, 1881-07-13
A Religious Monomaniac at Mont
real Murders Her Cell
Mate.
Her Companion Appears to Her In The
Gulse Of a Terrible
Dragon.
The Combat with the Dragon, and
. the Bloody Fate Of the
Companion. ii
A Massachusetts 1lan Charged by Ills
lyifo with Obtaining q Fraud'
$, ulont Divorce.
The Oitisons Of Dsaaro Turn Ont md
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MoSrrr:A,., July IA terribie murder
took plnce at Longe 1'0inte Asylum yester-
tins, tho circumstances connected with which
arc M follows: On Sunday hight the In
mates OF tho Institution heard solne singing
coming from ccft occupied by two women
NAMED Della poriur and Ggrtr,tde Roberts.
This was continued fur son,c time, and COLI
sisted of hymns and psalm tunes, but, rs one
Of the occupants Of the cell, Deia Portor,
was known to be kind OF religious
ntonomn,tiac, md III the habit OF passing
her tt,nc thts wny, not much MT
tuntion WIS pald to It. About o'clock
OF Monday morning Rosnnlin Laurln.
4 fon,ale attendant Of tho Asylum, visttttl
the cell, aud wns llorrftiet to find Gertrude
lioherts stretched upon the ll0Ur cold atitl
dead, anti l,er body fearfuly torn and lncor-
ated. Tlle murdcrcss was sitting quietly In
corner Of tho cell, md gavc evidence Of no
establishment at tho expression Of horror
uttered by tho attendant. Tho whole
Asylum, oi, hearing OF tie news, was thor
ough1y awakened, aid inquiries were made
rs to how the decd hua bucn committed. The
murderess, with horrible calmness, stated
that during tile night SHE llatl seel, fright
ful dragon, a11d, for the safety Ut herself and
all the other inmates. thought itbettcrto kill
1t. THIS she proceeded to do, taking a niece
| of bourL about three feet long, ottu inch In
th,ct,ross nnI ttveipa Inci,ra vide whirb
.t"u nsen ~ ~ ' s,,s W.. ~ ,,s1a fo,,o,o1
TINT her con,nanion was the dragon, and no
t,a. ~. ~, ~ ta'.,,a,, ~ -, hn,v innn Il tnoh
,ueA eat oo toiu ,i ~ ~ aum ,u a,so WHAT
lter to conunat tio mGftle1, rs M holse want-
ever llatl BEEN heartl by any of tile watch-
men. The murdered wonan was 10 years
IF oro au,, ,voa ofimtttnl Imtn tho iustitu.
~ 49, "ss =, "' H. W. ~ ~ III, ncI, {,nricr
.lo on o a.. a VI ,,"a v"' r. tc @ nsr,m ~,
the It'll of June last. She Is ilattye OF St.
Tle. PROVINCE Of Quebec, ani is unmarried.
,rhs ,,tcco nr hnorf whicl ,yns ,,s,yl isbroken
Nv pte1u y. oo"" n.1.s III ~" s.,'',.t -
force used to intllct tic wound. Della Porler
was mol considered n luuattc enough to be
conilued in II cell by herself. Tho Coroner
opened mn inquest, and tho nbove particulars
wcro ctcited.
10 ths Tt.ttr. As,oeiattd Prtas.
MONTREAL, July 1a,-iA terrible murder
took p,nco at Lo,,Ro pointb Asylum yestor-
tlny morning Two women nnlncd Dell Il
Porter and Gertrude Roberts occupied tho
same cell. During the hight rorler, who
was known to bo a religious lnono,nAliiuc,
fancle,l she saw 4 rrightfnl dragon, and for
tho safety OF herself and nil tho other III
n,atcs. attacked 1t witt, piece Of board, by
pounding 1t on tho l1eatt. Tile dragon was
her companion Roberts. Inquest to.tlay.
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THE MURDERED sl1ER1FFs.
Sosefas bf.eafsa to 1hs ehtea'o I''oaHt.
ST. PAUL, 0llnu., July l2.-Onc hundred
aud ilfty armed men OF Dunn nntl pupin
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