The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-18
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New York Herald
y,,ric. T.. Crawford. the father who
IA m. twclye-yeaT'oid daughter 10 =
Gu IN the wall, in the ioo-readv belei
s.. in spi,c Of Der tender years. the chiio
'' ~, iucendiary aud thiei, u clerk III
~. cmploy Of bis unc'e. Edgar VI. 1raW-
t",J dealer IN tobacco a, NO. l0S "Mef
1T Ne i q man OF about lnlrN.nNe
,,,,.. the father OF four children TOT whom
yea f..s,s internal affection. and avOws
,,.'..lf 10 be sincerely sorry Tor Tue nhJuSt
,."st,,,,,i treatment 10 winch his innocent
i;,ic one va, suhi ccted for so many weeks
nth the cruel accusations Of Mary Doo-
lt,. toe 'ciN 'h', A., .,,o ,.,.,
-, d,.rlayed a cunning aud fewdness
Ca. devtlish. He was amazed, now
.n' ,,e ruth l. known. 10 see how com.
w.. ,css the chain Of circumsiantial cyl.
- which the girl had forged about her
no,i,.im. and II was almost beyond belief
- how entirely she had obtained control
l,rl. Annic Louisa. When the tbefts
t,,ro. ~ q rule nothing was taken singly.
-, time an article was stolen Others
-.,lI disappear with II, and every time this
...p,rcd something usually that OF least
,.l,N would ~ found hidden with the
ltiio'. playthlngS. Aud whenever Annie
1.ui., Wa taxed with the crime she always
'3,,uted II readily enough. The Influence
(h,rr,d nv Mary DOOlcy over the child Is a
,.,.t.ry vel. Wnen the case containing
Mr.. CraWiord'> wedding ieweiry was stolen
a., ,,i,d 9>,cried that she had burned the
l,.. m the ire, taken the iewelry from the
t,,.. and thrown il INTO snOwbank at
o.-turdr,d-l .iiiy-eIghth street and
q-frl gy,nuc. This jeWcl.caSe was found
IT, sunday by The dett cjive in The rooms OF
ny Daolel', mother. with number OF
+,t,r stolen things which TIE girl told her
,,,..,r lId been given her Is presents.
Wh.pthtidI1r, were stolen Mr.. Crawford
..,. be thought his chlld, IN the insanity
,,i,n which Doe began TO believe her afflicted,
r5,t. 90 all>ef some bodily BARN. lie
Questioned Der very closely ia the cudeavOr
~ o.ftbe dangerous weapons back, and she
said n. bad put them in The stove. Mary
Dulcy sNproard found them there, where
Sue bad undoubtedly pu, them TO carry out
flc cniid'> conf, s>iOn.
lied CP LIKE 4 DOG.
Wr. Crawford SAYS thar when he pinned
Annie Lou>a's hands to her sides il was
done with a common shaWl-stIap, and by
lradyice Of his family physician. who bad
clufulIy examined her. and pronounced
Den 10 lea yicum OF klepiomsDia. This
va, not done un'il after the first attempt g
fire ,hc house nad taken place. The child
20 fr,t denied having set The room on fire
bur finally confessed taat while her father
and mother were at dinner she had gone az
stairs, nited up the bedding, and thrown g
lighted match on the mattress. The child
was pot always kept piniOnCd with the strap
Ste was often released and allowed TO play
wuh the other children. AT the time tn,
second ire occurred in The laundry tb,
child, straps had been taken off. When
taxed with This, the poor little one, in hel
fear Of the nurse. gave confused answers
and acted III The same strange manner
which seemed 10 confirm the belief in heI
gum.
When il was decided TO chain up the
child, Mr.. Crawford says, il was after the
doctor bad made another visit TO her and
once more pronounced her insane. long,
light dOg chain was procured. One end
va, attached to a staple in the diningr room
wall and the other fastened 10 a belt around
ncr waist. leaving her free TO move about
The room. In This way she was kept du-
ring The day, and 1T night she was removed
10 he bedroom. where she could be watch
ed bv MI. Crawford or Mary DOoley. This
extreme measure was only taken, the father
S,y>, when he came 10 believe that their
lives y ere not safe ftOm fire should the child
be- allowed to run at liberty.
ION, PAPA. PLEASE CHAIN Me-"
"EVeiy day." said Mr. Crawford. "tbe
poor little thing would come to Inc and ask
10 be chained UP il she bad previously been
unclaimed, a. she sometimes was. oh,
papa,' she would cry, please chain me
up NOW can see that she thought that
thi, was the only way to prove her innO-
ccnce, but Of course / was blind TO that 1t
the time. used 10 tell her to confess and
/ would not punish her, and the way in
winch she admitted all these things made
Ne think she WIS afflicted with sort Of
mania. IOu cannot imagine or describe
the poor child, Joy when the truth was
known and Mary Dooley confessed TO her
crnne,'
Mr.. Crawford has removed TO a house in
Harlem TO avoid annoy auce and to get away
from TIE place where bis family have suffer
ca 80 much, aud where they would continue
10 live 10 fear If Mary D0oley if she should
be released on bail. Fiie-Marshal Sheldon
yesterday visited the Tombs and questioned
tae servant girl in regard to her attempts at
inccudlali>m.
THE PRISONERS STORY.
In order 10 obtain from Mary Dooley 4 full
statement Of her side Of the singular story
ID which she j. playing so prominent part
a HerQ'd reporter last evening visited the
Tombs prison, aud, through the courtesy OF
Warden james Finn, was admitted 10 the
female depart mcnl, in which the Young wO-
man is confined. In few minutes Mary
DoOlev entered the room In which the re-
porter was seated.
Tie reporter opened the conversation by
asking her # she wished 10 make any state
meul in relation 10 The charges on which she
bad been arrested.
/ don't know" she replied, "that /
have anything further to say, except that l
am innocent"
"You have seen what the police say
about yOu:" asked the reporter.
Yes" she replied, sobbing, 81 have
been made oul to be very bad person.
When cid YOU first come TO live with
Mr.. Cra"fordf"
" About seven months ago. Previous to
hat ! sad been living out with TWO other
ade,."
" Had YOU lived long in Morrisania:"
g wa, brought up there. Ny mother has
h''d 10 Meirnse for many years"
Did YOU steal ANYTHING from Mrs. Craw-
Iord on her nusbandf"
&" | did not"
Did YOU confess to Detective wilkins
That You hady"
"Yes."
why did you do so If you were inno-
cent?"
II was frightened. / did not know what
Twas saving. had been out, and upon my