The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1917-01-16

II H.
The brutality which characterized the
murder Of Maize Agnes Colbert (Grace
RDbertk) Of Philade lphia, Few days
ago, is today thd chief concern of this
little Pennsylvaniat town. For every
one here feiheuibefs tAaiic.O From
the mayor Of the town aud the chief
of police down tol the hamblest friends
who have watched sher career with
anxious eyes of late years; one hears
the same verdict, "Mazie was beauti
ful;s was the. spfettiest girl this
town ever saweH 9sfaA YAcsf SitleAE
Bat back Of all this enthusiasm there
is airestrse that seems almost sinister
at times These ffiends and neighbors
of the dead girl are strangely loathhto
tell many ilcidenth Of her youth. Il ati'
~ shall never forget MaEie,n James
p! Wood, mayor OF Kane, said this aft
ernoon. t"She had wonderful black
eyes and long, curling black lashss that
made every boys heart in town skip
a beat or two when she passed him on
the street. / can see her now as she
looked when she left eight years ago.
She was little below medium height
and inclined TO be rather stout. And
how she could dressi do not know
where she got the money for all the
fine clothes, but her dresses and suits
were the envy and despair of every
other girl in town. Then" the mayor
added reluctantly, 'fthen she began to
get boy crazy" -.
Maize Colbert adored pretty clothes.
She was always dancing. Every party
in town of any importance wanted
Maize TO help along the fun. In win.
ter she was considered one of the best
skaters in the village. .Dr r.
So Mazie's popularity started earlier
for her than it does for many girls.
She was so 'pretty she eventually seem
cd to get everything she wanted. Just
about the time that Maize was finish.
ing her brief career as q student in
the local parochial school, her father
was street Commissioner Of the village.
Those were the days when the attrac.
tive looking girl with her sunny smile
was the belle of the town. ~.
But the girl soon grew tired of the
little set of friends that somehow
seemed to limit an ever.increasing
desire for "mOre, fun" Kane was
far too slow. Today Kane resents the
insinuatiOn that it did not know
enough to appreciate girl of Maize s
beauty. The town Indignantly puts
all the blame on the shoulders of the
girl. They wanted her to stay but
Maize ambitious could not be so
easily satisfied. .. H.. ~
Today an old woman shook with
sobs when she tried TO talk of Maize.
She was the mother of Mazie's girl.
hood chum--Verne Mahoney. =. ~
Maybe the preacher was right"
the old woman mOaned. at looks
as If the wages of sin were really
death. But n crying shame il is. For
that girl was the prettiest colleen Il
ever saw.
"When she was about IS she went
away with my girl one day.. They
went TO Erie. That was in 1908.
Later i found out that they had
stayed with woman whose name was
Verne Bell. The two girls lived with
her about a year. That was the first
time, Maize ever left Kane. She never
really came back here to live for any
length of time, after that. Il was
while she WIS in Erie that she changed
her name to Grace ,Ets y n
. 1.-THE following year she went to
jamestown, N. Y" The old woman q
eyes were dim with tears AS she talked.
4" No girl has much of chance 10 keep
straight when she starts to drinking
regularly, I knew Maize was starting
TO drink then. II made me sfraid for
her, A girl has got to have something
IN her life besides Just clothes and the
boys she knows and the smartness of
being able to take drink once in a
while, If lshe ever means to go far in
this world. y tr' 'IHFTi-I
Jumped Bail VII N
There is a brief police record which
tells Of Miss Colbert's visit TO James.
town, N Y. This record tells Of 4
night fight in the DolaD building on
Second Street of that city. II relates
further how two girls suddenly left
town in the dead, Of night on a broken
bail bond. 4" ''TE II
The records available here show that
Miss Colbert was older than at first
reported. She was 20 or " when she
was killed, according 20 those who
know her best in this village. - eli|
After the jamestown episode. the
chuns separated. Miss Mahoney went
to Elmira, N Y, and Miss Colbert left
for Philadelphia. .1'rj