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How the assault was committed lis
largely a matter Of conjecture. Casey,
who, as has already been mentioned, was
the young man who attended to her fires
during the winter time, lives with his
father and mother in a small farm house
on the Parnell land, known in contradis-
tinction to the old mansion, as the
"small house."
Casey had been to Bordentown himself
and was coming home when he heard
groans in front Of him. He hurriedly
ran to the spot from whence the sound
proceeded and there found Mrs. Parnell.
She was groaning pitifully and beneath
her head the ground was soaked with a
great pool Of blood that had flowed from
cut in the back of her head, while her
face was scratched and torn from the
stones and cinders in the path upon
which she lay. Near her lay bit of
fence paling about three feet long and
primitive sort of club, fashioned from
two pieces Of board. Neither Of these,
however, is thought to have been the
murderous instrument. A brick freshly
thrown by the wayside is looked upon
as that; the wooden instruments being
thought too light for the cruel wound
that now endangers the victims life.
Neither fence paling nor boards nor the
brick had blood marks upon their sur
face but the brick had not laid upon the
ground any length of time and was heavy
enough to kill a person with.
This brick was moss-grown on one
side, but the other had been recently
carefully cleared Of mortar. 1t appears
b. =, ~ S1o,p +0 {hoco II.
ing the ruins of the old spring house.
Mrs. Parnell's bag with her pocketbook
and letters, were gone, and her naystsr-
ious assailant had disappeared as though
the earth had swallowed him UP.
Charles Casey attempted to lift the old
lady. but found the task too much for his
strength. He therefore hastened to his
home and returned with his father, John
Casey; and they carried her to the little
house. While transporting her there
they. were Joined by Griffin and several
of the workers on the railroad.
Griffin had hardly returned to the tele-
graph station when he says he heard
someone calling or shrieking aloud. At
first he thought it was someone out on
the river, for the Bordentown boys often
go fishing at night, and Go not make
their sport a silent craft. just after
ward, however, one of the other railroad
men came in and said that he had heard
a woman making great noise over
among the trees. Griffin and his COM
panions started out to investigate, and
came upon the Casey's as they were car
ryiug Mrs Parnell to their home. She
was made as comfortable as possible
upon a little sofa bedstead in the back
room of that humble dwelling and then a
doctor was sent for.
The doctor came at once reaching the
bedside of his patient before o'clock,
and found that Mrs. Parnell had been
struck with some blunt instrument from
behind that had cut g. great cash in the
right side OF her head, cutting the scalp
to the bone. The skull had not been
fractured, but there was concussion OF
the brain, and the patient was in a COMA
tose condition.
All night she lay thus and then began
to ramble delirionsly about her handbag.
She was still unable to give any account
of the assault and paid no attention
when any one addressed her. AS she
lay this way it required close observa-
ton to see that the chest moved and that
the body lying upon the sofa bedstead IN
the darkened back room was not that OF
dead person. She lay quietly upon her
back with her mouth half open and her
skin startlingly pale, even when con-
trasted with the white bandages which
bound her head. Only in long intervals
would she make the slightest change IN
position, and her only intelligible re-
mark was a request for water.
The bag that seemed to be occupying
her thoughts was found by John Casey
on the railroad tracks leading to Bur-
lington and about it were strewn several
letters that had formed part OF the con-
tents. The string Of the bag had been
torn off as though the rcbber had been
in haste to open it, and was found several
yards further down the road. The purse
however, containing the $3.50 had dls-
appeared. AS for the personality OF the
bastard who struck Mrs. Parneil down
that has not been discovered. and II tne
officials have any knowledge on the SUD-
ject they will not make it pubilc.
Della Stewart Tudor Parnell has for
years lived in an old house at lronsldes,
overlooking the Delaware, just out Of
Bordentown, N. J. She was born in 1916
on the banks Of the Delaware river. She
was the daughter of Rear-AdSniral
Charles Stewart, who was retired in 1862,
after serving GA years. During the war
of 1912 he commanded the United States
frigates Constellation and Constitution,
performing signal service on both ships.
Miss Stewart was g. very beautlfnl
and highly educated woman. The study
of languages was a passion with her, ana
she spoke several tongues huently, be-
sides being we'll versed In Latin and
Greek, Mrs. Parnell met her husband,
John Henry Parne1l in 1841 at a presl-
dential ball in the city Of Washington.
They were married during the following
wear and proceeded to the ancestral es-
fate of the Parnell family at Ayondale In
the county Of Wicklow, Ireland. The
neighborhood is the scene OF Thomas
Moore's Sweet Vale Of Avoca" The
bride became very popular among the
.Deasautry of Wicklow because OF her de-
votion to lettering their condition. The
famine of 1847ymade her a heroine, and
legends still recite her noble conduct
during that trying time. It'll
After settling in this country Mrs. Par
nell became picturesque figure, and
was very hospitable. At one time she
was supposed to have been quite wealthy,
having inherited considerable money
from her fathers estate. She, however,
speculated heavily In Wall street. 1t IS
said that at one time she was guided II
her stock ventures by spiritualistic adj
vice, which did not prove profitable, for
she lost considerabl ble-in. fact, all she
possessed but few thousand dollars
Mrs. Parnell played an important though.
quiet part in the Fenian troubles Of 1865-
81. IN many instances proving herself "a