The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-08-14

Suggestions Of this dspouent, in biz o@cial
A shs!gss on informasicn ana
bslisf. that u ssid Mn. cunninsham has
committed The felony Of producing a IN
FAINT, fndulsuny and falscly reprsssnhns
that Il wss tie child Of herself. a. Mrs. Bur
dell, e wife OF Harvey Burdell and OF the
said Harvey Burdell, now deceased, rs Its
tather, and. therefore, the heir oil the O.
tate. when in truth and in fact, ~ dePonent
is informed and believes the said child
the offspring of Elizabeth Anderson, an In
mate Of Bellevue Hospital Deponent re-
quests that the following witnesses may DC
summoned, who will testify, as he Is INFORM
81 and verify believes, TO certain iaes now
in connection with their names, briefly re-
ierred to, viz :, as follows: :,
DR.. John De Ia Montague, who procured
the child, Identifies it, and heard and saw u
produced by Mrs. Cunningham, otherwise
Burdell, and henelf us his alleged vile.
Inspector Speight, who saw the woman
believed to Be Mrs. Cunningham herself,
leave No. 81 Bond street TO 90 alter the.
child and return with IL in basket to the
house.
A passenger in railroad car, who reoog-
nized Mrs. Cunningham going down the
Bowery on the night Of the Sd August,
whose name deponent is ignorant of, Out
whom Inspector Speight knows. ,
Officers Walsh, s. ]. Smith and Wilson
of the Fifteenth patrol, who made the arrest
and heard the admission of said Mrs. Cum
ming ham as to the child.
Inspe, tors Dilks and Hopkins, who also
were present at the arrest and actively en-
gag,d in IL.
DR.. David Uhl, who was present during
the alleged delivery, q Mrs. Cunningham;
DR.. Walter B. R6Sers, who has, a. de-
ponent verify believe. been informed by
Mrs. Cunningham, that she was encanie,
also Miss Hunter Va, Ners to the similar
E.ct, also Mr.. and Mrs. willet to the same
fact, also Mrs Dennison TO the same fact,
also, lately q domestic in Mrs. Cunning
hams family, to the same fact, where same
deponent does not know; also, one DR..
Catlin, who has been arrested coming from
the house on the night Of August 3; also
the two nurses, then arrested ut No. 81
Bond street and deponent prays that the
person Of Mrs. Cunningham be examined
by matrons.
DR.. MONTAGUE deposed that he resides at
Fishkill landing-has been the personal
friend and family physician Of District At
torney Hall for ten years past, and came to
New York at his request TO aid in the dis
eoyery Of an alleged felony, that he was
furnished by the Warden OF the Bellevue
Hospital with female child two days old,
with the consent of its mother. rs deponent
was informed and believes, and n nurse. with
which child and nurse he proceeded to Ger.
tain apartments at 100 Elm street; that
there, on the evening Of the said day, the
said female child was marked by this de-
ponent with lunar caustic behind its left
eur and under each arm, and that deponent
tied about the umbilical cord minute edg
ing OF pocket handkerchief.
The deponent further testifes that he
then took position on the side OF Elm st.
to watch the premises; that in the Bowery
he saw woman coming up toward Bond
street with q basket, which basket no recog-
nized asone he had procured from the house
of the District Attorney, and had last seen
20 minutes previously in the premises 100
Elm street that he followed the woman
carrying the basket TO the house 81 Bond
street; that with Inspector Wilks and 9TH
ers Of the police, who were waiting an OPP
pOrtunity TO enter, Mt II to l O'Clock ut
night. they rang the door bell violently,
when the door was opened by two women,
one Of whom said that Mrs. Burdell was
sick and could not be seen. They followed
these women up stairs, and entered the up
per second story hall; one Of the women
looked into the front large room and said,
"There are two gentlemen who wish TO come
in" voice said from within, clock that
door-they must not come in--l tell you 10
lock that door :" the police came up into
the room and made arrests. But whilst
they were coming up and Inspsctor Duks
had gone down TO call them, Mrs. Cunning
ham was asked by the deponent, 'Do you
claim this child as the child of Harvey Bur.
dell ?" and she said "0f course, whose else
should it be-" Deponent further says, when
the officers were up stairs he heard her say,
''DOn't take away my dear baby from me.
Deponent further says that he demanded in
the presence Of the officers to see the umbili
cal cord Mrs Cunningham and the nurse
objected. Alter some persuasion they con-
sented. Deponent then removed the band
age and saw the piece Of pocket banker.
chief on the cord. which was placed there
in 100 Elm street but the marks were not
as vet visible, but would be seen on the fol-
lowing day. Deponent then proceeded in
carriage, in company with the District At
torney, to Bellevue Hospital, taking the
said infant with them, and about half past
one o'clock Tuesday morning restored it to
the mother, who is named Elizabeth Ander-
son, and Is now patient in the lying-in
ward Of Bellevue Hospital. We then went
into the room and apologized to lady in
lieves to be Mrs. Cunningham. otherwise
called Burdell, and she said, "Why do you
disturb me? lam very sick" Deponent
looked about the room and saw no one in |
there but the two women and Mrs. Cunning |
ham in bed, with an infant lying by her
side asleep. Deponent went closely to the |
bed, and examined the infant, and saw it |
was the same child he had that afternoon |
brought from Bellevue Hospital to No. 100
Elm street, Us aforesaid.
The law under which Mrs. Cunniugham's
Attest offence becomes felony is section of
he Revised Statutes, which says
Every person who shall fraudulently pro-
luce an infant, falsely pretending il To have
zen born of parents whose child would be
untitled 10 share Of any personal estate or
% inherit any real estate, with the intent of
ntercepting the inheritance Of any such
cal estate, or the distribution Of any such
'ersonal property from any person lawfully
Untitled thereto, shall, upon conviction, be
punished by Imprisonment in State prison
lot exceeding ten years.
Fro~ TAG Detroit Fro, Prs's, lab 81.
DREADFUL OCcuRRKSCx-A BoY EATEN ny
BEAR ALMOST WITHIN the Cirr LIMITS. A
hooking occurrence took place in the Ham
marshes on last Tuesday in which n
oy eleven years old was actually eaten up