The north Iowa times. [volume] (M'Gregor [i.e. McGregor], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-09-11
THE BURDELL BABY.

Of his previous practices in the substi.
tuition line have been current in Brook.
| lyn, and the New York Herald has fer.
reted out evidences of these crimes
The first discovered was the substitution
Of a spurious heir upon Mr.. o.. a Pole,
engaged in small manufacturing bust.
ness in Brooklyn. Mr.. O--and his
wife had lived very unhappy life on
account Of having no children; but
about four years ago, when absent from
New York on business, he was surpris.
ed by the information that his wife had
been delivered of child. Mrs. o.
being unable to give the child norish-
ment, it died at the end Of three weeks.
This child was Catlin's own offspring,
and its history is as follows:
About FIVE years ago. = family OF
English people, consisting Of father.
mother, two daughters and son, arriv-
ed in Brooklyn. They had not been
here long before the father and mother
we're both cut off. and the children were
left orphans. The son was sent to the
sash and blind making business, bat
before completing his apprenticeship he
feel victim to consumption. While
the youth was lying sick, gentleman
who was Interested in the welfare of the
orphans. sent for Dr.. Catlin ard told
him to attend to the wants of the invalid.
Catlin did as directed, but medical aid
was Of little avail, for the patient soon
sank and died. The two girls, who
we're thus left entirely unprotected, were
taken into the house of this good Sama-
ritan, and kindly cared for by his good
lady. While here the youngest of the
girls fell sick. Catlin was sent for
again. He attended her from day to
day, and succeeded in seducing her
while so attending. The girl became
pregnant. Catlin seeing her situation
and being afraid Of exposure. induced
the sisters to leave the roof of their
protector and take lodgingsin Degraw
street, near Bond. Here they remained
until the child was born. That child
was the one planned off upon Mr.. O.
by Catlin. It was stolen from its molh-
er by its father, and given to the strang-
er. The child was born on the l4,h Of
June, four years ago"
The second crime detailed is an out
rage upon young woman upon whom
he was attending, while she on sick
bed. Finding that he could not &C.
complish his end by fair means. he
druyged her, and then satisfied his un-
lawful desires. When she learned the
outrage, she told him never to let her
see his face again. Some months after
wards. when she discovered that she
was with child, she went to him and
told him to shoot her or she would shoot
him. He endeavored to calm her down.
told her to go to lying-in-hospital, and
also that he knew woman who was
deceiving her husband. to whom she
could give the child when it was born.
She rejected his proposition, denounc-
ing his villainy, and he told her to go
to h-ll. Some two months afterwards
he called upon her with the same propo-
sition, which she again rejected, and
few at him with a carving knife, but
Catlin escaped her fury. She was de-
livered of the child upon the sidewalk.
and three days afterwards Catlin visited
her demanded the child. She refused
to let him have it, and he was about to
take it by force. when she frightened
him away by her screams. The woman
keeping the house was the same who
carried the child to Mrs. o.: but
she refused to have hand in this trans
action. although Catlin offered her $50.
The unfortunate woman stated her case
to lawyer. and entrapped Catlin into
an agreement. by which he agreed to
pay her $50 per month for the support
Of the child until it reached the age of
twenty -one, and, further, agreed to in
sure his life for the sum of $4,000, to
secure the monthly payments. fwo
hundred and fifty dollars were also to
be paid her in hand. She only receiv-
ed $35 in all, and sued him for the bal
ance. Judgment was rendered in her
favor for the amount claimed, with costs.
amounting in all to S54I 81, Of which
not cent has been collected.