Litchfield enquirer., 1851-12-04

whose all was gone. The moaning Of
the afflicted father. who stood almost Pc
trifed, while gazing at the lifeless re-
mains Of his dear children, was heart
rending. The scene was terrible 10 wit.
ness.
In each case, the foreman Of the Jury
put the following questions TO the parent
or to the relatives in attendance, az in
some eases the afflicted parents Eeie too
feeble to be present The name, age and
birth, and il death was caused by iniu.
ries received at the school house on
Thursday. On these interrogaGons be-
ing put TO Mrs. O'Neil. 1913 Perry st.,
IA widow whose daughter lay dead, the
disconsolate mother replied almost over
powered with grief; +" No, my child was
not injured at all. / examined her all
over; am sure she died with fright,
and nothing else" The physicians how
ever. thought differently, as, in their
! opinion. the child was snffocated, which
accounted for no external marks of vic,
lencc. A very exciting scene occurred
AZ No. lac West Seventeenth street, On
driving up TO the house, crowd of per-
sons, principally children, were looking
IN at the parlor window, gazing on the
corpse of Mary A. Penchard, a sweet,
pretty child. nine years Of age. The Boz
dy lay with its head raised on a pillow
in the full glare Of light--at first all who
witnessed the exhibition of the child,
were struck with chill of horror. The
matter was explained daguerreotypist
was present taking the likeness Of the
deceased, and it was necessary TO place
the child full in the light for that pur-
pose. The parents begged earnestly OF
the Coroner to wait few minutes, until
the picture was taken, which was readi.
" asscnted to. During this time the aps
| pearance of the room was solemn and
sad. Near the child was the poor mo-
,her, sobbing with broken heart, and
around the room were seated the young
err brothers and sisters, and several of the
dcceased's SCHOOL associates, ia sofrowful
silence. The artist, in few seconds, ac-
complished the picturc, the body was
! viewed by the jury. a Certificate given by
} the acting coroner for burial, and onward
passed the jury TO the next sad scene.
The dwelling of MIR. Brown was mex
visited, No. 2O7 West Nineteenth street
t where laid his daughter Anto.ne,te, 8
: beautiful girl, ten years of age. AT frs
some objections were made by the friend:
of Mr.. Brown, as to the propriety of al.
lowing the jury to enter, but subsequent.
ly consent was given. The Foreman OIL
the jury, as in the former case, asked 70,
: the parert, o: some one who could give
the birth, age, &c, of the deceased. In
the space of few minutes, the father
came down stairs into the parlor. He
was pale and feeble, occasioned BY the
shock on bis system at the sudden be-
reavement. The Foreman had only put
one question to HIM, and, before making
aIl uUai0tO ursu0r, tho Poor-raan 6xsd
his eyes on the corpse of his beloved
child. grew deathly pale, and, with a sti,
fled moan, exclaimed, "Oh! nv poor
Antoinette, where is she ?" His head
dropped, and several Of the gentlemen
present observing he was falling, aided
him to the sofa, where he gave vent to
other EXPLANATIONS, such as "Oh! nv
poor dear child, dear Antoinette," and
swooned away. Water was procured,
and every exertion rendered to restore
him to reason. 1t was but a short time
since he lost his wife and he noz suf-
fers the additional anguish caused by the
loss Of his daughter, whom he so devo.
teddy loved.
10 witness these scenes of deep attic.
ton without becoming deeply depressed
in spirits, the human heart must be made
OF more than stone. We have seen du.
ring our career rs reporter, scenes of all
most every description to be called terri.
BILE; but above all. we must confess that
/ the wholesale slaughter among so MANY
beautiful and intelligent children. and the
amount of suffering inflicted on the de-
voted and hereave ed parents, surpasses
4 every case heretofore under our cogni-
vance. 4, '
The labor Of viewing the bodies was
very considerable. setting aside the men>
tai agony. 1t took from / 2 o clock. noon,
until near J, O'Clock in the evening, before
the work was accomplished. We now
are enabled to give an accurate list Of the
dead. forty-two in number; exaggerated
reports of other deaths have been put 10
circulation, but this can be relied upon !:
Names. Age.
! =. N.
|. Virginia Mingay, 10 O