The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1868-01-10

| the laudanum to her children, and then
swallowed dose of the same poison her.
self. She also stated thst she had given
each of her children small quantity of
the laudauum and had taken the larges
quantity herself o. being asked what
lnducrd her to commit SO fearful crime,
she at first hesitated, and then stated chat
she belonged to very respectable family,
but had been abandoned by all her rela-
tives and friends. She was entirely des-
titute, and not being able to support her
self and family, preferred that they
should all terminate their existence by
poison than starve, which seemed the onl !,
alternative. On arriving at tue hospital
tue family were taken in charge by the
house physician, who is sparing no effort
to save the lives of the uufoi tunate fami-
ly, aud with falr prospect of success
I--ss r-~-;.g the childreu were uJIng
well, and were considered out of danger,
but Mrs. Boone is still in critical cou-
dltion, although the attending physicians
have hopes of Der ultimate recovery
Mrs. Boone is considered under arrest,
and is entered on the station house blot
ter as prisoner on a charge of attempted
murder of her children Our readers
may imagine to what pitch of despera.
ton mothers mind arrives, from desti-
tuition and despair, ere she attempts to kill
her own offspring, and may we'll wonder if
many such cases of poverty remain unre.
lieved 10 our midst.
The history of the Boone family is
rather remarkable one. The father was
long time ago celebrated and popular
actor, but he died several years ago, leav-
ing his widow and six children totally
uuprovided for and dependent on their
own exertions for living. The two ED.
er Chi dren, boy and girl, showed ear
ly remarkable talent for the stage, and
after the death, Of the father contributed
manfully to the support of the family by
their acting. Many of our readers will
remember the celebrated Boone children
who appeared at the principal city and
provincial theatres and were remarkable
for their precocious talent. The daugh
ter, it is said, is now married to prac-
ticng surgeon, attached to one of the hos
pitfalls in Dublin, Ireland, where the eld-
esl son is also studying surgery. For
some years past the family has baen sup
ported by the exertiOns of Daniel, Grace
and Marcella (the mother being in deli
cate healthy. These children were in the
habit, during summer, of visiting the
places of fashionable resort, such as Long
Branch, Bath, Rockaway, and other water.
ing places. Daniel was remarkable as a
youthful declamer, and some of his reci-
tatlons and readings from Shakespeare,
Byron, Poe and other fsvorite authors and
poets would have done credit to a much
elder and more experienced genius. Both
III e,;"ls rnr-oeeni swnnt-..d ..-oh;n O.
voices, and sang ballads to the great de-
Hight of the audience. During the win.
ter the brother and his sisters would fire..
quent the ferry boats and railroad cars
and pick up precarious living by the ex.
ereise of their talent Daniel was of an err
ratio and rowing temperament, and would
frequently, without informing his m other,
start on trip through the Eastern and
Western States, paying bis expenses by
his readings, and often would return with a
handsome surplus, which he would invari.
ably bring home to his mother, for the
support of the family. During one of
these trips he visited ST. Louis, Missouri,
and St. Paul, Minnesota, bis mother iu
the meantime having no knowledge of his
whereabouts. The three children Daniel,
Grace and Marcella, at one time appeared
at Barnum's museum. But of late, the
novelty excited by the wonderful precoci
ty of the children having become thread.
bsre, their efforts did not prove remuuer-
alive and the family became reduced to
wan and abject poverty; and the unfor-
tuuate mother rendered desperate by the
situation, with the hardships of long
and severe winter staring her in the face,
resolved to end their miseries OF once
rather than apply for aims, or starve to
death Mrs. Booze is an Intelligent, we'll
educated woman. She is native of this
country and is about forty.one years of
age. Her husband is said to have been
an Epglishman. 1t is but charitable to
suppose that her relatives had not been
aware of tde straitened circumstances in
which the family had been placed. -Mew
York World.