Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-06-21
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A Meat shocking story

TIE PHILADELPHIA HORROR THE TWO LITTLE
arBls LOCKED vi ANb sTARvEDT1A rERRIBLE
In the COMMERCIAL yesterday, a short telegram
from PhiAdelpbla stated that two little girls had
b.eu found locked up in closet, one dead, the
o,b,r nearly 3d. and that there were terrible
.u.pioons 'rHey had been vilsry aasaulted Our
correspondent, Iadexs irsSszs "a IL 10 his lettsr'
and from the papers of that city. this morning, we
vet the following further dotails:- 600 >
The children we're named Ann, Eliza Ragan'
and Margaret MulVey, They were each about hvt
Years old Their parents live near sogether 10
ihe 15lh Ward North of the EpihcopAf Hospital
Botn the little girls are the only children OF each
family On Wednssday morning last, about
eight or nine o'clock these two clIlldnen dlsap-
psared from their parents homes, apd were not
seen since until they were found on Thursday
night at twelve O'CLOCK locked up ~ closet ~
an unoccupied house in the neighborhood' ore
Of them Just expiring, and the other 80 debillta-
ted az to be- as yet inrenHible' 7. an -. 81 t..,
S,nce the disappearance Of the children, on
"Wednesday morning, their parents have been
almost crazed and haYe used every agency II
their power to discover their whsreabouts.l 90
On Thursday morning the parents esme to the
Central station; aud Mfs- Ragan told -OaPtain
Helms that she thought abe bad clue o tn
Wbereabouts of this missing cfffldren INA
n
Rapan and q certain Geo. Hamiltonl who sbtEeo
on Hose hill street, aud Wm. Hars, who lives IN
the rear OF the same street; that Hamilton had
been heard to declare that he would have re
yenge in twehty-four hours," and that she Dc
lived the ciildrsn to be either 10 Harts OF Ham
itons house. An examination was at once
made but the objects OF the 40 iTeh we're mo-
discovered The oficeTs, however, Thought I
proper to take George Hamilton and his wife
Mary Hamilton, and William Hart and his wife
Lily Aun Hart. into custody and hold them tol
examination, but they we're discharged las
evening 60 - ,,,
The searoh for the twolittle girls was still: ac
tvey kept up aid at about IL o'clock on fnufs
day night as MIR. aud Mrs. Ragan aud MIR. Johl
Kagan, the uncle OF one of the girls, were pass
ing All uuocoupied house on Dram street spoV'
Somerset. immediatly in their own nelghbor
hood, they heard noise like coughing in tn
house They at once entered aud went up I
the second story front room, where they heari
slight noise ID closet, the door OF when wa
SHUT and fastened with an ordinary small sprinl
catch Mr.. Johu Bagah opened the closet dool
when the Two children were found, llttle ANN
Raglan wAA living on tina floor and Maggle- -MnlYe
sitting on Aunia's body. As the door wa
opened Maggie Mulvey fell out into Mr. Jon
kgans Arms. Mr.. Robert Ragan picked mp hi
own child from the floor and ~ died in his arm
III less than five minutes from the time the clol
ct was opened ..t.- -la.... a..5...
Tie children were both considerably brui sc
about the body, and quite emacated, but as II
as at present discpIsEe4 theret ETe 20 lihalo e
tlns Of any felOnious assault having peen con
mltted upon their persons. The clothes .ol pol
the children we're wet, and the drawers OF Il
one thai died we're found outside the clos
door
The child Maggie Mulvey is still living. and.
IN an improving condition; she is very weak al
appears 10 have lost all memory. This IN GO
nection With her extreme youth % years. "a
prevented the obtaihing Of any informati'
from her. The detectives are still actively
work seeking for q clue TO the mystery.