A Strange Hallucination

A -woman named Delehanty, residing on Oanal street, whose husband has been sick for a long time, walked into pólice headqnarters yesterday afiernoon, aocompamed by her little danghter, and addressed Ohief Maloy as follovs : "Ohief, I have coiné to give myself up." " What do you want to give yourself up for?" inqvúred the Chief. "I've murdered my two little children, a boy and a girl, and, Cnief, I can't stand it any longer; I must give myself up. " The little girl burst into tears, and, olinging to her mother, said : "Why, no, you didn't kill us; ain't I here, mammaí" Then, turning to the Cliieï, the little one begged him not to believe her mother's story, as she had killed no one. "I tell you I did, Ohief," said the mother; " they carne in the woodshed while I was washing, and I killed them." "You did not," said the Chief, rather sternly; " there's your little giri now." " Tiiat's not my little girl, that's her ghost," persisted the mother; "I did kill them." It being evident tliat she was insane, the Chief ordered her to be detained at the Second Preeinct, until her relatives could be conimtinicated with. Her mania is supposed to be causad bv starvation. -