The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-22
A VOICE FROM THE GRAVE.
ARREST OF THE WIDOW OF THE
REV. DR.. HOUGHTON.
letters Prociaiming the Cruelty OF n Mother
tn-law-A sudden Death and Burial
Intimnfion Of sill Darker Grimes.

letters ProcisiminE the Cruelty Of Mother
tn-Isaw-A sudden Death and Burial
Iutimntion Of sin Darker Crimes.
The Mrs. NJ. L. Houghton. under arrest
at Flushing, l.. L. being suspected of perpe-
trating an abortion upon Mrs. Stanley, II the
widow of the Rev. DR.. HouEhton. formerly edi-
tor OF the Churchmdti, and her supposed victim
was the wife of her son Frank Houghton. SO,
at least, the deceased woman claimed to be, and
shc was recognized In the neiRhborhood OF
wbitestone, where tho family lived, although
since her death an effort has been made to
backen her memory by the affirmation that she
was simply Franks mistress, and the name
under which she was buried was Mrs. NJ. e.
Stanley" The suspicion directed against Mrs.
Houehtcn IL in some degree based upon the aud
denness OF the death and burial OF her daughter
in-law and the refusal of the attendant physician
to give death certificate clearly setting forth
the cause Of her death, but still more upon the
shocking revelations made by Mrs. Frank
tiers to a Mrs. CONNOLLY From the tenor OF these
letters IT Il to be inferred that the trouble In the
Houguton family origin ted IN the daughter IN
laws refusal to lend herself to some dark
scheme Of the mother affecting the disposal
Rev. DIR. Houghton. Frank Houghtgn Il rcuie-
scnicd as having taken sides with his mother
against hts wife, who was cruelty starved to such
9 point that she had to beg from Mrs Connolly
food enough to preserve the lives OF herself aud
child. In these letters she wrote:
They are LEADING me SAD ne My BABY hSs bee.
very sore mouth aud ! have not got any medicine to
Sue would be TOO glad get OF the voTld and
she has abused me ss bad as she could becau.e would
nnement 90 not mink there another w9mSn as
and my baby myself are hungry aud SICK; cannot
pay SSH Of sa family aa an not al liberty 70
tion uni after the trial. - r,.-,., =, ,,,....-
vouu send me medicines, aud that sc would pay nm
S hut s ps, w sSe IL sIs SRH
@ has been sH1e , for wess Is i1 81 white
VIVA, ny .uer But Bu 1o' can no loSeeP zee
calling you. stranger. for help do not know how
can live through this day without one mouthfu to eat
II You Gnk y9S e,s pA so.d NE IN any M ting S
soSS o, twenty minutes P"'s es 'Gng sad d RS,
right 20 what she is dong would not say ONE word.
ia every WEE %py se CO" u due Neat tea or coffee
s MT sos 90 aPG Know how a ss
through n day WIN h my ea9y am wesS ANA s
them The severe misery have went through ! have
my husbsnd he was 10 the wrong snd now there Is moth
Ing left Tor them Az but ruin and deraee II viii not
ssh0ps 1'a ofs
9Sss sSf p 90 fST the
s.st9r said ors he got iek that be w.nea TO get the
10 see hun, and nov the aaminlstrateu VII net pay
one collar until after theN Nuat Mrh NJ L. H.
my husband intend TO do. ! think that might be
dead nov only for your kindness to us.
Mrs. NJ. L. u. brought me n cup OF coffee and some
.oss, soOqt 10 o'coes mi. morning, out I dare not
here. and dare not take thing from her. She
has tried every way to make me lose my baby. She
does rot intend that t shall live but God the strong
est, and be Will protect US, nope.
Benz 9TH all this touching picture OF the poor
mothers misery is stiii a blacker depth of In
fanny. at which she but vaguely hints. There Is
mention OF woman, another patient" brought
into the house by one Hopkins OF an alarm
that she IL likely to dte; of her hurried and Sc
cret removal. There IL mention also OF some
thing horrible "in the cellar" which she seems
10 have been unable to trust herself to particu-
larize, but which Is spoken Of as a matter under
stood by Mrs Connolly.
The Inquest. at which the doctors will make
known the results OF their post-m orem exam
ination Of her exhumed body, Will be COM
menced this afternoon.