The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-02-25
A Mothers Awful Crime.

A dispatci, dated ST Belfast, Ireland
Eal ~ .;,,os 80 folIou,ino, =,
GU o''' - si'e' .''is
OF one OF the most cruei ana heaFtless
crimes ever enacted It will cause a
sbpddar To como over every one tba+
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may iefsu ~
dlspatch from Golefaine IN county
LondonperIy, ~ miles from mere, says
tnat MRS, montague, aaoghter o. Lord
Robert Montague, was committed for
ofiai tlls iiofniug Oh Tue chaiSe u caus-
ing the oeath OF hef daughJ9r, Mary
Helen MohtaSme' ehila oiiy three
years OF age. lhe oafe aetails OF the
aiIalr are known at present. as tue great
est eHofts nave oeeh ,i!aae 10 Keep the
matter secret ana 20 shleia, as iaf as pos
sloie, tue IMPORTANT 1iaihl,y inVoVed,
out elle cIit Ne - VI sutal 9 s:iIohlns ma,
NC ~ 10 go, 49, ,ii
otlers ilsistcu ,ilao JlstIIe shouid De
uoie aad 1llet e, SENS W W . pTospece
that lauy u III h1oH1ssSue fanny may
meet death at the hansshans hanoS.
FROM Tue accounts VI 'ii9 aliaiF tlat
nave reaciieu iiefe 10 seems sLiat tiie poor
cnliu mas oeeil uadly useu NY Ile goV>
ernness' IN aooitioh 20 peIiig ole OBJECT
VI Ciie hatIeu % i.s iilooliv'. ~ lacC the
harsh actloil OF Ihe soVeliiiie ~ seems 10
nave leu up 70 Ihe .laseuy lns latter
IL seeiis' LOT some cliiuis,i eseapaue upon
the part OF nef charge, locked the little
girl up IN dark room as punishment
ana then informed Ine lnother' mrs
montague, Oh the chllu s,oieise ana OF
the punishment she haa hleoeu OUT 10
her for 1t. The mother appears 10 nave
become SO enraged at the niue daugn-
ter's conduct that she resolved 20 PUNISH
her still more severely. and. gong TO the
dark room in which the chiid had been
confined by the governess, Mrs. Mon
tague tied her baby daughters arms pc
| hind her back with some stout string,
which cut deeply into the chlld TENDER
| limbs, and then not satisfied with this
severe treatment, she connected the end
of this string about the chid's arms to Il
ring in the wall, half stringlng her up
and half fastening her to the wall in
| order, apparently, to prevent her from
moving about while she was under pun
ishment The child cried piteously to
be released. promising amid heart-rend-
ing sobs never to offend again, but the
mothers heart was steeled against her
baby's PRAYERS for mercy. and she went
away and locked the door behind her.
leaving poor little Mary alone in the
| dark roOm and strung to the wall in a
position which must have caused her
infinite pain After the mother left the
child in the position mentioned the poor
childs cries grew fainter and then ceased
entirely. Those who noticed that the
child had ceased crying came to the con-
clusion that she had become reconciled
to her imprisonment in the dark room
and that she had concluded that the less
noise she made the sooner she would be
placed at liberty. La any case. three
| I, oh If
going TO the dark room in which the
| little girl was confined in order to see il
she wanted anything.
| At the expiration of that time the door
of the dark room was visited. and when
several knocks at the door failed to OBJ
tain reply from the child the door was
opened and little Mary was seen hudded
up under the ring in the wall, her pref
ty curls covering her face, which was
hanging downward, the body being up
held bv the cruel string fastened around
her arms and secured to the ring referred
10. When the bright curls were brushed
away from the child's forehead it. was
seen that her face was horribly discolor-
81 and distorted. and a further examina-
| tim showed that poor little Mary was
doad having been chokn1 to death
frhe house was soon alarmed and medi,
cal attention was sent for. bnt all efforts
to brine the child back to life proved
fruitless The mother and governess
were in desnair hut fine musician SER
, mo and nnigh hors Who hoard If tba
affair We're furionslv INDIGNANT at fhe
a.,,al ,notbar and insisted that iustica
shor1d ho done ~
Sh Tha r as uo was tbattbe noljce were in
formed Of the tragin death Of little Mar
md On, coon after a warrant for the arrest
Of Mrs Montaoue was issped When
talxan into custo5v Mrs Montaoue sob,
bod had. hitterlv and aoain and again assert
ed tbat she had no intention al takiny
40 oh;ld,s lifa. HAT she was ntterlv