Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1916 — Girl Imprisoned 10 Years Regains Weight and Speech. [ARTICLE]

Girl Imprisoned 10 Years Regains Weight and Speech.

Baltimore, April 18.—Grace Marshall, the Talbot county girl who was imprisoned for over ten years by her father in a dingy room until she weighed 57 pounds and could not talk, was taken back from Johns Hopkins hospital. In four months she has regained her speech and weighs 90 pounds. She can also walk. Miss Marshall, who is 28, will testify against her father and mother who are to be tried this month for inhuman treatment. Sentiment among the county people has been bitter against them and their neighbors have ostracized them. , The fact that the girl was alive w r as not known until four months ago. The .adies of the Christian church will give a cafeteria dinner n April 26th.