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;he■ches-hcanty,soV-gliorhefcl.jr.10n-m*glii?ra]5dinithrlLLOVE MAKES HER INSANEMad Infatuation of Iowa Woman for a Mexican Professor*Mrs. Finn, of Radcliffi, Falls in Loro With Music Toachor.Now in the Hospital at independence, but Reason is Fled.!':o10pft-irit'hfitadciiffe, April 15.—Mrs. Charles F. Finn of this place, the author of several magazine stories and a musician of unusual talent, has been sent to the state hospital at.Independence, having entirely lost her mind through a mad infatuation which she suddenly conceived for Aurelio Munroy, a Mexican professor of music whom she met at. Riidc!iit'e less than three weeeks ago, Omii the advent of. the Mexican musician, Sirs. Finn, who is a strikingly beautiful woman, lived a quiet and apparently happy life. Slie is but- 24 years of age, is the mother of a bright little boy, was loved devotedly by her husband and has had a home in which every comfort was provided,Aurelio Monroy came to Radeliffe about a month ago and soon after his arrival was engaged by Mr. Finn to give his wife music lessons. Within a week Mrs. Finn told her husband she did not love him and wanted, a divorce at once in order that she might marry her Mexican lover. Because of the frantic way in which she made the appeal to him, Mr. Finn became convinced that his wife could not be inlight mind. Her subsequent actions seemed to verify this and in spite of her violent protestations she was taken to an emergency hospital at Eldora. It was hoped that once away from Radeliffe and her Mexican. lover the mad infatuation would abandon her, hut within a few days it was learned by the attendants that the demented woman was carrying on a secret correspondence with the Mexican. ,Instead of recovering, Mrs. Finn became rapidly worse and Dr. Morse, fearing they would be unable to care for her longer in an emergency hospital, as her condition was becoming absolutely violent, ordered the commissioners for the insane to make an examination and as a result of this the young woman was' taken to Independence. There she continues to rave pitifully for Aurelio Munroy and is said to he going rapidly into a decline. The Mexican, not knowing that his former pupil because of her mad love for him had been taken to the state hospital for the insane, visited Eldora this week in the hope of getting an. opportunity to see her. He sent a message to the hospital, hut learned that she had been taken from there to more secure; quarters. At Independence they havo refused him admission and will allow no correspondence to be received by Mrs. Finn.The case is one of the saddest whichhas ever came to one of the state hospitals. The raving's of the woman are incessant and she .is living alone for the hope that some day she can get out and go to her Mexican lover. She gives no indication, of realizing that she has broken up her home and has left her little boy without a mother. By all who knew her she was regarded as a woman of unusual talent and there has never been an assurance that she was other than, a dutiful wife and mother until the Mexican musician came a few' weeks ago and instantly won her heart.At Radeliffe the people are strong in their sympathies for Mrs. Finn’s husband and son and the Mexican musician has found it necessary to leave the place for good.
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Waterloo Semi Weekly Courier
Waterloo, Iowa, US
Tue, Apr 16, 1901
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