The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-12
The Infanticidc ut Philadelphia.
FINDING OF THE BODY OF ONE OF THE CHILDREN

/ CORONERS INQUEST.
! From the Philadelphia Ledger Nov. Ill
On Thursday two OF the special officers of the police
| paid visit to the house occupied by Mr. Rice, al
Ncetown for the purpose of endeavoring to find the
body of of the children Pamela Snyder which she
stated had been buried there They effected Their object
and inquest was held upon the remains Yesterday al
the Union street station house, by Coroner Deavau in
| the presence Of Alderman Kenney
The first witness called DR.. Andrew j. Smiley who
testified to having examined the remains of child found
amid quantity of decomposed matter contained in a
rough wooden box about three feet long and foot
wide He detailed in technical terms the various por-
ons of the skeletons found including the bones of the
head, spinal column, arms and lower exremitics He
arrived at its full time but IRON the advanced stage of
decomposition i was impossible to say that the child
had been born alive to decide upon its There
was no mark upon the skull to indicate any violence
Officer Clark detailed the steps taken in the case from
the arrest Of the girl to Thursday when he went in
company with officer Seed TO Nicctown From nforma-
tion received from Charlotte Snyder aunt of Pamela
they dug in spot she pointed out to them and in few
minutes to rough wooden box, about three feet
beneath the surface This the child that VIM Snyder
told me that he and George Atemus had buried and he
the time acknowledged himself TO be the father
il. Pamela Myers ut that time lived with her grand
mother in the house to which the yard where the body
was found WAS attached It is now occupied by Mr..
Rice The child born Sunday evening, February
I'd 1852 aud was the next day washed and laid out by
Elizabeth Mcclure.
stating in addition that Pamela had told him of having
had five children two Of which she choked to DEATH One
yellow house opposite the house in which she arrest
ed and that it afterwards taken out by her uncle
and other people who buried it In the garden think
lodges having two she said had not to their full
time and she left them in the field
Hanna Snyder, an aunt of tile accused testified in
relation to the child in OBJECTIONABLE that she could
not tell the exact time when born except that it
happened on Sunday; Pamela had been down to her
mothers, and after coming home appeared to be in Ia
bor she went up stairs, and from what she saw, &C
sused Pamela Of having given birth to child but she
pool attached to the house, the attempt to get it
out failed, but after night VIM. Snyder put ladder
| anAt, hat rct fva hnlv ala
in wooden box that used to bring coal In after being
washed, the next night it buried; this about
three since, and believe she has had two children
since; saw the child after II washed; it girl;
saw dent upon the head and supposed it caused
dersood she taken sick before when riding into
the city with her brother; while he serving
customers with milk she went alley and getting
into the wagon again her brother drove out home with
her. her last child born four weeks ago. last Thurs
day IL knew this only by hearsay but know that she
was previously in the family way
Elizabeth Mcclure testified to having gone to Snydcr's
house on the day after the finding Of the child, and
saw the body in clothes basket saw that it had been
in the pool, and denied it. washed the child
and dressed it. believe IL born alive, but
marks Of violence about its head throat suppose it
was smothered from beir thrown into the pool There
attempt to conceal the affair and wondered that
Pamela had not been arrested She said George Care
the father Of the child and proposed calling it
Washington, because it born Washingon's birth
day She lived in town before the birth Of tho child
children think the irstdied of smallpox and she
had child while living at the Rising Sun but know
nothing further than what heard.
Charlotte Snyder 1.-THE wife of William Snyder tcsti-
fed TO having the child when first discovered in the
sink, and also after it had been washed. Pamela lived
with her grandmother at the time and boarded in the
same house. She came home Sunday, evening,
and afterwards went into the yard where she must
have given birth TO the child On her coming back into
the house accused her of it, but she would not
fess. William Sn, der buried IL; did not this done,
but the spot pointed out to me afterwards. She
had smother child short time since. but know
thing with regard TO what became of it.
Mrs Sarah Atemus testified that she recolected the
on holiday Her aunt, Mrs snyder told her the child
lying in the entry and she picked il and carried
up stairs, where Elizabeth Mcclure washed and
Mrs Sarah Kay testified that she was living Chester
when the child was born, Feb %, 1852 She heard II
Pamela Myers gave birth to, she stated,
eight years ago II was Immediately taken sick with
fifteen years age The mother told witness that VIM
Snyder, her uncle, was the father
George Aemus testified that the 22d Of February,
1852, he mistrusted that there something wrong
from seeing blood in the yard, and two women looking
about, as II something had been lost He inquired the
object Of their search and informed they supposed
child had been thrown in the well Witness got rake
and raised what he supposed to be chd's foot After
SNYDER and David Kern the child was taken from the
well The child was taken from witness by Snyder The
next day the witness and Snyder buried IT in the garden
The box in which it buried recognized by wit
The father said TO be George Care Pamela is
reported TO have given birth to two children since 1852
Thomas Rice testified that while digging well on
the farm which he lives she struck box
which William Snyder informed witness he had put
there. Mr. Rice said he had heard of child being born
and buried there but did not suppose any foul
had been used 10 destroy its life He said II was
for poor people in the country to bury
children in the gardens LOTS to the expense Of
putting them in the graveyars An additional reason
why he supposed no crime had been committed was the
circumstance of alderman having investigated case
Of supposed infantcide and found nothing in it, In
swer to question by juror whether he ever sup
posed the girl to be in delicate situation while In his
employ the witness answered that he never noticed
girl n his house he passed them as he would dog
DAVIS Mott testified that he assisted In digging up
the BED containing the remains of the child after the
spot had been pointed out by Mrs Snyder.
The testimony then closed, and the jury, after
rendered the following verdict -
Ihat the box contains the remains Of the body OF
female ehid born on the 22d Of February, 1882 and