursued
This was all the information that the po-
lice could get ruse on the part OF Deeve3'
who went into another room ana taikeu
over the telephone TO Mrs. Davis, pretend
ing that he her lawyer, having Idiieu
DR.. Edwin Donlin. a police surgeon, was
called and said that she ought TO be taken
to Bellevue Hospital for observation She
refused to leave the. building, however,
without ample protection. and Mrs Cath
crime Donner matron at the Mercer street
station. and Detectives Weldon and Miller
went along with her. At the hospital she
said that her name was Callie Davis ana
that Mr. Lockwood was her nearest
friend.
At the Hotel Langham, formerly the Mar
seilles it was said that Mrs. Davis had
been staying there about three days. She
had only a. handbag for baggage. and yes
terday she paid her bill and went away IN
a taxicab. She acted in a peculiar way
while at the hotel it was said but this was
attributed to extreme nervousness
Benoni Lockwood, the lawyer mentioned
bv Mrs Davis was seen last night at his
home. No 23o West 5Sth street, but could
add little to- the information concerning the
woman. He said that he never saw her be
fore Wednesday, when she called at his
office and talked vaguely about business
matters He couldn't get any idea what
she was aiming at and finally she became
80 annoying that he insisted that she leave
the office. The occurrence was repeated
yesterday, he said just before the time
when she called Cornfield's taxicab.