New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-05
HER ROOM A CELL
FOR FIFTEEN YEARS
Note to Police Brings Lib
ertv to Woman Found in
"MiIler's" Home.
PEAL ESTATE MAN ~,
HELD AS "JAlLER
,--.s,ed. He Asserts He Kept
Her in Seclusion ou'
of Pity.

S.o,t seyenty-one years O, ~
lhomas ~ onerator, with omeeT ,st
a real eSeSS oe At. Brooklyn, was 5 'G NV
lSS MoueaSd ON a warrant sigheu
night a..TTe';.trate McAdoo, aeeua','e o
ChieI Mesiss,vf,lIv OBTAINING an , ,a1 ~
person in violation "a
the Penal CODE so,,ovsd the finding las'
Has a,Ies' .;gbt of Katie FlShei'
Meon l foSys old. in two rooms for
Iorty 60 ,Smittedly mainta ino wost
Scott mas aU sstosr years at 4O5 VS.
h heE 'n when detectives DroHe r',de.
24th ST. tbsv found the woman M mr.
the ToonuS nd periodically raVihs' Nv,
emaclaVeu ,bn was called from lhe Cor
murray ,snitsl said it was cas- I'm
\ ORR TH,.,, noS 8ospital and she was ''">
there. lotactives, the TWO
ACCo' 40 10 almost unbearaple -,
rooms Eob;tstion. Scott, the mi
human as known in the house as 20, y,of
ssssa SSI1' nd the detectives We, the
- end anybody living ~, of
agIe looms of the house VINO NJ e. 90
SV'l .,.ossnce Of the woman As 1over
~ ~ we're able to learn, She IA, ne who
SaoD seen by any Of the ED hut
roSer5ed "Mr. Miller as d"
,esnectable business man. ia 70 the
Fnrther mystery was Huts" woman
oase nv the way in when SSJ.osscd 10
49, found. A letter was Se" o.;,.inc the
police Commissioner WOoNoi ereading:
West oath st. address anu anu Of here;
.'For Gods sake, get me ,L Wv notc was
this is unbearaole'
signed: ha'ie ,,.ov,on wrote the letter
Fo,nd some means Of mailing II 'ne
police we're unable 70 ie"-"
W." SSs,oo,t Horton, and DetectlNess
,,.si.-sD and Cantwell, Of LleutehaH'
HIos;oee,,s staff, we're sent TO lnVesti-
- Tbev found nobody in the ho nous
ea'S -, az Katie Fisher, but alLeI
.ny.b;n0 each room they declueu Wy
s..,l rsrsf he in "Miller's" apartment
- a. 6rst floor. rear, notwltnstaHuiu6
~ ~. nrotests of the other tenants, WnO
Ia tbat 'Mr. Miller" was at Dusii Sj
After they found the woman ana Iau
..,,t her 10 the hospital the detecU!!te55
,otr~ned to the house and aWaIteu
aNr Millers" return. he toiu ~
frankly, they say, that he hrst mt I'd va
woman about sixteen years sso 49,
tbet he had a faint recoleCIloii '"
she had been connned III S"iS ,,,rod
- stitntion. but discharged as cuIeu'
She had an unfortunate love ahalr, ne
aid and ne took pity on heT' ahu
. bont fifteen years ago took her 70 tns
COINS He denied she was kept tneIe
= o.sinst her will, and said her motheI'
Mrs. Phoebe Fisher, of ~ CoIumoIgg
az winfield, Long Island. had VISITED
her twice, once within the last three
AT the West oath st. address an old |
nictnre was found of good looking /
YoTpg woman. dressed in tights, be
iieved to be Katie Fisher. In trunk
was a pair of tights similar to those
in the photograph, and crimson sash'
There was only one outside window IN
the two rooms, and the woman was
found in the windowless room. mere
was. however, a small window leadlng
70 the hall, and this window had been
barred and the crevices stuffed win
RAGS Scott kept a paddock on the door;
Among the other effects was goiu
medal inscribed Merit" with the mi
tisis tx. F." and two paper, covered
hooks. "Treasure Island" and Under
the Greenwood Tree" . /
Scott was arragned in night court |
and held in $1,000 for examination IN /.
Yorkville court Monday.