New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-12
THE BARBARITIgs or MAS. MATILDA
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Az INTERESTING LIBEL SUIT.
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S,on AFTER tae discovery Of the bSsdsfr Get Tiise'
ard While ths 6s5y newspapers Of this cty re:e 's'
- tveJaoriog -::a it, Si1.c1s astsl, .sse 81 ST.
,sse1 chlj murder oo.red ca sI.sn Is'tni, tut re-
esiv.d OILY pss,ins pcti,s f.on the daily pre's 81
New.Yo,E. -ae zee, horevs-, wss o-e v.icn -
,erv.d xr,ste- y1oheity :5a liz r1sio Is cha-s;ssr
I. was shown by v.nsssss e,srni.d u ;be Corons-s
isquest that v,np.n nance Ms,1is Deatsr, uhdts
Of Log Neil, S;a.sn I.lsn6, bs5 p->->rs1 healthy
lii.is gin named A3ns HY:on ioo tie Five Fo:-t-
You.e OF Irdus,.y anj BY , c,-rse 81 o5sta-ed Gu
city brought s5ors A.I dcrh. Tia co:o-ers joy
found TIA tie .ad 70 .sy dsat1 81 srsrve,o %
and brutal trettms1. q the hands Of he: mi.t-e's'
Subsequently, the G.ssi J1:y ;oans - i0di-'nsrt "
mar ss1shter ayszs. Me- De,ksY. Ihs iss's deve :
optd "a The Inquest, and sSstea 81 he T5m.o .
career .fOvs that s1e hsi isho;sd nils: snd eVea
gfsssr cru.ltiss before, upon oOhe. h;le grls WIN
.bs hal adopted wee published il 7ieN = Dt.p1tch
For ibis AID the suistrrss upoa ne eon1ac. enc
brought sui. for Kbs laying Ter dartgss s. se oo'
Her t,isI for maDss1gits- ss; 5owo To- Msy, by
being sBeien;e, postponed 20 the N)Vsnoe- Tern
The suit for ,el bosevs7, otts,ed precedence, a'd
the tr-L began on Tuesday.
M White, foy p-ossr1too, opened TIE csc ~
-esoirg the hbe.-onittiEg. aoH sve-, TIE testimony
and verdict Of the Corone:'s Jcry, ts puehshea IN
The Dispatch, stating that Trey made no clam fo'
damages for nat part @: Inc p,o1cstou. This sosn
Sopmen. was N sde under the law OF 1851 regarding
publications Of Judicial matters without malice.
Nh. r. D. Holmes snd Lot c. Clark, To- defense
then claimed he affirmative OF the issae, which "ss
accorded by the Cou, e11 tle eyIierce On ;ne par
o. the defendant ves then proceeded VIII, in r'tca-
ton ,rd LII igation Of dsmsges.
Mss.s Eps'anj sd Coision testified Is = nc ns1-
ner Of getug " tae a-toie tina. the in.1:cstcn ra
derived from e.ble sources and ms it vas written
al published in the .sl eou-ss 81 BUSINESS, rt-ort
aDy mslics or il.~ill eainst tne r.siatii.
The Rev. L II. Pesse, sEorn-l6 Feb-I;ry, loJ7,
as now, I vas s12e1n 'endsrt Of the Five P1lss
House @: Industry, oca.si in TIE Five P:ints, New
York; en- else a clsrsyrs- by p:ofessloni TIA, In
sitution is caeri able o- adJlts AID caId:en OF
dgeIt Circumstances; | c1uld not recJSn.za Mrs.
Decker ard hs- husband though have seen them;
have seen Mr.. Wilisnsop, t1e defendant; hsve
-ovn eif usm=d Aup. II.i;or; ! nEst saT Fer e:
~ - Points House OF Industry; sne Vas of2dst'
,he fi'o ot1er-I believe be- fstter was ee:d.
'neis Dy me- ob;scteo - al svidsLoe n ng.hon o.
;6s.ion AID he az. ovsiruled the o9leealn.
Wines resam.d-I can't recc wet caa; n:: nasns
of obtaining livelihood was, but thins
begging her mo'he- was a drurkar'i soc WIS lse,e
three months; healthy c,iid; was 10 dsy shu 80
SO
bic az tina. of any enid have ever ned 10 the &c
..tn.ior: should tbrk 5000 children Ssve sss:e1
under rcv ARE IL tbs. ips-i.ution rom ozs-haH'o
iso..hirJs females, at tbe dss Q. tsr s1nss,- sa,
between eight and line ye.-s Ct sce she w1' Of
the ordinary size of children Of ths: agei s2Hghy ID
appearance, ard crdparily good-iookrg; sns .
.aken away by e lsdy of INC rsne ct Decker her
mental capacity more THAI usually in:eni5en: TO-
child Of her age; can't say Whist progress she asa
made in her studies; OF the application o. Ms Ger,
bringing letter ofreco1 m=nfatio1 ifoni ae M7Inol-
it clergyman of her place, saying sts wss msno',
Of his church and wanted q child; We searcEed
Thoroughly for the letter about the time o. the death
OF this chld AID could noe find l.; the clergyman tce
Rev. Mr. Wood sad che wss member o. hs cns:ca,
The Arrangement bet~eer the institution .rd Ms.
Dtcker she was 10 take il 70 church and Ssboitn-
school AID day.sch )ol, and bi0g 1t up SIS hsr owe
pasted also by gentleman from steteE lsletc'
who also recomme ojed her the child went,
che ives then heslt5y; tAe ch'l1 left CT tre
I2th Of June, 1856; i fret head o. ne: Ge:'n
sben ! was on the way 70 h'r r,sidecce to take
the child away wastwo miles f.cn Der residence
when was told Of the death o! IN cnl'o On arriving
q. this Island / went directly 70 Long Neok %eete
Mrs. Decker resides atter reaSang m,.g .ba
house OF M Decker; inquired for The child, acd Was
Informed that ii was dead; wsn:oto toe te rOom 'n
and found her lsd OUT the clothes sac ha4 OIL were pu
cpav those she had hTou hit from the Orse OF l1lr'
tIy she was 80 wasted az 10 s:cey recoglz 4oe
~, ust;"e ~ t,e pace caused the chids co:oee be
taken five four ner feet bsere1 aud ola gened ano
NJ Decker said they were msde 80 oy MS we put
ting the chilcs feet 10 the oyep sef as asa o1eu "9
of doo-s We found the Of he Guild al oacKet.
as though they hsd teen severely besen rot NV me
q us. hut me back end the legs; che wss marked a..
over; the lower part Of The back TIE skin ~es on
likewise ON both elbows believe: an' one .. tLs
appearance shocked me a. have FEVER oeen shocked
BY sry exhibition Of G body, dead o. awe; fns hio
been dead three hours; died az > o CLOCK, an gH
tlere az II the same morning; he bruises were aes
and ir some the blood had apparently settled Goder
them: ss 10 The skin the back OF ne end piece
was of nearly as srge the palm Of my haAd Is II
fa,ed of; il could not have been more thar ia: days
old he wounds OF the elbows were oiaer one OF .hem
il had been knocked of by S b!aw; o@hevec tee
wonr Us utilised recently because person 10
the plaintiff house. IN Mr.. Oeckers presence sad
that they saw Ms. Decker, when the E5'ls c-d ees
creeprc on her hands sn1 knees 20 the p.vY n tae
yard cone up and kick her over, think ". Decker
declared thai he die not see the kick there was also
q bruse e. the psck # TIE reek which young i.iy
stairs occurred il Mrs. Deckers presence after a.
rived tbere she saw Ire come IN, snd then weat uo
stairs die city ihirb did no. e1casDge VOID With
herr we were there about az hour the child was IL 6
room or tue level With the ground, which seemed 70
be 10; generally used in that Idle old building ed.
Joining The main bulldog; there wss &c bed ttere;
The BODY YVES lad out OF eos-d; its ocy yrsge
clothes was little white SACK, which 1t wJso toln
the Five Points House Of Industry; did as' socoOss
thai they would put spy thug on the cbld as they
asd the chic was laid out; there was very g;es.
ci,enent in the nejghborhCol. snd the people hid
talked Of her cruelty TO the child iJr several months
the weather wss freezing rign's snd thariuy days;
this article followed the occurrence within week Of
20; lad g communication with Mr.. Z. ga1d 10 regard
10 ibis mater; the suhjsct If thai VS. what have
stated here With all the details that lssrnsd OF nly
visit.
orce or the lsar5 i Fever saw Mrs.. D. do anything
70 the child, or her husband tod sny bdy ;hi