The Washington times., 1916-11-19
JURY TO HEAR STORY
OF GRACE MARSHALL
CHI Kept Incarceratsd for Long
Years by Father and Step
mother.
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s9eir" with an aged man were
banded about for a little while, and
then died down altogether: This was
twelve years ago. What happened
20 Grace between this time and No
On Saturday, November 20, Of last
year. Miss Emma l.. Davies, OF the
Children's Aid Society of Talbot coun-
Sa:Sn ar%eG With III DR. sa Gsss'
circuit court. went to the Marshall
home, demanded and received en-.
trance, unlocked the door of y little
tumbie.down bed a twenty-eight year.
old infant, weighing fifty-seven and q
quarter pounds, shiveriny from cold,
her head buried in the Llthy bed cloth
bright, winning child of eleven years
before.
DR.. Davidson had not known who
she was, and went cautiously, belisv-
in the room, but when he saw the
pinched little face, the dim, lusteriess
eyes, and the utter cancellation Of her
body, he looked at her, a world of
want to go with me7" A weazened
halfsmile frightened her face, and
she nodded her glad consent: He pick.
ed her up In his arms, and took her hr
was scrubbed, fed, and kept from ex-
piring only by the most constant care.
Her case instantly drew the atten-
tion Of the whole United States. Pro
tests of horror arose from countless
communities that anyone should be
allowed to be incarcerated in such
conditions, while medical experts were
could be- done r With this child Of TWEEN.
ty-eight. She was taken to Johns HOP
kins University, and given the most
careful attention at the famous Phipps
clinic.
Experts formed sides, one party
contending that It was possible that
she become normal again, while the
other asserted that her long confine-
that might ever have been entertained
of retaining either her mind or her
body.
Gains Sixty-four Pounds in
Only q Years Time.
She only received such food at the
clinic as was given other patients
there, but under its influence her body
began to build up strength, till soon
she became strong enough to walk
about.
After a few weeks at the Phipps
clinic, Grace came back to Easton,
and went to live with her aunt, Mrs.
NJ. B. James. Mrs. James has taken
under the watchful eye of DR.. David
son, who first brought her from the
scene of her Incarceration. Now she
weighs about seven pounds more than
twice as much as she did when found
in the locked room on the Marshall
farm, having increased from b7k to
1872 pounds in years time.
A great deal of indignation was
aroused at Easton when II was found
out how Grace was alleged to have
that most of the people there could
find no words too harsh for Frank
Marshall and his wife. They We're
arrested, brought to court one night,
examination, as a result of which
they were held for action of the grand
jury. That body straightway found
true bills against them on three
counts-common assault, assault ana
battery, and assault with intent TO
kill. There was no State law covering
the exact offense. They were realised
on bond, however, and have been out
awaiting trial for about eleven
moAths.
Case Will Come
Before Court Soon.
The Marshall case comes up at this
term OF the circuit court, being the
second case on the docket. 1t will be
tried before Judge William H. Ad-
kins, and likely will be called Wed
nesday or Thursday. That a battle
royal between legal lights will re-
suit when the case comes up Ia GER
tain. The Marshalls, though practi.
cally penniless, have enlisted the
sympathy and backing OF their neigh
bors about st. Michaels, and have as
counsel Mason Sheehan, who is State
insurance commissioner of the State
of Maryland, and was prominent in
the famous Eastman case as one OF
the attorneys.
States Attorney Charles ]. Butler
will prosecute the father and step
mother of the twenty-eight-year-o
child. He is absolutely convinced
that the verdict will be to send the
Nlarshalls to the penitentiary, basing
his belief on the testimony of the
witnesses heard in the preliminary
trial
was due entirely to starvation and
malnutrition," re declared. THAT
this is true Is shown by the rapid
way she has improved since she has
gotten away from her home When
she was at Hopkins she only re.
. ceived the food that was given to
other patients, and at home was not
fed otherwise than tho rest of the
family, yet in the year she has been
stepmother she has gained about six
ty-four pounds.
Prosecution Charges
Family Starved Her.
at don't look to me like II would
take any medical test to prove that
they were starving her. The facts
seem to show 1t.
"They claim that she was violent
some years ago, and that that Ia
why they shut her up, to keep her
from doing damage to the family's
lives or property. But not a single
act or sign OF violence has she shown
since she got away from them. Her
aunt, Mrs. James and the others liv
ing there, have been watching her
carefully. She Is not violent They
haven't got a leg to stand on"
A total of almost 100 witnesses have
been subpoenaed to appear In this case.
Only eighteen OF these are witnesses
for the prosecution. States Attorney
Butler declared. the rest being called
by the defense to prove its story.
. The names OF the principal witnesses
of the State are Miss Emma L. Davies
DIR. C.. F. Davidson. DR.. w. T. Ham.
mond. James A. Cannon, ], Arlin Hor-
sey, Mrs, Charles Woolley. Mrs. N. b
James. Miss Mary James, Mrs. c. H
Gretsinger, Charles d. Schuyler, and
George w. Dulin. Their testimony will
he principally to the condition Grace
was In when found last November, and
taken away from the Marshall home