The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-18
4 CHILD KILLED BY CRUELTY.
VIOLENT DEATH OF THE LITTLE
nIry8IER OF A NOBLEMAN'S SON

v~r Mother. Mrs.. MontsGu, TIED Her IN -
D.,s noea IN Such Way that she
t,boheA % Death-Mrs. M oatsGu Arrested
--D.us hter-in-Law OF Lord MontaSu.
pr,rAsr, Feb IA despatch from Cole
r.ine. in county Londonderry. forty-seven
Mics from hcrc. says that Mrs. Anna Margaret
W,ntaou. daughter in law Of Lord Robert
Nontasu. was committed for trial this MORN
inc on the charge OF causing the death OF her
laughter. Mary Helen Montagu. child only
years OF ago
r.ochcd hero it seems that the poor child had
h.cn badly used by It's governess in addition
N bcinv the object OF the hatred OF its mother.
In fact the harsh action OF the governess
s.ems to have led up to the tragedy. Tho
lsttor, it seoms. for some childish escapade
nnon the tart Of her charge. locked the little
srl M In dark room as q punishment and
tb,n informed tho mother. Mrs. Montagu. of
,he ,hild's offence und OF the punishment she
had mcted out to her fur it The mother APP
ncars to have become SO enraged at her
i,.,,o daughters conduct that sho resolved
n nunish her still more severely. and. going
n tho dark room in which the child had been
confined by the governess. Mrs Montagu tied
hcr baby daughters arms behind her back
With so,no stout string. which cut deeply into
tho ,hjld's tender limbs. and then. not salts
fed with this severe treatment. sho connected
the end Of this string about the childs arms to
ring In the wall. half strinGing her up and
half fastening her to the wall. in order. appar-
emily, to prevent her from moving about while
she was under punishment.
The child cried pitcously to no released.
promising amid heartrending sobs never to
offend again. but the mothers heart was
-. t.,l ,,.,t, Snr
and she went away and locked tho door behind
her, leaving poor little Mary alono in the dark
room and strung to the wall in position
which must have caused her infinite pain.
ton i'p me mt oned the poor ehiids cries grew
noticed That the child had ceased crying came
and that shS had concluded that tho less noise
hs the she would be PLACED at
fore anybody thought Of going to the dark
room il which the little girl was con- con,
anything or if she was safe; At the expiration
ofthat time the door Of the dark room S was
and Ssn sseT tho ssd thu door
was vase opened and little Mary was seen huddlei
up under the ring In the wall. her curls cover
ward. the, pody being upheld by the crue!
string fastened around hsr, arms and secured
i h ring wsS em to eSas
was seen that her face was horribly discolored
and distorted and a further examination
showed that poor Little Mary was dead having
The house was soon alarmed and medica
s ea bSc s nss
mother and governess were In despair but the
physicians. servants. and peighbors who heard
The, mother, and insisted that Justice should
b. done. The result was tina. the police were
Qf n for 0f MI
Mentagu was issued. When taken into Gus
tody Mrs. Mon tsgu sobbed bitterly. and again
a fns the se ehd snfs Ss s she @S utterg
broken hearted, and that her, sole object
e stf hS oS ha IL the st W ESa
Of the roonsins.vhio saa had been confined.
md 80 disturbing everybody in the house;
not satisfy sh tSe poliee nor did they satisfy the
police MAGISTRATE before whom her preiimi.
ay s 81 Ike Efforts Sep fsn S
and relations. and in spite of the pleas of able
counsel. she was formally committed for trial.
had any intontion Of taking her child's life.
but the opinion prevails that the child was nc
dsns . to death 18th Through being
described; 1t is. said that other seriouss, in
Of cIe h the Of Mr. MG
3i$s' The more nor isht let in upon tie TRACE:
sa the IL. she es I MS ae
and that VI hen she Went to release it from con:
sensible. Continuing, Mrs. Montagu said that
she then carried the child to her own bedroom.
stripped it of its clothing. and tried to restore
Ito Consciousness before giving the alarm.
That is the story told by the mother. but ru:
NOR has it that the poor child was stripped Of
it, clothing before it was imprisoned. and that
It was naked when found dead, chok ed. and
half frozen, t is added that Mrs. Montagu's
Treatment Of the little girl was not an cxcep-
tonal case. and that she was in the habit Of
il-usng her children to terrible degree.
Mrs Montagu is the daughter-in-law OF
Losd kohsrt Montagu. who is an uncle of the
name was McMicking. She is OF the :. landed
gentry. her father Being Gilbert McNIicking.
Esq. Of Miltonise. Ireland. She was married
t9Hr Robert MontaGu. eldest surviving son
q Lord Rot bert Montagu. in 1880. and, besides
the, child whom she is accused OF Killing she
Is Is the mothorof six sons. Mr.. Robert Montagu
chester who Is best known in this country, as
lord Nlandoville. There are three lives be-
tween him and the dukedom. two of them OF
younger men than himself.