Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-01-16
A P1sro1rsHor ON SUNDAY.
The Sad History Of Maynard Young



Girl.
The hayward career Of Young girl which
cannot h. explained except on the superstition Of
insanity. eliminated sunday 10 the shooting of
herself with AS-calihre revolver and the affair.
with the additions given % bv repetition, has
been the local sensation Of the week The girl By
MARY l.. Eddy aged i3. She is the daughter Of
the late In WIN y Eddy. o highly respected
physician Of Chester formerly Of Londonderry.
whose death took place about two years agu
Her mother had previously died Her home for
some time prior 10 last November ha been with
her step-mOthers son. Or Warner uf the West
village When Dr. Warner moved 90 Marlboro.
Mass. the gir came 81 the home Of Lawyer j !.
Martin. who had been an intimate friend Of her
father. For three or four wears her actions have
been unaccountable She has apparently been O
kleptomaniaC and in addition was untruthfu
aud SEEMED 20 have general tendency 81 way
wardness When she came % Mr. hartnisit was
on probation for a few days. but her actions were
10 ingenious that ID decided 10 ALLOW her to
remain until Mr. Martin left for the south. when
the household was b. b. broken up Recently
she has been guilty Of thefts aud receptions. and
Saturday Mr. aud Mrs. Martin reasoned with
course She displayed evident eontrtiou, PR
tended TO make a clean breast OF every thing. and
after heiug given to understand that cOntinu-
Rnce Ia her bad ways would bring her 10 the IT,
form school, was forgiven, upon promising o.
start anew.
SUNDAY morning sii which had been laid aside
by Mrs Martin and a satchel aud other things.
were found to b. missinE The girl positively
denied all knowledge Of their whereabouts, but
Mrs Martin was sure she had hidden them and
took her up stairs 10 find them Sine was told
that unless She showed where the things were she
would 20 10 the reform school She pretended
% help Mrs Martin search, but while they were
thus engaged, friends Of Mrs Martin called. and
the girl was told 10 remain iu the dining room
until the visitors departed
While Mr. and Mrs Martin werr entertaining
their guests the company were startled by the
report Of a revolver When Nj Martin went into
the room the girl was in chair with the revolver
10 her lap Nr Martin siuothered with his hand
o H. aN.a
had done She replied that she had shot herself
10 the heart Mr. Martin thought this talk
bun. but d was found that she was badly wound
ed 30 the leg. aud the wound was bound up The
girl claimed that she had attempted 81 lake her
own life ami said that the evening before she mad
taken a dOse Of Paris green but this story was
known to b. false She confessed that she had
stolen and spent the 81 Tor various articles
which she had before claimed were given her a.
Christmas presents Following her directions the
satch-l was found in the attic pressed between
two screens ~ such way that II could not b.
readily discovered When searching with Mr.
Martin the girl must have secured the revolver
and have hidden d in her dress. Il was kept on
shelf 10 closet, placed ont 0t reach She must
have used chair tU get g. aud ~ cuurS' knew 90
its location before sunday
brs Webster aud Pratt who we're summoned
60 dress thew uund found that IN. hall entered
the leg above the knee struck and spliHter-d the
feinur bone and was DETECTED inward into the
calt OF the leg The physicians have thus far
failed Co locate 10 A. Mr. Martin had ALREADY
made arrangements to ~ o. Montpelier. the girl
" a. tahFi 60 MI Z uutf-~ spring , bl Nnutu main
street. where she o. receiving the tE-St uf care
u Is not SUPPOSED that the girl attempted ~ui.
eide. as has been generally reported ~he pruba
bly, shot herself with the, beef that th. injury
would keep nsr uul of Gle. reform -rhoui Many
OF her acts arr uneN piaiuablr. except ou th"
theory of INSANITY, rs already stated la some of
her attempts al dry-rtion she has show cum
ming that was simply wonderful she an TN
usually bright and attractive appearing child
ana seems younger than she Dr. What 20 do with
her when shr recOyers b. ~ad and serious prob
lem