Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-01
A QUlCK-LIME GRAVE.
A Beautiful, but Hard-Hearted Girl
Murders Her Babe and
BURIES IT In LIME IN A CELLAR.
The Father Of the Child Charged With
Serious tffenses.
BURIES IT IN LIME IN A CELLAR
BOTH THE CULPRIrS ARE NOW In JAIL

Grace Brown, girl of great beauty and
not quite IL years of age, was placed in the
county Jail last nightto answer in court on
charge ofmurdering her infant boy. Oliver
Meredith, handsome young passenger
brakeman on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail
roads through train, the alleged father of the
child, was taken from his post of duty and
lodged IN the same prison earlier in the
day. Meredith has three serious charges
against him. Miss Browns home is at
Elrod station, better known rs Boston, and
Meredith lives with his folks at Bissell
station, on the B. s. o.
The circumstances of the case are par
ticularly sad and at the same time revolt
ing Grace Brown is a stepdaughter of
Edward Brown. one of the oldest and most
trusted engineers on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. Her father was his brother.
When his brother died several wears ago
Mr.. Brown married the widow and has ever
since exercised what he supposed was a
careful guardianship over his brothers
children, Gracs and younger sister,
Maggie.
Fell in Love With Meredith.
A little more than year ago, when
Grace Brown was just budding into a re-
markably well-developed woman, she be-
gan to receive attentions from Oliver Mere
dith. She was attending a private school
in McKeesport, her steptather being anxious
to endow her with a good educa-
tion, and the couple met frequently
on the trains, the girl selecting
Meredith's train whenever possible.
He was % years of age. and fell deeply in
love with the pretty school girl. or at least
affected to, and nis love was returned with
interest Meredith called few times at
the Brown house, but on account of the
youth of Miss Grace her mother was not
over civil 20 him. Early last February
when his visits entirely ceased there was no
regret on the part of the mother and step
father, though Miss Grace was downcast
and sad.
Being naturally bright, cheerful girl,
the change in her demeanor was noticed by
her friends. Observing the inquiring
glances OF people the girl shook of the
grief she was enduring, ana appeared
among them as gay as ever. 1t was not un-
til the early part of the present week that
suspicion of her shame was raised.
A Suspicious Humane Agent.
In house near the Browns there lives
a local agent of the Humane Society. An
inquiry was started, and the Coroner was
quietly notified early yesterday morning
Grant Miller, the Coroner's clerk, was
deputized to investigate the case, and after
a careful search through the house found a
weil-developed infant buried in quick lime
in the cellar. The child had been buried
several days, and the lime had partially de-
stroyed it, the feet and hands having been
already eaten away by the alkali.
When confronted with the evidence of
he crime the girl confessed. The child
was born early last Friday morning She
said she had rolled it in blanket and
placed il at the foot of the bed, but later,
finding it dead, had taken it to the cellar.
Her sister had subsequently covered it
with lime
A post mortem examination held yester-
day showed that the child had died either of
strangulation or neglect 1t had been fully
developed, and born alive and we'll The
Coroner's jury returned verdict of mur-
der, and the girl was brought to Jail by
Grant Miller. On the way to the train Ed
Brown, the stepiather, was called
from his engine and the situation
explained to him. Brown bad never sus-
pected anything of the kind, and the blow
caused him to fall to the ground in a faint.
When he recovered he insisted on accom-
panying the erring girl to the Jail, which
he was allowed to do. The man seemed to
age ten years on the trip.