Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-05-26


Another murder, even more horrible in its de-
tails than thatof Mrs. Bingham few weeks since
was porpetatcd in Boston, Sunday afternoon. a
bright little girl five years old, was murdered IN
church and her bruised and mutiiated body car
Red MP into the tower and thrown upon The toor
OF the loft. The victim Of the tragedy was Mabel
~ Young, who, with her widowed mother, resided
with her grandfather nj 20 Fast Chester Park
Tho latter, James Hubs, is well-known and
highly respected merchant senior OF the hrm OF
Hubs, Pope & Co.
That afternoon Mabel, In company with an aunt
attended the Sunday school anniversary exercises
II the Warren Avenue Baptist church. ON coming
on Of the church at halffast three O'Clock, the
aunt remained In the yestibule about ten minutes,
Converting with some friends, aud on starting
home missed the child At first Il was supposed
she had gone hack into the church, but when she
was not found inside, and persons outside declared
she had not come ont, the aunt became alarmed
and ses.rch was commenced in every direction.
About four o'clock some ladies at an open win
dow across The street heard che faint cries Of a
child, apparently from the chIssh tower Some
young men who had Joined the -esTch started at
once TO ascend the tower They leu>d the door
leading up from the organ loft loclses. and, on
forcing It open, discovered fresh blood on the
steps leading up to the next landing They also
found strip Of board covered with blood NJ one
end aud heard low meanings from above. As
cending long. steep flight Of stairs and raising
the scutte riAeh resisted the strength Of strong
man, they found the manglod body Of the child
lying near the eigs u the scuttle, as though Il
had been carried mp rts steps and hastily thrown
there They carried hsi down into the church,
where n large number Of people had congrcgated,
and into the presence of hsr agonlzod friends
From the top Of her head, wisch was lroken in,
blood and brains were oozing, while the nose was
crushed in and the face horribly manglod. She
was carried to her gundfathefs Tesidlnce and
surgeons at once summoned, Who pronounced her
case hopelesss and her death quesr@on of bu, q
| few hours at the farthest
Thomas Piper, who has been sexiOS Of the
| church Tor about year, was soon after arrested
nod is now confined at the chiefs Office. lie was
epsaged at work about the church but HIS suspi-
cion, manner and his denial that he had keys
when t,,o KEYS fitting the door 10 the tower were
! taken arom his person, point strongly To him as
| the ntItsrcr lie o. q dark, heavy set man about
twentv-ssz years old and has once before been
under snspisinn of murder, but was discharged Tor
want Of Sufficient evidence. Many OF the ponce
still believe Ian guilty Of the murder OF q young
girl in the Dorchester district about fifteen months
since This last bdair has caused profound sem
sation in the .cDmlhnnty, and intense excitement
prevails. The yery boldness OF the analr iehuS
additional horror 10 n. Scarcely hree-luarters
| of an hour elapsed irom she sims the child came
out Of the vestibule 81 tltg church until she was
found in a diving condition. How she was entieed
away and for what motive has not transpired, nor
what was the object OF the mptderer