The Washington times., 1915-11-21
IN CELL z YEARS, .
GIRL LOSES SPEECH
Incarcerated in Room at Home
Because Of Love Affair, She
Nearly Loses Mind.
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cause she fell in love with young
man to whom her parents objected.
The girl. once pretty. was tragic
picture of suffering when removed from
her house by order OF the Children's
Aid Society. She Is only twenty-eiyht
years old. but she looked like n woman
who had survived fifty years Of suffer-
ing. The case Is declared by the Child
ren's Aid officials TO be the most shock
Ing In their experience.
During the time the girl has been in
carcerated In her tiny and filthy room
broken leg which was improperly set.
In an effort to escape she leaped from
the window on the second floor more
injury.
She was placed back In her room. the
boards and without an appeal to a ply
sician tho limb was set In such fashion
that II was four inches shorter than II
had been. The dav Of the fall Is the
last she knew OF open air until today.
when she swooned upon stepping out
into the sunshine on her crutches.
A peculiar feature of the case is that
tho parents allayed the suspicious of
peighbors regarding her by asserting she
mad died six years ago. At this time
an aunt at Kent island died. and her
body was brought home aboard a
motor boat at night. The following day
there was \ funeral. and the parents Of
OF whom Is two miles away. that Grace
had died Of heart disease.
Heard Girl In Next Room.
Tho discovery Of the pathetic circum-
stances come through Information Of
hSy he irls Iol, IIo~
Of Wilmington. Del. who has been stop
He was assigned TO room near that In
which the alt mad girl was dragging
erself about, and the morning after his
arrival no heard groans.
The father OF the girl isknown for his
violent temper. and because of this the
uncle. determined to solve the mystery
Of the room. made no mention Of what
he had heard. But each night before
retiring he spent a considerable time In
widening hole behind a picture. SO he
might eventually pierce the wall and
see..
As tho wall between the rooms became
less solid Mr.. Hancock could scarcely
rest, such weer the groans and cries
he cut the last piece Of mortar away
and saw In the wasted figure before hin
the traces of the niece whose djsap.
pearance had been something Of fam
lily mystery. He closed up the aperture
under the picture. and. without sayins
word about what he had seen. wcnt
to the Children's Aid Society and re
ported ".
Taken To Court.
Yesterday Miss Emma Davies, Eastor
agent Of the Aid Society. went with
fivo men to The Marshall home and wer,
soon In the rooms which had beer
closed to the world for years. Within
an hour J. +, Fletcher Clarke. q law
yer, had obtained a writ OF hsbeas Cor
pus before the circuit court for Talbot
county. and late In the afternoon th'
girl and her father and mot mother Sn, wer' .ss
sion was adjourned. but the judge
were still in their chambers. and aitel
tho doors had been locked by the bailii
tho investigation began. after which
the mother and father were detained a
BEFORE the girl could be taken Z
court II was necessary for Miss DaVi
to find clothing for her, as she hat
only patched AMI shabby apron
fashioned etraw mattress, with tw
ragged blankets to cover the Ill an
starving girl. It was so cold In tn
room that those who had taken of
their wraps on entering tho nous
were compelled to put them on aGair
DR.. Charles r. Davidsin. who exam
tined the girl when she was taken t
court, declared she was the mos
frightful being physically she ha
ever examined. There was not tn
slightest lire to her body other ths
that formed by skin and hone. ant
he asserted, she had scarcely enoug
blood to Keep her alive. She wa
found to have the symptoms of 81
ailments due to Incarceration.
Marshall was deflnant when place
on the stand and the girl. when aske
to say why they had treated her 3
nodded her head slowly and fell In
fat