Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-05-30
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Child Droppiag.-A CIRCUMSTANCE as novel a,
the South as il is repfeheusible, # mot criminal NV
where, occurred in tn, Town Oh Sunday niaAt
last, the faces of Which, SO far as they have been
ierreted out, are full, set forth IN the proceeding,
and verdict al the Jurv nfInquesi, winch We pub
list, below. An incident 50 rare rs we'll as 50 un-
natural and cruel, has awakened much fcoliug,
as well as excited much curiosity, and consequent
inquiry in our community. The parents Of he nn-
fortunate little innocent, olcoursc, are no. spared
nor should thoy BIZ, if both are alike guilty;
which WE are MOI disposed To believe, 80 long az
we can cling 10 the hope that their newborn OIL
spring was forcibly wrested from tho mothers
arms, at a moment when exhausted nature forbade
etiectual resistance to the heartlcss father, if Inc
were ths perpetrators, or present, or 10 the equally
heartless attendants, Of "h1l sex soGver they may
have been. We have seen the manuscript note, u
copy of which IS eivcnin the verdict Of the inquest.
II il written apparently in a mllrouly, not a mai
den-hand. Some think it a gentleman disguised
hand-,he letters, well and yrry neatly formed, are
impressed unon The paper with great strength. az
we'll as flrmness and clearness. The language will
speak for itself-being evidently that of a well ed
ucated person. We have also seen the DO, in
which the deserted infant WAS iound-aui the ina.
biliinenis IN which II WIS elad the former being
for the time both its cradle aud it, coffin, and 4br
latter It's sWaddlinr clothes and ia ,hrnuJ. srbe
boz is Of pine, and such as Merchants sometime,
use with a sliding top. for slowing away papers.
The child WAS wrapped up IN Il silk handkerchief,
as described hrloa, covered with n gentlemen,
flannel shirt, of remarkable soitncsS and inrncss of
texture. Thus macht 10 satisfy the public curiosity
10 mord'i2e j., elcs,-Wtosoeser the rulIty my
be- the crime cannot al sooner or later to prove
its own punishment.
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lnqli,i,ion inJen'cl and taken At The h.o.e Of
Mr.. Joseph Mason, on BoIlnghfook street, in fhe
Town Of Petersburg, on Monday, MAY 10, 1876 :.
before ne, James Davidson, one Of the Cofoncrs
Of The Commonwealth for the Town aGore,aid . 4
upon the view Of the body OLA white male miami.
then and there lying Icad-aad upon the oa,Ir
Of v ~. Panniil, Benjamin Jones, Archibald G..
MeilVaine, Otway +. Hare, Nathaniel ir,jn.
Ralph Pope, George Zimmerman. VIM. Cooke.
Ashton Johnson, Charles u. McIndoe, Fabian
Arml'tcad and Ihos. Branch. good and lawful men
OF the Town aforesaid who, being sworn. AMI
charged to inquire when, where, how, ana afer
manner the said mlle infant came +, il,
death. The Jury agreed to ad loarn to NEE, Mt the
Court House. on tomorrow evening.
May II, ut 5 o'clock.
WM.P ANNILL, FOREMAN.
The jury having met pursuant 10 their adjourn
lnent made Yesterday, and tte testimony produced.
having been on oath before them, do say-tbat ON
The night between Sunday, May Is, and Of Mon
day, May 10, a box containing the aforesaid male
infant, ON a pillow covered with a white
dannei shirt, a snail piece %ofootton cloth, also. A
memorandum, viz: " This child is of uerHtnt
odrentdse, and ciH, il it hres, be reclaimed at
some future tame. Let II be generously reared
al contingent expenses nW be pad phen IL is re-.
dtmed-shoatd there be any 0rcr and abare fbt
amount Of the remittanees, rhich iriHb be ~pagciu-
ally made, 50 soon as the hurry and distress oj
The present is past"
\ gold ring handsomely chased marked = >
= with a note Of the Farmers Bank, Of five dol.
+. No. SSH, payable TO b. Howard. dated
June 6. 1885.
Tie whole, enyelopcd in . neat .ilk shawl. or
landAerchief marked MAY a . y. The DO, wa,
with a hempcn cord, to the knocker of the
door OF Joseph Mason. Esq. ON Bollingbrook street.
N the Town aforesaid and the iury are Of opi-
mon, that this newly born white male child wa.
born alive ana thatit was barhlrouSy left there. by
persons nnknown-by which barbaritv, it peri,b,.d
and the sad Jurors DO further say, mat the said
and persons to them unknown, after they
had committed sand felony and murder, in manner
aforesaid dId lice away, against the peace and dig
of the Commonwealth.