The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-10 00:00:00

A OiaLD BURIED ALIVE,

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1 court, Cheltenham, on Wednesday,
before
L. Harford, Col. Newman, and Mr.
W. Jones, Esther Jordan, a
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respectably dressed
and quiet okoiradeervant girl, at present out of
plane,
but oh looking
filled her last situation eleven
years, was charged with the wilful murder of her
illegitimate child. The inquiry was merely of a
preliminary character, the evidence tendered being
only for the
purpose of a remand. It, however,
prisoner had been confined about
the Cheltenham workhouse, and
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had, within the last day or two, gone on a visit to
a Mrs. Clarke, of Haydn Cottage, Boddington. She
, take
was her child with her. On Mon-
dayd i did not,eveningh 0%1 ei‘vier,
Clarke• in his garden, when
he heard the cry of a child, and upon searching
mould underneath a bush had been
examining the spqt he discovered
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that a child had been buried there alive, covered by
which was wrapped in ilannel,
about an inch of mould. He removed the earth and
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handed
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prisoner, who
just then came
in from a walk. He accused her of being the
mother and of burying the child, but she denied it.
He had the child placed in a warm bath to restore
animation to its limbs, which had become cold, and
sent to the police-station. Sergeant Hopkins shortly
afterwards arrived on the spot, and charged the pri-
soner with the offence. She at first denied it, but
subsequently admitted being the mother, and that
she had baried the child. The sergeant examined
the hole, and found it to be about six inches in
depth. He then brought the child and its mother
to the Cheltenham station. The child lingered in
convulsions until the following morning, when it
died. Mr. Beach, surgeon, attributed death to con-
vulsive disease, and stated he had previously ex-
pressed an opinion that the child could not live.
The mother's treatment probably accelerated death,
but if it had been a healthy child and had been res-
cued while it was still able to cry, it would doubt-
less have recovered. Sergeant Hopkins applied for
a remand until Friday, that the coroner, who had
been communicated with, might be enabled to hold
his inquest in the meantime. The sergeant stated
he should then be able to prove that the prisoner
had had her child brought to her a short time be-
fore it was discovered in the garden. The bench
acceded to the application, and the prisoner there-
fore stands remanded until Friday.

NATIONAL GERMAN MEMORIAL TO THE GRIMMS.
—A public appeal to the German nation to honour
Grim memory by some lasting foundation has been
responded
to throughout the length and the breadth of the
country.
The only difficulty will be found in fixing upon
m
one of the many plans new proposed. There is, however,
but one voice for uniting, in whatever might be decided
upon, the names of both the brothers, so inseparable in
life. A " Grimm Fund" seems at present to have the most
chances, although, whether it is to aid young Germanists
in their studies, or whether certain Germanistic works are
to be printed by its assistance, or again, whether the
brothers' works are to be dissorainated throughout all
classes of the people, are as yet moot points, A central
ccomittee is bei fi Oriazid at tLita tuotaent.