The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-06-18
TWO GINEvRAS.
The Sad Fate of Two Little Girls.

A correspondent writing from Dixon
near Roll., Mo-. to u 81. Joseph paper. de
.cribss recent sad even, there. The paper
says:
A sorrowfui story comes to Us from
Dixon, Missouri, reminding H. Of the tragic
fate Of the beautiful bride, Ginevra. who.
on her wedding night, as the poet Rogers,
has So beautifully told it. playfully hid
from her husband and friends in n chest,
which closing with spring lock, Fastened
her down forever"
Full tifty years past AMI all forgotten,
When on an nile dsv. sity II search
NId the oil Iumi~t IN thu gallery,
That m"l,l..Tng chest wa- not'ced and twa- >'.id
~ Young AMI th"ti-htls>- a. t.'neSrs,
Why not remove 10 from It- lurSIng place.
Twas done a. soon a. said. bat on the way
u Lnr-t. u fell and 10 a skeleton
With here and t,-res pearl, an eintrslt stone,
\ golden clasp. ela>pin. a shred II goid
All .l-. lad ,..rI-h-,i. wedding ring
And small seal her mother : legacy,
Engrayen with u name, the name "f both
.'GInevra-
The poets fancy is almost realized in this
Dixon tragedy. A Mr.. Muench, Of Dixon,
had too bright and merry little girls, Mary
Belle and Constance. They had been in
the habit Of hiding from their father on his
return home. and had much sport with him
in finding them. Last winter they got into
the trunk on several occasions when their
father was out after wood and water. II
appears from the evidence before the co.o-
ner's jury, as told by one 81 the jury IN
letter t. the mother, who was absent at the
time, that on this day the children got into
the trunk to hide. ard, hot rs it was that
day, it took but very short time to pro-
Iuce death. Mr.. Muench stated, on his re.
turn home FROM Dixon, when near the house
he called to the children, but got no an
swef. When he came into the house he
saw the tray Of the trunk ON the bed
At once il flashed through his mind that
the children we're in it. Going to il and
raising the lid, to his horror he finds the
little one at the bottom and the larger one
partly acro~s her. He saw at once that
there was no hope Tor the little one, bu'
thought he could revive the Older, a. he
could detect some traces Of life. He rub
bed her ON the arms and legs and eide OF
the head. when he saw that he could moi
bring her to liie,he took the little one, then
sgain the large one, and 80 on till aftel
midnight. lie then waited until morning
when he informed his neighbors. Word
came to me says the juror, at three O'Clock
when sent you this dispatch, and prepared
tn go to hold an inquest which vas dom
yesterday afternoon. vas one Of the jury
We found nothing that may lead to sus
pect anyone Of a foul act. There were N
marks 81 violence ON the bodies, not eveI
a print Of finger, but how they we're fas,
eLej in the trunk we are not able To saw, q
the trunk has no spring lock, and MI
Muench swears positively that the sprin
catch vas not fastened.
We had two doctors to examine ther
and they stated that they came to thei
death through sudocation BY being closel
confined in Q trunk and we rendered vel
diet accordingly. All indications sho
that they died easily and without . struggl
as their faces were sweet and lovely.
, We buried them at o'clock about IF,
yards from the house in a beautiful grov
of trees. Peace to their souls! Blesse
] are they that sleep!
We will state in addition that the moth,
vas teacher in one Of the st. Louis pu
lie schools. For months she had engage
her spare time in making up dresses for h
little idols, and vas looking forward to Il
early day when the session would close 4
summer vacation With all the joyous anti
ipaiions that could ill mothers heal
Alss! il Wa mournful tidings that sun
moned her home.