The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-26
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HORRIBLE MURDER.
A Little Girl Murdered in a Church in Bos-
ton--The Sexton Of the Church the SUP
posed Murderer.

Another MURDER even more horrible in
its details than that of Mrs Bingham, A
few weeks since, was perpetrated in Bos.
ton Saturday afternoon. A bright little
girl, hive years old, was murdered in
church, and bruised and mutilated. The
body was carried up into the tower and
thrown upon the floor of the loft. The
victim of the tragedy was Mabel II. Young,
who, with her mother, resided with her
grandfather, at 80 East Chester park. The
latter is James Hobbs, well known and
highly respected merchant, senior member
of the firm of Hobbs, Pope & Co. Yes
terday afternoon Mabel, in company with
an aunt, attended the Sunday school ami
versary exercises of the Warren avenue
Baptist church. On coming out of the
church al 8 80 o'clock, her aunt remained
in the vestibule about minute, convers-
ing with some friends, and on starting
home missed the child. AT first it was sup.
posed that she had gone back into the church
but when she was not found inside, and
persons outside declared she had not come
out, the aunt became alarmed, and search
WIS commenced in every direction.
About o'clock some ladies at an open
window heard faint cries of child appar-
emily from the church tower. Some young
men who had Joined the search started at
once to ascend the tower. They found the
door leading up from the organ left locked
and on forcing it open discovered fresh
blood on the floor and steps leading to the
next landing. They also found strip of
board covered with blood at one end, and
heard the meanings from above.
Ascending the long steep flight of stairs,
and raising the scuttle which resisted the
strength of strong man, they found the
mangled body of the child lying near the
edge of the scuttle, as though it had been
carried up the steps and hastily thrown
| down there. They carried her down into
the church, where large number of per-
sons had congregated, and into the presence
of her agonized friends.
From the top of her head, which was
broken in, blood and brain were oozing,
while the nose was broken in and the face
terribly mangled. She was carried to her
grandfathers residence and surgeons at
once summoned, who pronounced the case
| few hours at the farthest.
Thomas Piper, who has been sexton of
the church for about a year, was soon after
arrested and is now confined at the chiefs
Office. He was engaged at work about the
| church, but his suspicious manner and his
denial that he had the keys, fitting the
door to the tower were taken from his per-
son, points strongly to him as the muir
derer. He is a dark, heavy set man about
twenty-six years old, and has once before
been under suspicion of murder, but was
discharged for want of sufficient evidence.
Many of the police still believe him guilty
of the murder of a young girl in Dorches-
ter district about fifteen months since. This
last affair has caused profound sensation
in the community and intense excitement
prevails. The very boldness of the affair
lends additional horror to it. Scarcely
three-quarters of an hour elapsed from the
time the child came out of the vestibule of
the church until she was found in dying
condition. How she was enticed away and
for what motive has not transpired.