Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-06
MARY,s srR ANGE VIsloN.
Girls Story OF Murder-Her Moth
er's Belief.
From, ths Baltimore Amerieaa.


From ths Baltimore Americ1H.
Mary Bell is a frail-looking hlonde-hair-
ed little girl, who lives with her mother
st No. 10 Cooke street, opposite Lafayette
Market. Her father is dead, and her
mother keeps little store. Mary is IL
wears old. and goes to No. p Grammar
school. She goes to a Baptist Sunday
school and to church. While frail-lOoking,
she is not sickly child, and has had
nothing more than the usual ailments Of
children Of her age. There is nothing
peculiar about her except that she can
shut her eyes and see, or imagine that she
can see, things which other people are
hunting for but cannot find. Mary does
not IKE to perform this strange ieat' ana
wiLnot do II unless ordered by her motneT'
One time a basket to be sent to Frederick
went astray. Mary's mother told heF 70
shut her eyes, and try to discover us
whereabouts. Mary did as she was olu-
den. described the basket AID the neaFy
cords binding it, and followed it TIL she
discovered Il in the proper place IN FIeo-
erick, Ii reached there all right When
Mrs. Bell read the story OF the strange
disappearance OF HRviiaDd IN M0nLgom-
cry county some time age, she told Mary
10 close her eyes and tell her Wnere hsFl-
lands body WAS. Mary closed her eyes,
and after her vision wrote TO the Post
master at Sandy Spring The following ac-
count OF what she saw:
baltimore, Jan. :, 1SS6-"Sir: was
IN a trance, and / saw vision Of hor-
rible murder, and 1 saw this: 1t was
wagon going along the road, man was in
it. and suddenly four masked men (they
were in their shirt sleeyes), jumped out
of the bushes and attacked him; one had
a knife and pistol. One held the horse,
and another picked up stone-the stone
was three-cornered. He then hit him
With it, and he fell back in the wagon.
Tne assailant then robbed his pockets.
They made the wagon 20 and passed a
house. Then they came to another house.
When they got there, the one who was
driving got out. and the other three got
out too. just then a girl with crutch
came out and held open the gate. Ihey
carried him into the house and laid him
on a lounge. There was an old coiored
lady there; she had glasses on, and got
yeli0w-iOOKing bottle and a spoon and
poured some OF the contents Of the bottle
in the mans throat, and they all sas down
and ate. Then they carried him in the
cellar and laid HIM down on the ground.
They then came out of the cellar and
drove back the way they came, and they
passed several persons. They then lett
Tue wagon anu Threw thb buitt-SbEAcltu
stone away. l will now describe the
house; Il had a high fence and was made
of wood. Please, sir, to look if there are
any such place down there, and think
1T was Mr.. Haviland. Please to write and
let me know. am little girl, land mother
said might write.
'1Signed). MARY B.,
"NO. 13 Cook street, Baltimore"
A copy OF this letter was sent by the
Postmaster at Sandy Springs TO Major
Dye, chief of police Of Washington, who
wrote to Police Marshall Fry, in regard
TO the matter, and received a reply that
Investigation had been made and the little
girl was found who claimed to have had
the vision described, and that she belong
ed TO a respectable family. Major Dye
sent Detective Block TO Baltimore, who
made a similar report. He taeR spent
the remainder of the day in Montgomery
county looking over the situating, and
examined several cellars in the neighbour
hood OF Linden Forest Glen and on the
line OF the Seventh street road, but
found nothing. The search 10 to be con-
tinueds
Last night, to reporter Of the ADaeri-
can, Mary encouraged by her mother, re-
peated her story. YES said her
mother" Mary positively asserts that she
saw the body, and believe her. She had
never .ead the story herself, and told her
only the outlines of it."