Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-08-16

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Mr.. CnunInzhna Removed 10 the Tom D..t
ITntil TO day Mrs Cunningham has been sui
f.r4ti 20 remain at the house No. 81 Bona sur
sliecino that she was too III for removal Snes
has bcen under the special charge of Capt DilKs,
Of the Fifteenth ward police, acting as agent o.
the Warden Of the City Prison, 10 winch sue
had been formerly committed BY the waEIsAl ol
Ii,s,;re Dawson. This morning. however, no
change Of her obtaininS bail rvEnaining. It Was
,,-snly.,I 10 remove her the leEttIiate place
NJ conference.-the TolnbsS Perhaps the &C
t;,- d. tl1e authorities WAS little fastened n
the matter hy the following
Letter IRox NJ EDwAKoS
.sDs4r Sir: As counsel and attorney for SONS.
orths heirs of Harvey BurJieil, l have long beer.
1is>irouN to secure possession 81 the house Ne.
3 Bond street
vrsrrent Of commitment against Mrs GINNING
nan and therefore as the house referred TO can
moi Tightfuiv, and. as think, not legally, be
made a prison, and as it appears to me that the
matter of the safe and proper disposition OF me
accused is with you more than w'tn any one
else. claim that tie house, the property OF my
clients lie freed from Mrs Cunuinghams pres
cncr. Always respectfully,
sGHARLES towards.
"a OXKrr HaLL, Esq, District attorney.
.tNEw YORK, August IS, 1885,
Upoa the receipt of the above letter this
morning, Mr. Hail despatched officer smith, OF
the First District Police Court, TO Capt DiIks I"
make arrangements toremove Mrs Cunningham
to the Tom6s as quickly and quitely aS possible
Ofhcer Smith and Capt. Diiks Proeeedei 70 Q, tue
house about o'clock, and informed AIRS Gun
I::.sgtlam of their Grand. Her daughters were
with her and as soon aS the subject was oroac"-
cd Augusta. the eldest who las for some tluie
heen IL of nervous disorder, tell into tanning
tit She was revived with some difficulty, "Htt
to relapse into another Medical at -ndahce Wa
urocureti. but il was not until after ] o CLOCK
10. She b.,,n,e 50 fnr recovered that 1t Was
Thought she might bear her mothers removal
II,.l,.yI ko-. M bravely, and decided to accom-
Many her mother, who still appears to be very
IN and weak. DR. Smith IS in attendance upon
tbs family ~,
drove up to the door Immediately a quantity
Of bedding, clothing, de-, was then brought out
aud placed in the carriage, and then the door
was thrown open, and Mrs. Cunningham was
brought out lying on a InattraSS, borne By Capt
I,i:kS and OIiicer Smith, who placed her care
fi.Ily on the back seat. She appeared TO be
dressed III black, was covered over With shawls,
&c. and wore thick veil over her face. she
uttered no word, and made 10 motion, but laid
as If entirely helpless Miss Helen was then
banded in Officers DiIks and Smith seated
themselves beside her, the curtains were care
fully closed and a. precisely half-past eleven
O'Clock Mrs. Cunzingham rode away from No.
81 Bond street, probably never to return;
Not above fifty prisons were assembled in the
street when the carriage drove away. The
crowd consisted Of servants from the neighbor-
ing houses, few chance foot passengers, and
two reporters Silence prevailed while Mrs
Cunningham ~as being brought out, only one
old gentleman asked Capt; Dillss If one OF the
bundles he brought out contained the baby.
As the carriage disappeared, however, various
remarks were INDUCED in: Good radiance,
exclaimed man in linen jacket "There she
goes, and the devil go wild her." said red
faced girl with her sleeves rolled up; Faith the
devil would have his mate then, exclaimed an
other; They wouldn't have made such a fnss
for a poor woman. was ano;her's comment
The carriage drove through Broadway and
Leonard streets, and reached the Tomps at hf-
teen minutes before u o'clocS. Here crowd
Of about fifty persons collected, curious to catch
a glimpse OF tie notorious woman, bat she was
hurried through 10 the matron's room, where
physician was in attendance and took her III
charge. As the door was closed she was lying
RnshteF sien UaRRPFsniiE xiBBSshsl8s and nd her