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Newspaper
The Sunday Telegram
Location
Clarksburg, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1916
Page
11
The Kane County Court hears a remarkable mental inquiry into Mary Bond at Elburn Illinois. Mary had been found in a small closet for twenty six years with mother and sister as caretakers. John Edwards testified simply about the family tragedy and the disturbing disclosure of the case.
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A judge and jury hear the astonishing testimony of William Lond regarding the Bond family of Elburn Illinois. Mary Bond is kept hidden in a second-story closet for twenty-six years to shield the community from her deteriorating mental state while Addie, her sister, and their parents struggle to keep the secret. Edwards recounts how the mother and father emigrated from New Jersey to central Illinois to farm, the hidden room above the Bond farmhouse, and the eventual family tragedy that drew the authorities into a courtroom. The tale portrays a long, almost unbelievable family secret and the strain on kin amid mental illness and social judgment.
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