Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1875-05-31

Another murder even more horrible !
in its details than that Of Mrs. Bingham.
which 80 shocked and startled Boston. =
few weeks since. was Perpetrased IN that
city. Sunday afternoon. Nay 23d- A
bright little girl. Eve years Of age. was
murdered in church. and the bruised
and musilsted body carried Up into the
tower and thrown upon the door Of the
Ioft. which has been for years the abode
Of hundreds Of doves and pigeons The
victim Of this cruel tragedy was Mabel
H. Young, who. with her widowed moth
er. resided with her grandfather at 50
East Chester Park The latter. Mr..
James W Hobbs. Is well-known and
highly-respected merchant. senior Of the
firm Of Hobbs. Pope s Co, the family
being Of the highest respectability. Liz
tie Mabel. in company with an aunt. at
tended the Sunday-sehool anniversary
exercises Of the Warren Avenue Baptist
church. sunday afternoon. and on CON-
ing cut Of the church at half-past 8, the
aunt remained in the vessible about ten
minutes eouysrsing with some friends.
On starting to 20 home. she missed the
child. who. few minutes before. WIS AZ
her side At first it was supposed that
she had gone back into the church. bat.
I when she was not found within aad per-
sous outside declared that she had not
cone oas. the aunt became alarmed. and
search WIS mads in every direction
I About o'clock some ladies' at IN open
/ window across the street heard faint
cries Of = child apparently from the
church tower. and noticed IN unusual
eoum0tiOu among the doves that swarm
Ell in and cut Of the windows. Some
Young men who had Joined II the search
started at once to ascend the tower
They found the door leading up from
The 0rgan-loft locked. and. On forcing it
open. were startled ss seeing fresh blood
upou the Hoor and steps leading up to
the next landing They aise found i
strip Of board covered with blood IL one
end. and soon heard low means fruu
above. Asserting log, steep fight
Of s-2Irs and raising the scuttle. which
required the strength Of = strung nan.
they found the uangied body Of the
child lying near the edge Of the seuttie.
sh~ash Il had hasn carried up sh-
steps and hastily thrown down there
. Thew carried her down into the church
where large number Of persons haC
epugreg1ted. and into the presence d
: her agVnized friends. From the TOP o
her head. which was broken IN. blaos
! and brain were slowly Oozing. while tn
? nose was broken IN and the face tsrribl,
I INITIATED She vas carried to he
: grzndfathsr's residences. and surgeons a
? Suee sunn0Ued- who pronounced n
case hopeless and her death q quessiOl
: Of bus 4 few hours at farthest Thoua
Z Piper. Who kAS been sexton Of The ehure
I for about year, was soon after arrssts
and lacked Up &c was Engaged at vor
about the church. but his s1spicioJ
q manner and denying that he had an
Z keys. though the two keys fitting Il
. doors 20 the tower we're taken from h
l. person. points strongly 20 him Is Il
L guilty party BE Is dark. heaEy-s.
nan. about Is fears Old. and has Suc
T. bsfsrs been under arrest 90 suspicion
l. murder. but vas discharged for want
II sU5cisnt evidence Many Of the poll
Ok still believe him guilty Of the murder
OF yoUng girl in the Dorchester dissric
- about Is mouths since This l1ss ala
K has caused profound sensation IN Z
Is euununity, and intense excitement d
u walls The boldness of the crime i
ey nArkable; s-Arcsly thrse-q1Arterz Of
- hour elapsed from the time the chi
n vent cut into The Tssrib1le Of The chu-
ne al she wa E14nd in dying cuudTtic
Be- How she vas snticed away sad #
ne What motive has nos yss been discover
Is