New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-31
Woman Promises to Stop Writ
ing Doctor, but Reveals No
Reason for 1000 Notes.
SUIT ADJOURNED. MAY END
Staten Island Judge Tells OF
Tea cher's Love for Her Little
Pupils and Suggests
Loneliness Theory.

N
o. why she wrote the leucrS-onc thou
sand OF them-may never be known.
Miss Strcamcr is q pablo school teacher
I'm Staplcton. Staten Island. DR.. Henry
T. Goodwin. a physician. near her schooi'
has been gcttins her letters for three
years.
DR.. Goodwin had the woman summoned
To court on January l.. Miss StreaineT
refused to reply TO the questions OF A.
bert 9. Each District At;ogneE. coHteh'-
, ing herself with saying that shc ha'
GOOD cause ard would make il all pup
~ the proper time
MAGISTRATE Nathaniel Marsh paroied
Mis- Streamcr on January Il fer appear
( ancc Yesterday. when the case WAS again
postponed until Apri! - in the Ne"
Brighton Polio. Court.
There - no desire o. Or. Goodwin =
yait to punish the woman, IS AZ ne
wants is no more letters from he. THIS
shc promised yesterday. And If size Keeps
;hi. promise the case IL PROBABLY at an
end
Remarks az Mls.strate Mash. taken
with tho facts in tho woman's NE. may
throw light on why she wrote ive nun
,lred thousand words in three years TO
tho nhysician. whom she had seen but
once prior TO his suit to stop her hood OF
letters.
II felt extremely soIry FOR Miss steam
o." said Magistrate Marsh, ana III
glad Il ended the way il did. nave
known her FOR six years. since she came
20 staten Island TO teach. ana IN al ''''
time | have never seen her out except
when she was walking past my nom" 10
or from school Ard sh" MAS inrariao'l
....o,,,paulcl NV som. l.,tle schoolgirl.
whose hand she held AZ she walked ana
talked with her. And then the only otie'
times / saw her we're al services IN 81
J,..u's Church al Fort WadsWorth, "hich
also attend.
+ Now. the lie OF Miss Streamtr IL dll-
} fercnt from TIC lives o! other schoo'
teachers Of hcr age-iorty-t"o-Ih mat
sbe has no social acquaintance. Sh" Is
, practically without family. for her only
living relatives are an aged father VINO
lives In ST Lawrence County ana 10
whose support she contributes ana an
elder brother She writes TO them Dut
/ seldom and sees them only once a year
Al vacation time. when she takes trip
: upstate. once. so the story goes. when
+ n,r Glass was unruly she TUNED 10 the
/ children and said;
! WHY should we not be Like one DIG
family for tie months that wc shall be
together? Why should YOU do anything
that would compel me 20 nurt your feel
! !ugs and bring sorrow to me? VIII not
say any more to YOU. FOR know YOU
understand
/ ticr class offended her no more; and
Or ". l. Euinger assistant superinten-
dent OF public schools In Richmond say
she ~ one 81 the best teachers In the city.
! Now. IT migat he reasoned that Miss
/ St;camer with an affection for others
/ That never knew reciprocation. sought
J solacc IN writing letters 20 Or. Goodwin.
/ And that this was her intent is plain from
/ many Of her letters. which tell OF her
happiness IT receiving an answer from
, him and OF her misery when he ignored
! her letters AZ they became more frequent.
2 AM All AtI Itlltlh btsI'oh' ItI Ipi'H''c1'
/ and told OF the happiness she found in
/ PLAYING bet piano. In fact, at the board
7 ing house. in Beach street. which sne
] has made her home for Fix years. all she
/ has ever been known 10 do except teach
and ca; and sleep was 10 sit for hours
at the piano. which occupied one corner
/ OF her room.
When she appeared in court yesterday
! afternoon toward I o'clock. after she had
! finished her days work in the school. she
was accompanied by her rector. Or. Ed
ward Albert Dodd. and her counsel, W.
J. Kenny Her counsel was the first 10
! speak.
Miss Streamer. in a voice steady ana
clear promised not To write the physician
again. And Or. Dodd. she added. prom
iscd to he OF help to her.