The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1857-08-11
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Mrs. Canningham's Condition and Be
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from the New York Papers Of Thursday.1
The bogus Burdell Baby Was Is much
matter of interest yesterday as the day be
fore. Mrs. Cunningham, still prisoner q
her house No. 81 Bond street, kept up tn
sham with groans and cries, us If she reall.,
was suffering the after. pains OF childbirth
/ Four officers had the house in charge, eacl
party being relieved every six hours. Drs
| Smith and Lockwood were in occasional at
/ tendance throughout the day.
| AT the Jefferson Market Police Court tn
testimony OF Misses Helen and Augusti
Cunningham was taken. Both appeare,
very much dispir.ted, and there seemed t
be no coRplieity on their part in the lat
affair. The most important event of tn
day was the affidavit Of DIR. Catlin, in which
4 he turned States evidence, and declared
/ that no birth of baby had taken place.
4 Drs. Barker and Devices went with Justic,
/ Davidson to make q personal examination
Of Mrs. Cunningham. OF course she re
| fused her assent until she had consulted
Judge Dean. To-day at 10 o. IN. she vii
see the professional gentlemen.
The examination before Justice Dawson
will be resumed to-day.
THE GIRLS AUGUSTA AND HELEN.
These young ladies' gave their testimony
yesterday. OF course, as far rs ii went, il
bore out their mothers theory Of . oonfine
ment. But what was observable about them
and what would have moved any beholdel
TO pity, was their sorrowful condition, their
apparent broken. heartedness. 1t was with
difficulty that at any time they could refrain
from tears. The traces OF care and suffer.
ing were craven on their conntenances. An.
gustn (who has been staying in Lexington
venue, and not in the country, AS was as
serted) buried her face in the sofa and went
bitterly. Helen, though for a long time she
preserved the appearance Of calmness, af-
ter her evidence was concluded, and she had
signed her testimony, burst into violent
fit Of sobbing and shook conyulsively. Au-
gusta's eyes, while giving her evidence,
were red with weeping, but she answered the
Justices interrogatories with tirmness. She
complained Of the shock her nervous system
had undergone, and said she had begged her
mother not to speak to her on any subject
connected with DR. Burdell. Whereas she
formerly manifested extreme hardihood and
hduteur, she is ut the present moment com.
petely Frustrated and unnerved, giving
answers to the questions propounded her in
a slow and unwilling manner.
HOW MRS. CUNNINGHAM ACTS.
Mrs. Cunningham still keeps her bed at
81 Bond street, and initiates to perfection
the groans of anexly delivered woman
Her after pains she represents rs very great.
Mr.. Stafford, her lawyer, who has paid her
considerable attention since Messrs. Clinton
and Dean have declined, has been in fire..
quent conference with her. Judge Dean has
visited her only once since the stbirth Of
the baby" and Mr.. Clinton has not been
near her. She still persists in the fiction of
n confinement, and is evidently laboring un-
der strong nervous emotion. She is not al
lowed to see the newspapers, and is very
anxious to know what is going on about her
case. DR.. Smith, of Bond street, who is in
attendance, says that he made partial ex-
animation of her, and thinks that she must
have been confined.
THE "BABY.o
The 'sbaby" at Bellevue has been centre
OF great interest. Itself and mother have
been the sole attraction in the lying-in ward
and not few among the visitors have been
physicians. These latter gentlemen discuss
the conditions of childbirth bearing upon
this case, and some Of them express doubts
as to the suficiency of the evidence to prove
that Mrs. Cunningham was not encienfe. 1t
has been suggested to the mother that her
baby should be named Emma A., in COM
memoration Of this singular event, but she
has given it her own name, Elizabeth Ann,
saying she would have nothing to do with
SO wicked woman as Mrs. G..