News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-04-19
A MODERN JULIET.
She Loved Her Fathers Enemy and
Was Driven from Home to Die.

News CT tragedy comes from Bruce
vile, q suburb of Alexandria, Va, which
in dramatic incident probably surpasses
anything yet produced upon the stage
Or related by author.
A family by the name of Davis lived
upon the outskirts of Bruceville, the
father, John Davis, running a number
of lime kilns upon his place. Near the
Between the heads of the two families
there was a long-eXisting feud, dating
from away back before the war, when
the two families took opposite views on
some small matters which were being
discussed in those days, such as the
abolition of slavery, &c.
Little Mary Davis was the second
eldest daughter of the lime burner, and
very pretty girl. She fell in love with
son of Clark, named Frank. The two
carried ON the courtship with the implied
sanction of their mothers, notwlthstand-
| ing the fact of the fathers being such
bitter enemies and the mothers, IN fact,
not speaking to each other. Meeting
clandestinely and carrying on their little
love affairs in q quiet way, the young
couple escaped detection for some time,
but the fate which ever hangs over per-
sons in their position let fall its willing
hand, and their secret was disclosed.
Meeting Mary coming in from the
barn last Saturday evening, old man
Davis told her that he had been inform
ed of the ".yoings on between her and
young Clark, and said that if she per-
sisted in meeting him he Davis would
turn her out of doors.
That very night Mary was discovered
by her father entering the house stealth
lily at u o'clock, having slipped out
after the rest of the family had retired,
and meeting her lover, came back home,
only to be discovered by her angry pa
rent. True to his word, old man Davis
turned Mary away, and bidding her
never to show her face at his house
again, went inside and locked the door.
This was at midnight. Repenting
later of his harshness, and believing his
daughter to be innocent of anything
save disobedience, Davis got out of bed,
and, telling his wife what he had done,
donned his clothes and calling his two
sons proceeded to look for Mary. The
entire family searched for her all through
the night, but without avail. The next
morning old man Davis went to look
at his kilns, and found one caved in.
A horrible thought crossed his mind.
He called his sons and together they
scattered" the kiln. Sure enough their
worst fears were realized; they discOv-
cred the remains of human being in
the kiln, and they were those of Mary.
Whether the girl had jumped into
the kiln intent on suicide or whether
she had lain down upon it to keep warm
(the night being bitter cold) no one
knows. The latter explanation is gen
elally accepted as the most likely, how
ever, considering subsequent develop
ments. 1t appears that the girl was
married to John Clark a week ago We'd
nesday, and it is not considered probable
that she would commit suicide under
these circumstances. 1t is generally
thought that, Davis's home being sever
al miles away from any other habita-
ton, Mary, after being turned away by
her father, went to one of the kilns, and |
lying ON it, the kiln caved i'll and Gre
mated her.
Young Clark. coming to the Davis
house the morning after the occurrence,
seeking his wife, learned of her awful |
death and the circumstances attending |
it, Drawing a revolver he shot old man |
Davis dead, the latternever Offering any
saying as he fell: 81 deserve |
it," Clark then fled and has not been |
seen since, although if he had remained |
he would probably have escaped punish
ment. Mrs. Davis, the mother of the
girl, has gone raving mad and been talk
an to an aSylum