| Show A MOTHERS CRIME Mrs Montague Punished Her Children to Save Their Souls Testimony of Domestics as to Her Cruelty Little Ones Stripped and Scourged She Is Held for Trial BELEAST Feb 25The hearing of Mrs Montague charced with being responsible for the death of her 3yearold daughter began today Great excitement prevailed in Coleraine and extra constables were summoned to preserve order Miss Dozell governess testified for some misbehavior she placed the child in a dark room and afterwards af-terwards informed Mrs Montague The latter went to the room tied the girls arms behind her with a stocking then tied her up with a cord to a ring in the wall At the expiration of four hours when Mrs Montague went to the room to release the child she found the stocking in some unaccountable manner had slip pea up around the neck and the child was strangled After hearing further evidence to prove Mrs Montague guilty of manslaughter she was held In 700 bail to await trial on that charge Hearing of the second count charging cruelty to children was proceeded with Miss Wallace a former governess testified Walter Montague the fouryearold son of defendant on one occasion was tied to a tree all day At other times she heard Mrs Montague beat him badly Mrs James a former nurse testified she had seen the fiveyearold boy Gilbert Montague with the marks of a cord around his elbows and pieces of flesh out of his toes He and the other children were frequently fre-quently locked in a dark room Mrs Mon togue told her this was her way of punishing punish-ing She did it to save the childrens souls she didnt mind their bodies Mrs James deposed she once saw the accused dragging Austin another boy along the corridor by the feet his head trailing oh the floor A housemaid named Campbell deposed she saw Gilbert Montague stripped naked and beaten with a scourge until his whole body was lacerated then thrust Into a dark closet where ho lay moaning all night Mrs Montague was committed com-mitted for trial on this charge also |
