THE SUN — DECEMBER 25, 1897
HE DEMANDS HIS MERMAID ♢ A Young Man Sees “The Whirl
of the Town” and Goes Crazy.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 24.—Sergeant King of the Fourth district police station was startled this afternoon by an excited young man who rushed into his office and demanded to see his mermaid. A moment later a sobbing woman entered and explained that the young man, her son, was demented. She said he had become crazed at the Olympic Theatre two weeks ago while watching the presentation of “The Whirl of the Town.” The plot of the play is based on the adventures of a mermaid. Since then the young man has been constantly seeking a mermaid, and his family locked him up, but he escaped to-day. His mother took him home and declined to give her name.
The Sun. (New York [N.Y.]), 25 Dec. 1897. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
