The Portland daily press., 1894-11-10
Police Made An Effort Yesterday to
Arrest Him.
SAD ROMANCE REVEALED IN
MARY DUMPS CASE.
There is a Young Man in the Case VINO
Turns Out to Be a Secoud Ham Peggoty
Miss Dunn Had Wedding Trousseau
in Her Trunk-Dr. Hughes Has Appar-
emily Left Town.

Miss Dunn Had Wedding Trousseau
in Her Trunk-Dr. Hughes Has Appar-
emily Left Town.
The mystery surrounding the death of
Mary Dunn, the young woman of twenty
years, who came to the Brown street board
ing house Saturday suffering from the
effects of criminal operation, has been
cleared up somewhat. Yesterday forenoon
at 10 O'Clock. the jury empannelled by
Coroner Perry to consider the circum-
stances of Miss Dunn's death, met at ten
O'Clock. 1t was constituted as follows:
George d. Loring. foreman; Luther A.
Sterling, Charles A. Robinson, Harry G..
Mason. Amory H. Rogers and Charles II.
Lamont. They were in session three hours
in the forenoon and half an hour in the
afternoon. Many witnesses were examined.
and 1t is inferred that important testimony
was offered. The proceedings of the jury
are not made public, and the authorities
have issued special instructions that they
shall not be given ont. 7 he verdict has not
yet been rendered, and the jury will meet
again this forenoon.
But from certain Developments yesterday
afternoon and evening it is not difficult to
surmlse what some of the features OF the
verdict will be-. The police were seen to
visit and search both the residence and
office of DR.. John B. Hughes. of this city.
1t Is inferred by this that the inquest has
resulted in throwing grave suspicious upon
him. Up to a late hour last evening Dr.
Hughes had not been found. The police of
Boston and other places have been notified
to look out for him.
While the coroner's jury and the officials
are very circumspect in their utterances
about the case, there have been dropped
from outide sources enough facts to reveal
a story as sad and touching as that immor-
tai history which Charles Dickens has
woven around the names of ''Ham Peggoty,'
and Little Emily"
The young woman, Mary Dunn, came of a
very respectable and we'll to do family in
Leeds, Canada. She had five brothers and
three sisters, who now. with her father and
mother, mourn her untimely death. One
OF the brothers, sturdy honest blacksmith h
of his village home, was in Portland yester-
day and carried back to Canada with him
the body of his sister. The poor fellow was
mue b overcome with grief and shame; and
had he met the betrayer of his sister 1t
would have gone hard with that person.
There was in Portland at the same time
with Mary Dunn's brother another young
man whose grief is as great or greater than
tnat OF the prother. he Is the ham Peggoty
of the agedy. The name of the young man
is Martin Monahan, of Lancaster, N. H.
he is common lahorer, but impresses those
who meet him with the belief that he has
cblvalrlc character that princes. might
envey. Monahan was the accepted suitor Of
| the unfortunate girl; but not the author
| of her ruin. She seems to have understood
ana relied on his simplicity and honesty OF
character. for it is learned that when she
found herself sick and dying she caused
him to be sent for. They had been engaged
to be married for some time; but she had
| postponed the date of the ceremony. on the
| ground that she wanted to come to Port
and to work for awhile. He little suspected
the true reason of her desire to come to
PORTLAND; and the crushing truth was only
revealed to him when. deserted by her be-
trayer, she sent him message to come. He
| responded at once and in the trying situa-
tion in which he found himself. has acted
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