The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1854-11-21
fFrvm the Philadelphia fuletne. Nov. z
MURDER OF CHILDREN BY THEIR MOTHER
Confession of the Unnatural Paren.---Full Partic-
uiare

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We yesterday stated that two children had
been murdered under circumstances of pccu.
liar atrocity and that the mother had boon ar
rested npon Tho charge of being instrumental
to their destruction but we Wore unable at that
time to furnish tho particulars cf The horrible
aifnir. We have since bcen enabled ,o procure a
full statement. and tho facts elected provo that
the reality is even worse than was rumorcd.
| Ii seems that tho mother Of the slaughtered
Children whose name is PAMELA Snyder, has
lived for n number Of years in Tho ncighborhood
of Rising Sun Village, in tho Twenty third
Ward She was in tho habit of performing
| domestic labors for the families in tho vicinity,
and for number Of years has been known by
the nci .hbors to lead very dissolute life
Sho was known 10 have given birth to several
children, but they generally disappeared mis-
toriouslv. and rumors wore rife that they had
been foully dealt with.
Within few davs Mayor Conrad received
| by letter an intimation of tho manner in which
tho woman hs mado way with her offspring
and he Immediately DESPATCHED High Consta-
Bile Clark and Special Officer Seed TO ferret
| out the facts and if the circumstances would
! warrant it, to take tho female into custody
| The woman was accordingly arrested on Sun
day last. and she Voluntarily confessed to the
officers that she had. at different times within
| the past six years given birth 10 six children.
which bad either died about tho time of their
birth, or had been murdered by their mother
These children. which wore all. OF course, il
legitimate were he rosnlt of intercourse with
different men. and 10 mako the affair still more
shocking tho uncle Of the miserable woman a
man named Snyder il charged with the pa
rentage Of two of them. Snyder is now in
prison, having been arrested yesterday lie
! : 4 T.. 1,f III.
accessory in the murder of some of the chill
dren.
PAMELA. sfter tho arrest. made full con-
| fesson of her crimes. The first child to which
she gave birth was born in the entry of her
/ uncle's honse. The mother had the small pox
at the timc. and the child took it and died soon
! after.
The second child was choked by it's mother
after its birth and thrown by her mo,her
into tho cesspool. from whence il was taken by
tho uncle. placed in box and buried in the
yard attached to the house.
The third child was born in an open field
and was the miserable mother saws, still born.
The fourth was born alive, and was chokei
| by the parent and disposed of in the same
manner as tho second.
OF tho fifth child we have no information;
and the sixth. which was born five or six days
| sl1Ct tle UlDlucI was Sllli-DViHs
On Sunday afternoon the wretchod woman
had an interview with the Mayor. and was
Committed by him tn prison to await further
examination. Mr. Seed made statement to
the Mavor of what the girl had confessed
The following il the substance Of her admis.
sion made to Mavor Conrad on Sunday:
One of the children was buried in tho church
vard and one in the yard in a OK; my uncle
| and the people buried it in tho box; they got
| il ont Of the privy of the yellow house opposite
| where lived; had dropped it into The privy:
all stated to Mr.. Seed WAS correct I'vo Of
The children Were born aiive, and chokeG them
| 10 death. Tho last one was not horn alive; il
was born in the field and left it there.
There was to have been hearing is this
horrible case yesterday afternoon but the con
dition of the murderess was such that she could
not be brought up from prison. She lies very
low from the combined effects of her late ac-
couchmcnt. her after neglect and exposure
and her moro recent excitement.
The miserable woman is but % or 23 years
of age, and is said to be quite progressing in
appearance. When arrested. she was employ
ed at the house of Mr. Thos. Rice, whore she
has been engaged for the past seventeen
months. She slept at her gran1mo'her's, ad
| ininig Mr.. Rice's. Eff,rts are now being made
| by the authorities TO find the remains of some
OF the innocent victims to the cruelty of their
unnatural parent.