The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-18
A CHILDKILLED BY CRUELTY.
VIOLENT DEATH OF THE LITTLE
nxUyHIER OF A NOBLENAN'S SON
vsr Mother. Mrs.. MontaGu, Tied Her In =
Dsrx Rosm IN Such = Way that She
s,bok ed % Death-Mrs. Mostngu Arrested
U.,~hter.ln-I.avy OF Lord Montagu.

u.<ser. Nrp. Montaeu, Tied Her In .
D.yk Rosm In Such . Way that She
,.hoh ed % Death-Mrs. MonsnGu Arrested
-Daushter-i.-Law OF Lord MontsGu.
pr,yAsr, Feb ia despatch from Cole
r.;ne. in county Londonderry. forty-seven
Mics from bore. says that Mrs. Anna Margaret
Mnntacu, daughter-in-law OF Lord Robert
Montagu, Was committed for trial this morn
inc on the charge OF causing the death OF her
a.pyhter. Mary Helen Montagu. child only
years Of ago
From the accounts OF the affair that have
r.achcd hero it seems that the poor child had
h.cn badly used by Its goverHess in addition
n hcinr the object OF tho hatred OF its mother.
In fact the harsh action Of the governess
..oms TO havo led up to the tragedy. Tho
latter IL seems, for some childish escapade
upon the Part OF her charge. locked the little
Girl IN in dark room as punishment ana
,h,n informed tho mother. Mrs. Montagu. of
,he child $ offence und OF the punishment she
had ,ncted out to her for it The mother APP
n.ars to have become so enraged at her
little daughters conduct that she resolved
n nunish her still more severely and. going
n the dark room in which the child had been
confined by the governess. Mrs. Montagu tied
her baby daughters arms behind her back
With some stout string. which cut deeply into
aed with this severe treatment. sho connected
IN, en- a Of this string about the child's arms to
ring in the wall. half stringing her up and
half fastening her to the wall. in order. appar-
entity TO prevent her from moving about while
che was under punishment.
The child cried piteously to no released.
promising amid heartrending sobs mover to
offend again. but the mothers heart was
stecled against her baby's prayers for mercy,
and she went away and locked tho door behind
her. leaving poor little Mary alone in the dark
TSsh n must Sh avs sS ser pn
Alter the mother left tho child in tho posi-
ton mentioned the poor child's cries grew
noticed that the child had ceased crying came
TO the conclusion that she had become recon-
ns d h S nss aa ne
she made the sooner sho would be placed at
liberty. In any case. three hours passed be-
aneS in order to see II she wanted
Rat t@ 1r tho fs door s Of the dark
visited. and when several knocks at tho door
failed to sR the the
up under the ring In the wall. her curls cover
ing w, her face. which was hanging down,
hs esS hphea ny
to the ring referred to-, When the, curls were
brushed nway from the child,s forehead, IT
and distorted. and q further exam nation
showed that poor little Mary was dead. having
The house was soon alarmed and medical
attendance was sent for. but all efforts to bring
the child back to life proved ,fruitless. The
physicians. servants. and peigh9ors who heard
q the affair were furiously indignant against
tbs She The sn rssa ssa hs s p sn %sra
informed Of the tragic death Of little Mary End
tody Mrs: Montag9 sobbed bitterly. and again
spd again asserted that she had no intention or,
ss sn at that she sSs gssy
oE sa Ds e the aS. asF
NTs HontsEd's sxplsnations., however; did
po pol Sstoee her nre
nary examination was conducted to-day. for.
in spite q the efforts OF her Influential friends
i p nst Generally believed tSat MS, Mg9ntasu
s S Of tha her shs @
cidentslly chnked to death through being
up to the wal IN the ot%sr aed by
tssp to Der ch will be disclosed at the ts%i
HisH @s ehsS fs hefR Pss
d!y the worse appears the conduct OF Mrs. Mon.
tacu. At the inquest she testified to the fact
and that when she went to release it from con-
hnement she found that the little girl was in.
she then carried the child to her own bedroom.
ITO ~ consciousness before. giving the alarm.
That Is the story told by the mother: but ru:
i clothing before 1t was imprisoned. and that
half frozen. Ii is added that Mrs. Montagu's
ttTeatnent Of the little girl was not an excep,,
ll'using her children to terrible degree.
f, Mrs Montagu Is the. dauGhter-in-law OF
Lord Robert Montagu. who is an uncle of the
p present Duke Of Manchester Her maiden
gentry her father being Gilbert McMicking;
t9 Mr, Robert Nontagu. eldest surviving son
q LORD Robert Montagu. in 1880. and, besides
ne ehild whom she is accused OF killing she
Is Is the en- mother Of six sons Mr.: Robert Montagu
chester; who Is best known in this country as
lord Vaudeville. There are three lives be.
tween him and the dukedom. two of them Of
younger men than himself.