The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-09-04
Stray Topics From Old NV York

Stray Topics From Old NV York
/. New York. Sept. the latest es.
capade Of Harry K. Thaw, his sensa-
ttonal flight from Matteawan. follow
2 been. the cause Of a perfect Hood
of Thaw literature in the daily papers
and once more the public is RECALLED
with all. the, n~auseating details Of this
notorious case which reflects little
credit upon the justice and impariality
OF the laws and courts. of the state Of
New York. A. great deal Of fuss. is
made over the. fact. that his wealth
from the. Matteawan institution. The
persons ana. newspapers 50 indignant
IN their censure Of the prison authori-
ties and the prevailing system which
male 1t possible. for Thaw to escape.
evidently have forgotten that 1t was
Thaw's. money which enabled him to
make a farce of his trial for murder
and to escape the just punishment for
his crime.
The history Of elizabeth Heath. a.
California girl. who tried to commit
suicide by poisoning the other day in
Stuyesant park, in this city, should
be 9 warning to other girls who may
be filled with the desire to come to
New York to find work. The girl had
lost both her parents and being with
out friends or relatives. decided to 60
20 . York where she expected to
ind work. She reached the city about
q o ago and rented small fur
nished room in West Twelfth street.
Day after day she wandered through
the city in search Of work. Her funds
We're soon exhausted, her shoes worn
out and her feet SO sore that she could
barely walk. Yet, Notwithstanding
her efforts she was unable to find
work. For, several weeks she subsfst-
ed upon scraps Of food which she
picked out Of garbage cans and. being
no onger able to pay for a room. she
spent the nights in the parks. The
situation seemed. to her 50 hopeless
that. when she was lucky enough the
other day to find a silver quarter, she
invested part Of the money in a few
b~ichioride of mercury tablets, using
the rest to pay her fare to Jersey City
to- answer an advertisement for help.
Failing to obtain the position adver-
:tised. because she came too late, the
girl returned to New York, made her
way to ~Stuyvesant park and there
took two Of the bichloride of mercury
tablets. Some visitor Of the park who
had noticed the detected look upon
the girls features and who had OBJ
served her actions, called q policeman,
who sent in a call for IN ambulance.
While waiting for the conveyance, the
policeman, forced the girl to swallow
the whites Of two eggs and 1t. was due
to his prompt action that the life OF
the girl vas saved. The girl will be
held at Bellevue until she has COM
pletely recovered and then an eort
will be made to obtain work for her.
For several years the authorities Of
the city have continued their warfare
against unsafe theaters until now Fire
Commissioner Johnson, who has been
leading the campaign, Is satisfied that
the theaters Of New York city are
about as safe from fire as 1t is possihle
son Is Of thezsopinion that the DANGER.
II there is any, 10 not from the post
bility Of IRE. but from panic, which
may be caused by any trivial incident,
even when there is no fire. Commits
sioner johnson recently held q. confer
,ence with the managers Of the pfin-
cipal theaters OF the city with q. view
OF devising means to prevent the out
break Of panics II thsaters and, r.
sAAd cAAouAu NC SNtpOoo4OA0p W" x0NQCS.
the danger from such panics.. Com
missioner Johnston who has made a
study Of fire panics. has come to the
that the confusion at
panics is due to the fact that the per-
sons in the audience insist upon ieay.
ing the house through the same door
through which they entered. Many
plans were suggested at the confer
to teach the audiences to leave
Nn{Af1Hy thRnIi0h tina RANRARH ANnA~U~A
cy exit instead Of rushing wildly to-
ward h main entrance, but so far no
feasible plan has been suggested that
promises to be effective.
A few days ago a girl Of twelve
years died at. one. Of the hospitals Of
this city under circumstances which
to science. About two months ago the
little girl was bitten In the thumb by
her pet dog while playing with the
ANIMAL The family doctor wa called
and, as a matter Of precauti6n.. thor
oughly cauterized the trivial wound.
He examined the dog but the animal
seemed perfectly. healthy and normal
and the. doctor did no fear for a mo-
ment that the injury would lead to
of. the girl had heard q great deal
about h~ydrophobia ana her neighbors
told: her 50 many. stories about. mad
dogs: that she. became Allied with the
fear, that the dog. which had bitten
her daughter was mad ana her child
would become . victim Of the dreaded
rabies.
To pacify the mother her doctor
In a veterinary who examined
the pet dog and asserted that the ami.
NAL was perfectly healthy and showed
no sign Of the rabies. I'm
der the strain OF the suggestive fear
the mother became hysterical and by
her suggestion her child also became
possessed with the hysterical fear Of
The family doctor call
Ell in other doctors. but their efforts
to relieve the hysterical condition or
and daughter proved ineffec-
tive. Finally the girl began to mani
simulated symptoms Of hydropho-
bia and after considerable suffering
she died. The physicians still adhere
to the belief that the girl did not have
hydrophobia, but died Of hysteria,
superinduced by the excessive fear
by the hysterical mother Of
the child.
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