, 1874-08-03
4 CMILD'S TERRIBLE MANIA.



traa, TIC Mem yorlTr.buu<, duo. i.
A girl namoa uonriutta, Warblo, age Is. living
with hcr mother. Mrs. so,llia Marble. dotna
uressn,ukcr at No. Alb East Seventeenth street,
was ai tested on Ihu,sday, night BY apeoiai
to 1remont md there astalcnoa before Justice
Wheeler. OF tho Sixth D,str1ct Police Court.
From tho examination ten held the following
Btraugo faoih wore gathered The girl ucnri-
two uoeAa ago. TO atteld her cIlld, d baby Of
8 os 9 mouths. Mrt Storn ts pnssing
tho summer az Leopold Appol's hotoI
in Wcss FnrmR. Naore. among other
buarderB.{are 1lr. Frankaud hts family. Of Nom
York. Dat.ng the lrst Saok s of tLe now scrv-
petent, bur concluded to try hor q woek longor
bofote dlsoitnrging hcr. 1he duties Of tho sor-
want during tlis rima were malnlY to toul Mrs.
sicru'a child. TN "Wednesday morning servant
in tho hoto], named 1saohdd, In passing along tue
the door Of Aul-room. which Mr. Frank lad
engaged and usually occui tied. found tho room
filed with smoko the bed on Iro, and, in the
middle oi tho bed, crying, Justify, hlr. Franks
i1ttle Shl'a, aEcd q mouts. ltaobol rescued
knoko,, sud, g'ylng the alrm, succeeded IN OK
tiugualling the ilallcs bfolo ihoy had done
much damage. Tho li, caused little CON-
lncnt. A1any thoorict Of jts origiu,
most natural under tho circumstaheoB.
mattcr ould have rocelyc( littIo notice but ior m
subsequent events. A foe hours afte1 tho OK
citemcDt had eutBidcd, = tknse volume Of smoke
was observed toutiug foth from QUE OF the
diniug-room closets Of Tho Lotol, and tho duor
cosorcd to be- JnrllIng. al inventtgaton Of lilo
kccol:d fire ollcited the fart that HeurioEa Way-
llc lfad been eeen omogiug from tho dlniug-
room Just - tie smoko from tue cioBet wss uiH-
covered. It waa considered Impossible. how
over, by Alr. Frank and Mis-. Stern that sho
at inccn1iallsln. 11er youth and genorally quiet
and obhgiug manners, ~ we'll Us Tho expression
OF l.or faco, which was that Of n si.nplo-minlcd,
candid, aud truthful Giri, forbade such terrible
slaEicionB But half ~ hour lnser nsu-
closet iu ono Of tho lhilB, and almost n1-
mediatoly afterward sd oko WIS observed
issuing from that door, anda small quantity OF
clothing WAS found burning inside. Henrietta
was thoroupon aoized by alr. Appel, the pro-
and Mira. Stern, to whom Bts ooufosHod tho three
incondlary attempts. When Mr. Frank remou-
atrated with llor aud said .hat sho might have
burned his little child. shs calmy replsed that
ahs kuow TINT; sho wanted to burn 1t up! bfr.
Frank, in horror ut this strange acknowledge
mel.t, questioned the girl closely, aud becanlo
Convinced that she wsa the rcttn OF 4 tetTlble
morbid impulse for clild.burnlng aud houHe-
burning, almost as irresBthie iu its influence as
the mania that asBal]s tic Boston boy-muFderar,
as ii it we're nero ordinary Incident Of ifes
that abe Ind Attempted to burn number Of
other chlldron, md had Bet fire to nearly etory
houao in which she hBd been, in obodlepco to the
impulse. She bad mover tried to kill Mrs. Storm
baby, bccauee ehe loved 1t. but 8ho had
shs aaw 1t asleep in bed Tho luoa seized her to
burn 1t, aud Hho INSTANTLY lit tue match. Bha
nould not deelgnato any other families with
whom slo had lived, claiming to have forgotten
their names except that OF Mrs; Kinney, Of Tar-
rytown, NTH whom sle sted two weeks. sha
was once aeized with The idea Of burning alrH,
Kinney's baby, but Mrs. Kinney Ind boon 7ory
kind to her, and at tho moment tho morbid im-
pulse seized ler. tile thought also REQUIRED OF
how sorry Mrs. Kinney would 10, aud the in.-
Sue had lived for month in tho family Of DR.,
Ulipg, who is now serving tenn OF imprlsoIs.
ment in ths State Prison for au attempted fraud
upon an insurance company by moana Of the
colin Of bricks but she addod, simply, "tlcro
vas no baby there" When asked subsequently
by reporter why she vaoted 10 burn Mr. Franks
eh.ld, she replied in tho same complaoeut way
II Just wanted to burn it"
Mra. Storm was completely overcome BY tha
danger her child haa been III. WHOM tAeHe state
charged Tho gil at oace. Through the neglect
III either htr. FRANK Or Dir. Appel, both Of whom
failed to rcpo.t tho matter to. tho police, the
dangerous servant was allowed to dopars, aud Il
WAS not upt, Thursday that ,Er. Frank became
aware TINT it was hiA duty to info1m tho polcs
| authortios. Capt. steerg, OF the rhirty~fourtll
Precinct. at Ttemout, at onco mont aeecla
officer to the girls residence at No. 418 Eas
Seventeenth strcot. Bho was found and TALON
to Tremont. The mother III drosstnaker, ani
III worry poor. Sho was overwhelmed with Rrln,
] aud terror on hearing tho nature OF tho charge.
against 1er daughter.
Justice Wheoler. having examined Messrs
Frank and Appel relative to tho CHARGES caIlet
the girl helaoH to tho NitueRs-box, when Bl
made confesalon substantially ~ given aboyo
Iho Justice hold hor In 81, ,ooo baiI to await til,
action OF the Grand Jury. It III understood tla
an inquiry an to lor aanlty will bo ulado by ordo
Ct tho court at Al early day. 1u lor cell ycstsr
day she nloaned and wept loud enough to b.
heard plainly In the sitsing-room above. TIL
child Ii A1nall for ler years, thin, and frail /,
body. and has D. pretty faco With very dark brow,
hair, mud large black eyos. She looGs both III
| toll1gont md Kindly, and nhe she'd toa1B Will
| acknowledging to the reporter tho crltnea wlio1
] she had alroauy confessed III court. She was on
gaged by Mrs. 8te,n from An Intelligence ol1lna d
| Second street aud tie Bosesy.
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THE PiTTSBuRG DISASTER.
r11renuEd. Pa, Aug. 2,-Anotiler body M