Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1857-02-28

natioh VI Juuge harrison IN MS place. verify,
no crime is too gigantic for the endorsement of
the present Executive. ,,.a ,scs.. 81 set5
mid A Lisue Girl slowly Murdered. 'e9ai.'
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One of the most herrid cases of cruelty on
record, says the Buffalo Express, was brought to
light on Wednesday of last week, at Long Neck,
Staten Island, which resulted in the death of the
victim. Itappears that sometime in June last,
Mrs. Simeon Decker, Of Long Neck, applied, with
recommendations from the Methodist clergyman
of that place, to Mr.. Pease, s. Five Points House
of Industry of New York. for little girl to
adopt in her family. Mr.. Pease being satisfied
from the recommendations she bore that proper
treatment would be observed towards the child,
intrusted to her care a little girl, nine years Of
age, named Anna Milton. But from the follow
ing evidence, it will be seen that she has received
the most cruel and abusive treatment, and, event.
ually met horrible death at her hands.
1t appears from statements made by the neigh
bors that the child Anna has for some time past
been deprived of suitable and sufficient clothing
and food, beside being beaten at times in most
cruel manner. A few days since the child was
required to do the washing of the family in the
yard, with but little clothing and stockings or
shoes on. Her feet were in consequences badly
frozen, and in this condition she subsequently
placed them in the oven Of the stove, unconscious
of the danger until they were completely blister
ed. For all this she was compelled to work about
the house, creeping at times upon her hands and
knees until they were dreadfully lacerated and
swollen. The child had been allowed but little
or no food for some time past, and her body was
reduced to a mere skeleton. In this wretchei way
the little sufferer eked out miserable existence
until death came to her relief. Aa@ aa
Coroner Pearce, of Port Richmond, opened an
inquest on the body on Thursday last, and we sub.
join few of the most important statements mmde
by the witnesses upon that OCCASION. DR.. H. r.
Harrison was one who assisted in the post NOR!
tenn examination, and testiies as follows a.
! Iopened the chest of the child, found the ef-
fusions mentioned by preceding witness, which
probably caused the death of the child every
organ in the chest presented an unusually pale
appearance, as was also the case with tho stom-
ach, which was empty. showing conclusv ely that
the child had not been properly nourisht:d with
food. ao7 ao at aiffa
Miss Eliza Decker gave touching account Of
what she had witnessed in the conduct of Mrs.
Decker towards. the child. twas as follows:
Twas much surprised when calling on Mrs.
D. Feb. 8, to observe how pale and sickly Anna
appeared: when asked the child what allied her
Mrs. d. replied that Anna had burnt her feet by
tLorc hn &c
Mrs. D. strike Anna with broomstick the day
before her death Mrs. D. also ordered her to
hold up her head and not to be so lazy, and be.
cause she was too weak to obey, was ordered to
bed Anna begged to be allowed to sit up, as it
hurt her to lie down, she said; Mrs. d. made her
crawl to bed this was about 10 O'Clock in the
morning; I.could hear Anna groan after she got to
bed; Mrs. D. told me that she made Anna eat by
herself because she was too nasty to eat with 9TH
er people !; while there saw Mrs. D. take Anna
rudely by the feet, causing her cry out from pain
Mrs. D. sent for me on Wednesday morning,fear.
ing that Anna was dying; l Immediately proceed
ed to the House and found Anna in a dying con-
diton upon the floor with only thin piece of car
pet under her, and covered only with thin sheet.
Anna lived but FIVE minutes after arrived.
observed that Mrs. D. shed tears when she saw
Anna was dying, and remarked that she felt sor-
~ for the poor little liar. sds edmt ao-a
After careful elaboration the Jury returned a
verdict that the dhld came to its death by brutal
treatment and want of proper nourishment at the
hands of Mrs. Matilda Ann Decker. 500 ....
UT The New York papers are discussing the
propriety of carrying deadly weapons for self
protection. Says the Mirror: ESQ long as we
continue daily and hourly to import the criminals
of Christendom, and SO long as the authori-
ties refuse to offer reward for the heads of these
midnight assassins- brought in dead or alive
this garrotting business is likely to increase rath
er than diminish. In the meantime. self defence
clubs are being formed and already 1000 men,
bers arc enrolled and we believe there are not
less than ten thousand men with concealed weap-
ons in their pockets after dark. And they not
only carry them in their pockets but in their hands
ready for instant use. s4fos2
or The New York Times, speaking of the ter
iribe Bond St. Tragedy, says.
eve revisited the chamber where the DEATH
struggle occurred. The bottom of the boots of
the deceased are covered with blood, showing in
itself that he must have fought terribly after he
had received some Of his wounds. By the side
Of the closet door, which is thickly splashed with
blood, hangs political chart, on which is print
ed the names of the candidates, and the plat
forms Of the three great parties in the last Pres.
DENTAL struggle. Curiously enough, on that sen
tence in the Republican platform which reads
ssMurders, robberies and arsons have been insti-
gated and encouraged, and the offenders have
been allowed to go unpunishcd, pa blood-spot
has fallen on the word ssmurders,'' and another
on the wcrd ssunpunished;" the sentence proceeds
sand that it is our fixed purpose to bring the
perpetrators of these outrages to a sure and con
dign punishment hereafter''-this passage is
marked significantly, as BY an index finger, by a
long spirit of blood.'
oV 1t is said that Mr.. Bancroft has realized
$4,000 BY his History of the United States.
The POETS IN LUCK The London Athenmum
chronicles the liberality of John Kenyon, gent
al and noble literary man Of large fortune recent
ly deceased. Scarcely man or woman, distin-
guished in the world of letters in which he was
familiar, has passed unremsmbered in his will
and some poets and children Of poets are endow-
ed with pripcely munifcence. Among those