Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-09

sight In the darkest section OF Halifax
last night. But worse was to ensue
and the police had To be called TO put
6 stop 70 the canibalie;io orgy.
No large city In ;he world has n
section that is more desalate, wicked
and rpulsive uian Alheimarlo and
other downtown streets OF this city.
Habltstions In this section " the city
are frequently nero novels, where
even well-re4red brutes. not TO say
anything OF angels. world fear 20
tread. That the section does not
spread malignant disease Is the Won
der OF those who are familiar with Il
aud only the vigilance OF the police
prevents lis becoming plaEue-spot.
The police force alone prevents daily
murders, and tho strong arm OF the
law hourly settles the disputes OF the
dtpraved people who make this section
their habiation,
II was reserved for last night to fur
nish the most iepulslve and revolving
rccne ever Witnessed in this plague
fpot An hour OF mere elapsed before
the police were called aud then they
were 50 shocked BY The sight that they
4 We're momentehN dhzod aid looked
on the disgusting spectacle in mute as
Il niarment.
In enc 81 the novels OF ALTERNATE
street occupied by an aged woman and
I her 1l-yc- r-old daughter. the failen,
/ diagracod aud diasipatcd mothrr pass
| ed away from the tmcctr 81 her Vices,
/ In hsr own way The daughter kecnly
Z falt the loss OF the mother. snd pro-
/ oceded &c drown her grief IN drink.
The apartment IN question y a small
room. It's furnishings were inferior 10
! effects often received 10y the ash pits
] or dumps. Tho bed. 80 called, consists
| ed OF a shaite-down OF nlthy straw.
The spectacle presented TO the officers
was indeed a revolung one Stretched
on the floor was the dead body Of the
/ elderly wJfnAn namtd Mary Grove.
! The daughter waa a pictur" OF misery.
She waa Wild with liquor. and her
shouts were akin 10 the warwhoop OF
the Indian. she, like her dead moth
Z er, were a garment OF tstteTa.
She danced over the dead body OF
her mother. uttefinR wocful cries "a
she threw her feet and hands altcrn-
ntciy in the air She caught tho warm
BODY Of hei dead mother ia her arms
and dragged II round the room and
pulled repeatedly the lifeless head
| from tho pillow OF straw by the hair.
This horrible counibal-likc performance
Wrut on an hour before the police
I were called. Iht latter Immediately
rang down the curtain rver tho terrible
drama, and marched It's principal per-
former 10 the station whore two more
acts of u frlghtful nature were pre-
scented The charities board were com
muuicated with and coin was sent
from the poornouse 10 receive the dead
The police thought It prudent 10 have
the remains removed from such quar-
ters to a place more suitable 20 await
the intermcnt this morning.
shortly after the arrival " MARY
Grove, the daughter. at the station, she
made two attempts TO lake her life
peath to her under ordinary ciroum
stances would have been n happy re-
lease; hut Providence probably nae
some consideration fnr the poor creR
ture and would not permit ~ her be
ing ushered into eternity IN the coudl
tion she was She first tried 10 end hcl
days In an attempt to strange herself
with one Of her Wartera. She tied tn,
string tightly around her throat nnt
would soon have passed into the othel
world were IL not for The Intervention
OF the police The garter wns takoi
from her Again rhc attempted suicide
under similar conditions, hut the on
ceta again saved her Tho matron wal
then sent for. and Mary Grove mad
no furthcr attempt AZ llfe-talting.