Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-09
Letter frous Boston.
INV YEAR GREETISG-THE STRAY AND
PAINFUL HAMILTON PLACE TRACE MISS
WARDS sroBY-THE LATE FIBE-A Ew NJ
sICAL PAPER.


"a Happy New Year to you all Id friends
and new. and may the backgrounds TO
come only serve to cement ov friendship
still more strongly. l wish for y all, health,
/ prosperity and happiness, andh the good
things which your hearts desi may lssO
be very kind to you. OF couu by this time
/ you have all heard the sad sto Of the shoot
ing Of Mrs Helen Josephin Ward by her
young seventeen year-old lighter, bearing
/ the same name. It was a ruel thing, the
! telegraphing over the count that 1t was pre-
meditated murder as no ofthat have seen,
/ except possibly the deteCes, who always
/ believe the worst Of anyone. has believed
/ from the FIRST that it vasnything but acci-
| dental and even the dectives are soften
/ ing towards her and areeady to accept her
story. To me the casssems q simple one.
and Helen Wards stor.rue. as indeed il does
TO every one who knedhe pair. They lad
rooms in a public bufng on the corner Of
fremont street and Bnilton Place. where 8
few years ago the pushing house Of 1icknor
& Fields had its oies, store and editorial
rooms. The roou which they occupied
were the back roop on the fourth floor the
front ones being eupied by the lady who
had the charge ofle house. Mrs.. Ward had
formerly been in Sod circumstances but for
some years LaeDeen dependent upon her
own resources 3 the support Of herself and
her daughter. be taught school in Cam
bridge until helealth grew so delicate that
she was oblgeto give up on account Of the
constant conf, nent in the school. which
aggravated hsdisease. that Of the heart For
the past yearhe has kept a shopping and
commission ireau, which has yielded but a
scautv ipcoe, and has written occasionally
for the pr.s She was an extremely pretty
woman leing younger than her years
she was tRy-seven, but would easily have
passed 70 twenty -seven-rehned, educated,
abrillianpnv ersatiOnalist, and possessing IN
commonientAl endowments. Her daughter
was likeer in looks. and they were often
taken sisters. never saw such an afee-
ton beeen two people as existed between
them. I used often to meet Mrs Ward. and
she AIys spoke of her daughter, who was
neverut Of her thoughts even if they were
sepa,ed for few hours. Such gArbled
stori were told at the beginning that l don't
worr people got mixed. They we're IN
tru,n the main, and no one has been able TO
ira them to their source. 1t was an unkind
auAn unjust thing to do, and had the girl
bn friendless it might have ruined her for
Y. The story as Helen herself gave it is as
flows
On the evening before the shooting. Mrs
Ward, who was always nervous. was more
han usually 30. and suffered from the for
'odings Of some calamity. They had always
zen timid in the building, which was q pub
&c one, and friend had given them a pistol
With which 10 defend themselves if any one
attempted to enter their rooms. On this
light Mrs Ward placed the pistol near the
ed, and soon after eleven retired. Helen sat
p some time reading. and when at last she
rent to bed she was soon aroused by her
mother who had an attack Of heart trouble
he arose, rubbed her mother, gave her med
cine and went TO bed again. Twice after
hat her mother insisted upon her getting up
nd going into the sitting room to see il any
lie was there, so troubled was she with ner-
Gus apprehension. third time she called
Ter, and Helen, upon her mother declaring
bat some one was in the room. seized the
istol brandished it, and cried in mock heroic
ashton, IF any one comes here I'll shoot
i'm She was overpowered with heaviness
nd fell into heavy sleep, still grasping the
istol She wss awakened about seven O'Clock
y sharp report, smelled the powder, heard
er mother moan, and opened her eyes to
nd the pistol by her side and her mother
atAlly shot. As quickly as she could she
AL for the doctor, who told her that her
lother was dying and she must send for an
Their physician.
The story Of the arrest you know, and her
onmittal 10 prison, where she is awaiting
which takes place Oh Wednesday
next week. 1t is firmly believed by Miss
Yards friends that she will be acquitted |
he is much distressed, but is painfully calm. |
nly couyulsye shudderings and nervous |
-artngs showing her emotion. If could |
My cry, she moaned yesterday, but can't |
y tears are all dried up OF course there
only seems to still more strongly |
rove the devotion of mother and daughter
each other, and the uprightness of their
YES. Those who have known them the |
INCEST and most Familiarity are the most en-
Iusiastic concerning them, and the most |
nphAtic in their expressions Of sympathy
nd belief in Helen's innocence.
Since the blaze of last Sunday night we
ont feel as secure from fires as We have
1ne. That was big blaze, in the very mid
e Of the old burnt district, which for awhile
to be bigger. OF course there are
! sorts of things said rejecting on the chief
lgineer, and the ability of the fire depart
ent. There was a screw loose somewhere,
1t it isn't yet discovered whefe Houghton
Osgood were cleaned out of their Boston
ice completely, but at four in the morning
ey had hired a new Office, at a. Franklin
rect, over Lee d shepard's at ten O'Clock
ey were sending of letters on note paper,
aided with their new address, and at two
clock they were in telephone communica-
IN with Riverside"
The New Year witnesses the birth Of new
usieal paper, called The Musical Herald"
he frst number looks very attractive, and is
Il Of interest to oil students and lovers Of
usc. There is room for well conducted
per or magazine of this kind, and it is in
nded that this shall occupy position as
t untitled in musical journalism. There are
yeral cosby sheets which give the latest
rsonal gossip about musicians and musical
ople in the Figaro style, but there seems to
no digni6ed paper which discusses must
matters with understanding and fairness,
d has no selfish motive TO serve. Most of
e leading writers on this subject are en-
ged to furnish articles, and every phase of
usical art and science will be treated.
acre will be correspondence from London,
IRIS, Berlin and other European cities;
etches of the lives of the most famous com
lsars exhaustive articles IN fla ,,ol.s - !