Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1908-08-21

Mrs. Mary Wright, who is being con-
fined in the county Jail In this city
awaiting the hearing to be held at 2
o'clock Monday, August 21st, has be-
gun to show signs of worry over the
great weight that has been on her
mind for the past week, and before the
hearing may break down. She is be-
ing held for the murder of her adopted
daughter. Beulah Wright, who was
found dead in her room on the King
farm near Derrick last week.
After being arrested and brought to
this city many stories have been ad-
vanced and in each case vary consid-
erably. The theory that has been
talked of most about the girl commit
ting suicide by taking carbolic acid is
out of the question, as it was proven by
the authorities at the time that the
young girl had not taken the acid into
her mouth at all, although there were
signs of the poison on her face, but
several of the marks about the face
show that they had not come about
from the acid leaking from the mouth,
as one of the largest spots on the
cheek was over a half inch from the
mouth and it would be improbable
that the child could have taken the acid
into her mouth and not leave any sign
whatever on her lips, and from the ap-
pearance Of the face when last seen it
would lead one to believe that the
acid had been placed on the girls face
by other hands than her own.
At the time of finding the girl dead
in the room on the King farm there
was a bottle of carbolic acid in the
room at the time, but it was up on a
shelf and according to the investiga-
ton made by the coroner had not been
removed from where it had stood for
some time, as the bottle and cork were
covered with dust and evidently had
not been opened for, some time. - ~. :.
Mrs. Wright gave the following story
to the Inter-Ocean man Tuesday eve.
ming Mrs. Wright said concerning
the. girl from the time that she
reached home on the evening before
her death until the next morning when
she was awakened by Mrs. Wright. Il
Babe had gone over to the home OF
her friend, Annie Wunderlich, in com.
pany with Henry Miller and according
; to the story told afterwards to Mrs.
Wright by. Annie Wulderlich, the
three young people had concocted a
story to tell Mrs. Wright should she
ask what had kept the girl out until
such a late hour. After spending the
evening at. the home of their friends,
Henry and Babe started for home and
. Henry arrived shortly after. two &C.
i cording to the story told by him the
next smorning, but Babe had not: az.
/ rived IN the house until, nearly -four
and where she spent the remaining
two o2hours after she had left Henry. is
! not ;kn noWn, but N rs. ight believes
that she must have spent the time on
the back porch Of the house .Wond dering
!. as. to whether she should do away
+ with herself or not: his theory is
i advanced by. Mrs: right on account
Of the fact that the girls s clothing was
i torn when she arrived in the house
7 and Mrs.vVrig ght says that the express
sion on the girls face would indicate
that she had gone, through a struggle
4 Benlah called her mot ther's attention
ITO the fact hat her waist had been
B torn, but gave no cause for such and
.5 $.} was not squestio ioned further on the sub
5fject. After arriving home she went te
& bed and RS Wright, who generally
arises early iii the morning, got VI
shortly afterwards. She was rather
late this morning with her work and
while preparing breakfast it was nee
oscar to go doWnse l1ar and get#the
/ meat that ouId have to be cooked fol
the breakfast. ing, for whom
Is. Wright was keeping house, TOLD
her thai she ha a better not go dowr
cellar, as the stairs Esve ere very poo
and that y she ights fall. and MRS
Wright not VI shire tos wake he1
daag ghter Do soon 4 fter going I'd bed