Daily Richmond times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1849-1850, 1850-09-27

4 q 3-dd st&s W
They were generally taken thioUsn7ss NJ se-
I ID every instance but three or four ths ~
Took some from individuals, SONG ms
I House; Mr. Gfaih was atmy house tgs@
These certificates account ter t.iessss q &,
| Tv children died and were LAID M u s% sss
| sick at the time but think they Were not nor 3
Idaysin the bushes, before they we're buried SAY
exactly Dr. freeman gave and signed these tiff
Gates copies Of which are signed by me was sis at
the time the coiiins were laid in the bushes put item
here on account Of the warm weather The origNs2
certificates were sent lew days alter, and may hs
been sent right away Can't say they all belong to til
Aims House. MIR. Crath drew the certificates-the
four written ones, to-day and signed them.
ELLEN ARRAGAN swoRN--i live at Miss ShotwelIs
and have for two yeals and five months. There have
Been great many children there 10 that time always
had physician there to attend from t" to hive times
week, and oitener if word sent children frequently
lie there children that dug up to day died IN the
house and were put thefe--sckened and diedwe die
not want to make them die died from other cause
than sickness none die unexpected; good attendance
and good tssd kePt them alive The torf certificates
signed by Mary Shotwellwere from Tsmory. None
die thai dons know; never use laudsnum but by doe
tors der's
After consultation, the jury rendefed the following
VERDICT
AT an inquest held at the tom Of West Farms, on
the 23d day of September, 1870, over the bodies or re-
mains OF eight children, iosd buried the surface
OF the ground near premises OF Mary Shotwell, in
said town-we. he Undersigned jurors being summon
Jed and swora jurors, said Inquest, by ! p. Hunt
ingon Cefoner after viewing the bodies before us pro-
duced cad hearing The evidence in relation thereto
OF the opinion that OF the said children died from
various Diseases as stated 10 certificates hereunto an
neyed, and the eighth from cause unknown, and
tol which this jury cannot get any account from Miss
ShotwelI, the principal $50 called Of the Asylum OF
any other witness.
These certificates state that the children died Of dis
ease OF the heart. consumption, diaIrhga, &c.
The Board OF Health of West Farms, on Monday
adopted the following RESOLUTIONS:
Rcsolyed. That in the opnionot this Board, The bu-
rial of infants dying at the f'iue OF Mary Shptveli
in said town, distance less than feet below the
surface OF the ground, adjoining the premises lately
hired by her from Mr. Bassford, at Fordham, and at
the location Of her present Institute is highly censura
bic and reprehensbe, and revolving TO our sense OF de-
cent and proper Christian burial.
ResolUed That this Board hereby instruct Samuel
M Purdy, ESQ.,, one Of the Justices OF the Peace of
this town. to institute legal enquiry be by and be-
fore him conducted, as to the manner in which said
Institution is and has been conducted for the past year.
and that he summon aud examine Witnesses, under the
direction Of this Board in relation thereto.
Resoiped, That said Mary Showell, and her agents
and servants hereby forbidden bury, hereafter,
any OF the children dying at her Institute, within the
limits of this town; and she is hereby notified re-
move any infants inferred the location ofsaid In
stitue at the upper village ofMorrlsania, within twen-
y DAYS from The service OF copies Of these resolutions
Resolued, That 10 view OF the preservation OF the
health OF this Town, the Board of Health thereof hereby
forbid any bnrias within said town, unless the same
sha be placed at least four feet below the surface of the
ground
We are glad that the alarming stories of yesterday
have thus ended in The aequial OF Miss Shotwel from
any thing like criminal purpose Her conduct is
bamabe aud iudeensibe;but the idea OF poisoning as
rumored yesterday it is does not merit the
least shadow OF suspicion. When the story first got
wad yesterday it was that $50 children had been muir
dered. This morning it turned out 10 be as recorded
aboye.--N. Y. Express.