St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-01
CRAzED BY HUNGER.
An Insane Woman Attempts a
Double Murder.


NEW YORK, Oct. S1.-"She was starry
ing and got crazy, and tried to Kill her
mother and her little boy" That was
the matter of fact remark uttered to-
day by faded looking woman in the
rear tenement at 199 West Twenty
eighth street. The unfortunate Gre
allure who was the subject of the
remark was Mrs. Mary Baron, young
Irish woman, who has been living on
the top floor of the tenement mentioned
for month past. She has been sick
for three weeks and unable to work. and
has been suffering from the want of the
very neeeSSarieS of life. She is
the mother of twin siX-year-Old
boys and a nine-mOnthS-Old infant.
Last night she became fiighty,
and her mother, Mrs. Lynch,
sat up TO watch her. Suddenly she was
seized with a convulSion. The child
was in her grasp, and was pressed so
tightly that it could not utter sound.
The grandmother, bent and feeble with
age. sickness. and lack of nOuri5hment.
tried to get the child from her daugh-
ter'S grasp. but could not at first sue
eeed. Finally, when the baby had been
chOked until it was black in the
face. the old woman wrenched it away,
fear for the child's life giving her tenn
pOrary strength. The noise had
awakened the boys. and by the time
they came in the room the Commissions
had passed away. But glance at their
mothers face startled them. "Mamma,
what's the matter?' they cried.
Mrs. Baron laughed aud then began
to sing. She stopped suddenly, rose
in bed, and without word
seized her mother by the throat. The
d woman remained perfectly quiet,
fearing to excite her daughter still
more. But when she began to choke
and feel weakness stealing over her the
old lady struggled. The bOyS-sturdy
little fellows--had watched this and
cOmprthended that something was
wrong. Mamma, you're hurting gran
n.y." they cried. don't hold her that
way" Receiving no response, each one
seized an arm, and by their combined
weight and strength managed to make
their mothQr let 60. A moment longer
and the grandmother might have been
killed. The marks where she had been
chOked are perfectly plain on her throat.
After releasing the grandmother Mrs.
Baron caught one of the boys, Johnnie,
by the throat. He and his brother
screamed, and some of the neigh
bors ran in and snatched the
child away. Another neighbor
ran for policeman, and he
arrived in time to prevent the insane
woman from injuring one Of her neigh
bOrs. upon whom she had also fastened
her grasp, when the boy was taken
from her. An ambulance was sum-
moned from Bellevue hospital and Mrs.
Baron removed there. The surgeon
said that, in his opinion, Mrs. BarOn's
head had been upset from worry
and and lack of nOurishment. The
children will be turned over to MIR.
Gerry's society. Mrs. Baron is twenty
seven years old, and nine years ago she
was working as a tailOress for an old
Frenchman named Jean Baron. He was
sixty-three years old, but he was
cOurtly old fellow, and induced her to
marry him. He was well OFF then, but
has since ruined himself by drink. For
two months he has been in the French
hospital. The mother managed to keep
her children hearty and well. while she
and her Mother were nearly starved.