Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-06-19
Shocks and Horrifies Peo-
pie Of P|ympton, n. S.
Sx-Year-0|d Child Gagged,
Bound and Dead In Woods,


iSHiptoi, bl6Uy SOuiIly, ~. D., June
lS.--This place Is the scene of one of
the cruelest tragedies iE the history of
crime In this province. Two young chill
dren We're gagged and bound and left
to die in the woods a mile from a
house. where they lived in charge of a
young woman known as Hope Young,
who claims to be the widow of Fret
Young of Boston. One child, a baby IS
months old. was alive when found, but
the other. known as May Young. six
years old, was dead and it Is believed
had been killed before being left in
the woods. Mrs. Young states that,
Friday afternoon. she went to neigh
boris and, returning Is minutes later,
found that the house where she lived,
that of Kingsley Milanson, a laboring
man. had been broken into. $10.25 stolen
and the two children missing. The
| neighborhood was soon aroused and
searching parties We're organized.
The party searched all night without
success and continued, yeste rday morn
ing. At ) o'clock in the afternoon while
in the woods a mile back OF the house
on the same property, the searchers
heard the cries of d baby and Fred
O'Neill. aged II years, Immediately
found the little 1S-months-old Elma
Young lying on her stomach with her
hands and feet securely bound. her
hood used for a gag in her mouth and
her head one net work of strings, hair
ribbons, etc.
The little child was brought to the
house and under the treatment of DIR.
Macdonald of Barton, the child ap-
pears at present to be as well as ever,
Search was continued and at 4
O'Clock, yesterday afternoon, the body
of May, the 6-year-old girl, was found
over a mile and half from the house.
It's hood was pulled entirely over its
head and face. Its mouth was stuffed
and bound with burdock leaves and its
head was securely tied and bound with
strings. A carefully arranged place be-
tween two cradle hills had been ar
ranged for the reception of it's body
and it had been laid face downward
and covered with brush.
Although its hands and feet were not
tied, the brush had evidently not been
disturbed, which led to the suspicion
that the child was dead or nearly dead
when placed there. 1t appeared to be
the opinion of those who viewed the
body, last night, that the child had
been dead considerably longer than "a
hours No marks of violence were
found on the body. The child was COM
fortably dressed with clean clothes.
No tramps or strange men were seen
in the vicinity.
Coroner Elderkin of Weymouth, and
nnnd11ctad
an inquest, this afternoon. and the find
ing of the body was told as above.
Tracks of a man and woman were seen
in the woods by two witnesses.
Mrs Young told the following story:
Il will be &c years old Feb. II. l am
the widow of Fred Young, lawyer, OF
Boston. He died the Goth of last Sep
TENDER. The youngest child Is my
own. I have been at Kingsley Milan
sons II weeks. First missed children
between 5 and o'clock. Friday after
nOon."
She then told Row she had locked the
door and gone to Mrs. James Bou-
dreau's. leaving the children In the
lack yard; how she returned ana
found the back window open, unlocked
the door and found the house in con-
fusion, went out and the children gone
On her return she missed $10.25 and
two revolvers and 10 cartridges from
her trunk The dead child. she said,
was the daughter Of May Ward, who
lived in Boston and whom she had
adopted and taken to Nova Scotia with
her. July IS, 1904. She said she re-
ceived money from Elener Young, Bos-
ton. who was guardian of the baby
Elma.
The inquest was adjourned until to-
morrow and Mrs. Young and Milan
son, against whom public opinion Is
strong, are held by the police.