The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1846-12-10
A TALE OF LIFE AND DEATH.-In


another cenluary such story as the follow
ing, which our Police Reporter sends us,
would be deemed frightlul fable-now it
is simply terrible reality:
few morning ssince woman of rather
respectable appearance was observed TO cross
the yard of The DeadHouse in the Park,
make he- way towards pile of collins which
occupied corner of the enclosure. The
driver of The Alms-Hou hearse was emf
ployed about the yard al the time, and thought
nothing of The appearance uf The woman
there, until he saw her, after some consider
able time had elapsad, leave the yard and
make her way into the street. The woman
had been gone buta very short time, when
john was-surpsised at hearing the cries Of
! an infant coming from The direction o, the
pile OF coffius in the corner He Immediate
ly commenced a seach, and discovered in a
coffin, the top of which had been removed
an infant entirely nude, and evidently newly
born. The thought of The woman immedi-
alely flashed across the drivers mind, and
he started off to look for the mother who had
thus left her offspring 10 perish or exist in a
poor-house coffin. Nothing could be seen
Of the woman, however, aud John returned
and reported the case 10 the Commissioned
who had the newcomer places IN The care
OF The Aims-House Dnrses,za0 dfess 1t ali d
give il fair start in the world
The next day afier the occurrence orthese
circumstances, Coroner Raws0n was called
10 hold an inquest ON the body of woman
cd lid Il lid ,I<a.
peculiar circumstances. She was on her
way home, as was stated, from shop where
she had been TO take home some work which
she had been doing, and had nearly reached
her boarding house, when she was taken
suddenly i'll at The corner of City Hall place
and Duane street. and died, either in the
street or soon after being carried TO her resi-
dence. The Coroner was accompanied by a
physician, who made a postmoriem examin-
alton, and came to the conclusion that the
| deceased had, very short time before death
given birth TO child, and that her death
was caused by concomiant circumstances
The inmates of the house could hardly be-
lieve this, as they had never seen anything
which indicated The approach of any such
event as that mentioned by the physician.
The woman, they said, was an honest, indus
trious seamtress, and they were entirely IN
prepared TO believe what they we're told, but
The indications from which The Doctor Judged
were unmis,akable, aud verdict was render
ed accordingly by the Coroner's Jury. The
inquest was al length completed, and as there
were no relatives TO perform The rite of buri-
al for the deceased the body was directed to
be buried at public expense, and the Aims
House hearse was sent for The driver came
and was about 10 place the body in the coffin
when he recognized ii as The woman who
came into the Dead-house yard The day pre-
viously, and after whose departure The infant
was found; and thus the whole MYSTERY was
Explained Ii is said that the woman was a
widow, and was probaby driven tothe course
which she pursued by a dread of the shame
which must haVo followed The discovery OF
her real situation. The child, though pre-.
maturely born, is now doing well, and ap
pears as likely TO live as any in The nursery.