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Sophie Gatxen Gone to the PoorIloune.[From the San Francisco Bnlletin.] Sophie Gatzen. the woman who re* cently walked from Chicago to San Francisco, was to-day committed to the Almshouse. During her journey she maintained the stiictcst silence, and it s not known that she spoke to any one irom the time she set out on her peril ous undertaking until several weeks alter her advent in this city. Up to today she has remained at the St. Louis Hotel, the proprietors having gratuitously provided for her. They state that several weeks since they threatened to turn her over to the city, when she suddenly broke her monotonous silence by talking at such a rate that the horses in the street took fright and ran away. Since then she has lounged around the establishment, refusing to be consoled, aud seldom communicating with those about her. She occasionally assisted in the culinary department, but in the midst 01 her work she would invariably squat upon the floor and, in hideous tones, sing selections from a Methodist hymn-book, which she invariably carried with her. Her father is said to be a Methodist divine in Evanston, 111. but, although informed of the condition of his daughter, he has in no way sought to relieve her present wants. Her eccentricities increasing rather than abating, and there being no likelihood of her receiving substantial assistance, her friends were finally induced to have her admitted to the almshouse. Disappointment in love affairs is supposed to be the cause of her sad condition.
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Saint Paul Anti Monopolist
Saint Paul, Minnesota, US
Thu, Aug 27, 1874
Page 6
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Lyell H.
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