Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1854-11-11
Horrible Case of InfantIcide.

Va Yesterday stated thai two children had been
murdered under circums stances oi peculiar arOci-
w and thai The mother had been arrested upon the
charge OF being instrumental IN their destruction
but Wa were unable al that lime TO furnish the par
Gculars of the horrible affair We havs since been
enabled TO procure full stalemeui, and The facts
eliced prove that the reality is even worse than
was TumOTed.
Ii seems that the mother CT the slap. .hlered chill
lren, whose name is Pamela Sny der, has lived Tor
a number OF jears IN the nei"hborhnod oi Rising
Sun Village, IN The Tweuly-lhifd waid She was
in Tie habit oil peffUrming iorueic labors Tor FAINT
lies in the vciui'y. and Tor a number ot yeats has
teen known by the neIshbors TO lead avery disso-
lutte iife She was known 10 hare given birth Ia
several children, bai they generally disappeared
ms yserouSly and rumois weie rife thai they hal
been nuIly dealt wl:h. ro,
Within IA few days Mayor Conrad received by
letter an ma'iun OF the manner in which The
woman has made way wt'h h~r offspring. and he
Immediately dispatched High Constable Cla'k aud
special officer Seed To ietrel out the facts and il the
circumstances would warrAm ii, TO take the female
into custody The woman was accordingly arrest.
ed on Sunday last, and she voluntarily conf ssed
10 The officers that ST had al different times with
IN the pa-l six Yeas, had ven br;h 10 six chden
had either died about the lime oi their birth or had
been murdered 10y heir mo her
These children, which were all OF course egi
tImale, were the result OF intercourse with different
men, and TO make The affair still mrre shocking
the nHce of the miserable woman a man tanned
w. Snyder, Is charged with the paerniy oi TWO OF
them. Snyder is nov in prison, having been ar
rested yesterday. He is married man. He is
also accused of having been accessory III the mur-
der ot some OF The children
Pamela alsr her arrest, made full confession
of her crimes The frs, child TO which she gave
b'nh was born in the entry of her uncle's house
| The Moher bad 'he smallpox al The time, and The
child took it aad died soon after.
The second child was stran2lrd by lis mohc,
alter lis birth and was brown by her into The ces.
pool, from whence il was afterwards taken hy the
uncle; placed in box, and buried ia The yard al
ached 10 the house ...
The third child was born in open field, ant
was the miserable rnoher says, slillbon.
The fourth was born alive, and was choked by
| The parent, and disposed of in The same manner a'
| The second
| OF The fifth child we have no information; ant
the sixth. which was born five or six days sre
the mother says was siiIlbnm
On Sunday afternoon the wretched woman hat
an interview with the Mayor. aud was commIllel
| by him 10 prison 10 await fDriher examination.
| There was 10 have been hearing IN this terri
| be case yesterday afternoon. but The condition o
muTdress was such thai she could moi be brough
up from prison She lies very low from the com
bned effects of her late accohchmen her afe
neglect and exposure, and her more recent excite
men
The miserable woman is bu, twenty-five o
tweuly-hTee years of age, and is SAID TO be quite
prepossesslng in her appearances When arres'el
she was employed al The house OF Mr.. Thos. Rice
where she has been engaged for The past year =
Efforts nre now being made by The authorities II
! find The remains CT some of the innocent victims t
The cruelty OF their unnatural parenl.-Philadelphit
| Bulletin.