The Yale expositor., 1897-09-03
TWEEN THE LAKES.
MICHIGAN NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
FOR MICHIOANDERS.
Cruelty Murders Her Two Children
-Semi-CentennIaI OF Founding OF
the City OF Holland Celebrated.
insane Mother Kills Her Two Children

Insane Mother Kills Her Two Children
Mrs. May Hutchinson, of Flint, tolS
her husband that she. would like t.
take her children out riding. Mr.
Hutchinson obtained horse and buggy
and Mrs. Hutchinson said she wished
to give little Fern, aged s. ride by
herself. So the mother and child drove
away apparently for a happy time.
The mother returned about an hour
later without the little girl and MIR.
Hutchinson anxiouSly inquired for her.
The mother replied that she had left
her at neighbours while she gave her
17-year-old daughter Ivy ride. Ivy
got into the buggy and her mother
drove to a secluded spot outside of tn"
city limits, and there informed Ivy
that she had killed little Fern and hid
the body in a clump of bushes. and
that she, too, had To die. aud the uu-
natural mother whipped out revolver
and began shooting. Ivy screamed
and tried to leap from the buggy, but
n bullet went crashing through her
mouth. knocking out two of her tee tn,
and another one through her breast
from left to right. The wounded girl
succeeded in getting away from the
buggy, and while she was running
across the field third bullet struck
ing and the screams of the wounded
and agonized girl attracted the atten-
tion of farmer named White, who
ran To the rescue. He took the revolt
yer from the Insane parent, lifted the
bleeding daughter into the buggy
again and then jumped into the rig
and drove with all possible speed TO
the city. The girl was taken to her
home by DIR. Campbell and the mother
was 10 'lSed in the county Jail. The re-
mains Of little Fern were found later
in a clump of hazel brush near the out
shirts of Flint. She had been killed
10y the use of chloroform and two
haudkerchiefs soaked with the stuff
were spread over her face when she
was found.
Mrs. Hutchinson is the wife of w.
u. Hutchinson, proprietor and editor
of the Bee Keepers Review. She was
sent to the Pontiac asylum about two
years ago, but she got better and was
allowed to come home. She seemed
rational when she drove away with
little Fern. The older daughter Ivy
cannot recover.
Holland Celebrates Her Semi-CentennIal.
One of the most unique celebrations
held in Michigan in long time was
the semi-centennial jubilee of the city
of Holland and Ottawa county, which
was first settled in the fall Of 1916 by a
party of Dutch led by DR.. A. G. Van
Raalte. Fully 10000 visitors hocked
to the town. which was handsomely
decorated with American and Dutch
colors. The festivities, which lasted
two days, were initiated by parade
which consisted of nine divisions. Ben
jamin Van Raalte, son of the founder
of the city of Holland was chief mar
shall. A band of Indians on horse back
and on foot, several historic aud pic
turesque floats, bands of music and
plenty of Holland costumes were fea-
lures of the parade. During the after
noon two separate programs were
given, one in Dutch on the college
campus, the other in English at Cen
tennial park, and these were followed
by vocal music by chorus of $40
voices and band concert by Finney's
y. S. band from Chicago. In the even
ing there were fireworks and a banquet.
The second day was devoted princi-
pally to speeches and reading histor-
ical papers. Gov. Pingree was present
and made speech which endeared
him to the Hollanders aud he was the
center of attraction the remainder of
the day. In his speech Congressman
William Alden Smith spoke of Pingree
as Ibis good friend and a model gov
ernor." Ex-Speaker g. j. Diekema re-
ferred to him as a man ''as good as he
is handsome" and Prof. j. Il. Bergen.
of Hope college declared that his name
would be forever handed down as 1.-The
great reform governor of Michigan
the man who had shown his character
by opposing all that was wrong"
Another of the interesting features
of the day was a pathetic address by
Chief Pokagon of the POttawatomies.
Forty historical papers were read in
four of the city churches during the
day and evening.
U. T.. Miners Refuse to Strike.
The attempt OF the officers of the