The evening world., 1908-03-11
Escapes From Sanitarium,
Makes Her Way to School,
Commits Double Crime.
VICTIM SLAIN IN SLEEP.
Women Were Partners in Con-
Quoting Fashionable Boston
School for Girls.

iRosTON. March li.-Aiiss Sarah
chamberlain Weed and Miss Elizabetl
bailey Hardee. each thirty-tive years
Id who conducted fashionable board
ng school for young ladies at No. lOl
audubon Road. in one OF Bostons most
sclusive sections We're found early to-
IA shot TO death in Miss IIardee's room
d the school.
The women lay in bed Miss Hardee
nth a bullet wound at the base of the
hain. while Miss Weed had been shot
hrough the right temple. A revolver
tith two chambers empty lay on Miss
Needs breast. which fact. the police
hy shows conclusively that Miss Weed
dot and killed Miss Hardee and then
bmmitted suicide.
This theory is also borne out by the
hot that Miss Weed who had been
continued in sauitarium in SHTtOn.
escaped from that institution last night
Ind made her way 10 the school She
lppeared to be badly deranged men-
htly. acting in a most peculiar man
Ter and occasionally indulging in In
yoherent remarks. A fruitless attempt
has made TO communicate with the au-
horitles of the sanitarium and at ler 9Th
jiss Hardee succeeded in getting Ms
Weed TO go TO bed in her room. Miss
Hardee retiring wi'h ner
The double tragedy shocked residents
Sc the fashionable neighborhoud IN
Which the school is located and greatly
Effected the students of the school, who
Ire the daughters OF wealthy parents in
Various parts Of the country.
Miss Weed was from Philadelphia,
where she lived on Chestnut Hill, and
Miss Hardee from East Savannah. Ga.
her home address being No. IA Gwin-
meth street. The women had been in
innate friends since their graduation
from Wellesley College, Miss Hardee
receiving her diploma in 1894. while
Miss Weed received hers a year later
Miss Ilardee was an instructor in
mat hemalics at " Wellesley in 1893 anu
iJ0O. and since that time had been
lc., ming in Vermont. Aiiss Need mai
also been teaching in various sections
Oh the country.
Last summer the twV women deciu.,,
- open d boarding scnoOl for girls o..
Auuuoon Road IN the Fenway On
JGt. / the DAY upon Wlicn tine Laurens
oLuoul. as they called II. was opened
Miss Weed broke down as a result o.
'Stl ~ OIh anu was taken 10 4 Sanltdl
tum In West Newton. where she hau
'iAGe been under treatment for nervous
tOstratIOn. While at the sanitarium
Ahss Weed lad been subject 10 sever
Attacks CT melanchoia.
LAST uigat she escaped from the SAM
LlIum and maze aeg way to the Lau-
rtns ScnoOl Miss Hardce volunteere!
70 care Tor her during the night and
no ding ner return TO the hospital.
All attempt Was made 10 communicate
with the authorities ot the sanltarium
pAt the teachers at the school were un-
ab!e TO cOnect with tine physicians. Miss
Weed behaved in Il peculiar manner, ac-
lord!ng to the teachers. wandering aim
less!y about the school building ana oc-
casionally making some strange or
iEcJbereEt remark.
Al length Miss Hardse persuaded Miss
Weed 90 reure. and the demented WON
tn followed her 10 her own chamber ON
the third moor OF tile school.
Both women were awakened by Mrs
Page, the matron of the school about
a, NJ. and notified that they musl
get up II theY were 10 eaten the 7;J
train, on which Miss Weed was 20 he
taken back to West Newton.
Mrs. Page then left them. and a rem
moments later the shooting occurred
Mrs Page thinks :he mention of re
tinninE to the ,sanitariun. must have
eN tied and ange:ed Miss Weed anl
prompted the shooting
! Medical Examiner Stedman. after
viewing the bodies. declared that Miss
Wrei had cpmmi'ei suicide after hav-
i've l;iIled Miss Hardee
. The tragedy caused great sensation
fl the school The pupils about forfv
In number are the daughters Of wealthy
parents from al sectors Of he country.