Show r r T 41 I 1 LADYS S DARING LEAP 0 STORY OP OF ESCAPE a t PHOM ASYLUM P V if the ih aw so for tar isso SO doe epam ml mabll miller allic that she mb W kid by clr r flu build and nd 4 to t sign tn a I 1 aar apr 1 V mr mrs madeline miller of new I 1 ork c city ily in a suit for damages against her husband D miller and or frank hazlehurst james who conduct a sanitarium at stamford conn tell tells a r most extraordinary story of her escapa from hat that institution she alleges that she he waa was and taken to ibe the asylum and he bilven 1 turf tures bid air fair to rival of at collins oman in blitte U tilt according to lire miller she and her husband when whose family live in stain stem ford were married april 1 1890 they have bave no children ahe he says y that 09 KI became possessed pos sewed of considerable real estate and that ulie mile and her husband were living in a house belonging belon cing to her in flushing 4 I 1 1 I lait last october it wae WAS the afternoon of at oct ac ay says mr biro ill ller ler that my husband ram came home and showed me a telegram to the effect that mv m brother william P J shaw had been injured in a rall roast 11 I 1 0 it it I 1 J ia k it V Ps tn I 1 1 I PT aft I 1 19 tr al 1 06 Is 1 I 1 1 I 1 A I 1 J I 1 MAD INC mil LER accident at riverside conn lie ile said that tay mir brother wa was at the point ot of ideath and that I 1 would have to make a hurried trip it I 1 wanted to see william 0 t j before he died 4 11 mrs site miller says that having no ren bin son to doubt the of the dispatch ohe she accompanied her husband I 1 to riverside arriving there thereat at night A carriage was wa in waiting eugene aid said it would take us to the hospital where my brother waa was lying aya says mr mrs miller we drove in I 1 darkness for a long bance till we came to a building my husband went in and reappeared earod with two to nurse nurses who he said would take me to the room where mallam was lying the nurses toot me to the room on the 1 first floor and at once ante locked the door making me a prisoner I 1 r mr mrs miller states that when ahe she de ll 11 banded that her be sent for A she he waa was told tbt abit he had returned to new york and that she had been con fined to the institution by hie his ordera orders and a nd that of dr barnes she protested and demanded to be released rele aed the nurses however compelled her to don dou a it night robe and tried to force her to I 1 take a narcotic I 1 1 I c A there tor for eight days I 1 continued mrs ire miller the nurses continually kept guard over nie I 1 WAB made witness bf ot the most eho sho king things and wae was annoyed and threat ened by the inmates of the asylum dr barnes cam to my room on oct 29 an I 1 told me that I 1 would have to sign a pa per the hortents cor car tents of at which I 1 did not know I 1 again demanded that he give mn me my liberty but he threatened to have me placed in a straitjacket in solitary confinement and fed on bread and water sater it I 1 did not sign bilting in fear of my ray life I 1 finally signed the paper I 1 was then permitted to go about the grounds but always under guard all means of escape were taken I 1 from me we Win window doas were nailed and doors were locked I 1 1 I learned that dr darnea barnes and thil th nurses were going to a theater in stanford stamford nov noy 3 2 so I 1 determined to make an effort to escape at 10 a clock that night I 1 managed to get hold of a book with which I 1 removed the nails 11 with which the windola of my room had been fastened my window wasl waa two stories from the ground but when t got it open I 1 made a jump falling failing to I 1 the ground and hurting myself badly I 1 managed however to drag my way three miles to stanford stamford I 1 reachel the I 1 home of friends half an in hour after mid raid night I 1 stayed in concealment there tor for a day attend ng to my then one of the men of the family I 1 drove me over the bordea cf of connects wout cut into new york state I 1 then than came I 1 to new ew york where I 1 have been ever since mrs miller saya says that during the tibe tl ae A 0 ber her confinement in the asylums she he 4 vas compelled to wita per sons ma mi tally and physically physics her health has been greatly as a result ot of her experiences she charge that her husband sought to restrain I 1 her in the asylum so that he could obtain a divorce after ber her es cape she alleges dr darnee barnet informed her husband hu who searched for br with detectives she alleges abat has been deprived of her real property and of personal belongings valued at I 1 5 she has bas had to expend lire large sums for medical attendance fine ber her 1 escape I 1 a mrs miller told her attorney david M neuberger Ke esq that she he had met her husband after her in a law I 1 officio in now new york cliv city where she PAY he laughed at her reproached rep roache she says aya he told ber her friends that she had become violently insane hn hen they refused to bell belle it this she rays says he remained away from them |