The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-02-16
child Murder In New York City.

safe keeping. We condense the account as
much as we can.
widower named: Barker,in easy circum-
stances, employed an Irish girl, named
Mary Fitch, to do the house work, himself
and daughter being all~there was in the
family. On wash day and other occasions
of unusual work, Mrs. Cullough was en-
ployed to assist Mary. The old gentleman
soon began to discover that his shirts, col
lars, handkerchiefs,!& c, were disappearing
dickey was not to he found in the whole
establishment. Mary, when spoken to on
the subject, indignantly asked "if they
meant to accuse her of stealing" Finally
forbearance ceased to be virtue, and Mary
was discharged. Soon after she left, Miss
Barker having occasion to look into an old
trunk of her deceased mother, discovered
that great many valuables, such as silk
dress es, jewelry, and the like, had been
taken 1t was also noticed about the same
time that Mary Fitch and Mrs. Cullough-
who were always quarreling when working
for Mr.. Barker = had become unusually
friendly, visiting one another quite Often
Having procured proper officer Mr.. Barker
proceeded to search Mrs. Cullough's pre-
misses, and found a great many of his miss
ing articles. The Tribune reporter adds the
following:
In the course of their examination of the
premises, Messrs. Barker and Stokely found
three little cradles in dark bedroom, and
drawing them to the light, discovered that
they contained infants The little creatures
were covered with filth, and seemed not
to have been washed for several days. The
f beds on which they lay were rotten with
foulness, and the rags which covered them
but little better. They did not have strength
enough to cry. Each of them lay quiet and
, motionless as death. If you pinched them or
rolled them over they gave no motion or
E sign of life. The Oldest was said to be %
months DID, the youngest ID. Every one
of them was absolutely a living skeleton,
and the largest would not weigh more thai
3 healthy, robust babe of three months
> Their little limbs were not much over an
inch in diameter at their thickest parts. At
the end of their shadowy arms were little
D hands that looked like birds claws One of
} the wretched creatures lay upon its side,
with the thick part of its left arm in its
mouth, from which it appeared to draw its
principal nutriment. During the days and
months in which it had lain in this position
Y it had sucked away at the limb until the
: flesh had grown up to the size and shape
9 and appearance of large, raw nipple
u They had evidently been drugged, as usual,
| lrn lot nd tIain 10
, staring eyes, which were the only signs of
life about them, were vacant as idiots 1t
was a painful, yea, a horrible sight to wit
ness-these three suffering and helpless little
5 old people.
d Who are these, in Heavens name p in
: quired the gentlemen. g Please, sir, they
be the children missus takes to nurse for the
p Alms-House and I'm the girl she hires to
look after EN-, replied a slatternly look
ing girl. "What does she get for taking
care of them" they asked " A dollar q
n piece for EN- every week, sir" and ther
If the girl explained that Mrs. Cullough was one
of the outdoor nurses employed by the
y Aims House Governors, and showed the
g gentlemen the nice rolls of diaper, flannel
10 ing musiins, and punches of warm stock
n ings which the Alms-House people furnish
:, ed for their comfort. The girl said tina
- this supply was renewed every three months
10 Yet these children. were naked, and covered
g up with old, filthy rags. -
W "Does any visitor come to see the chill
10 dren? " "Oh, yes Sir said the girl, . Mrs
!, Frost comes once month, and Mr.. Malo
:" ney, one of the Guv'ners, he comes here of
le ten too
to When our reporter called at the house il
ne company with Mr.. Stokely, on Thursday
he found that the woman which MIR. Rar
- ker had employed TO take care Of the chill
dren in the absence of Mrs. Cullough, ha,
stirred around and put the little manikin
le' into clean dresses. As if expecting vsi
is, from the powers that be, the two children O
A Mrs. Cullough were left as dirty and ragge
,t as usual TO lead the visitor to think, " Vel
this woman is good nurse after all, see sh
H. neglects her own children to care for ours.
en- But the cotton frocks could not hide tn
he wasted skeletons that moved under them
" In a few weeks they will in all probabilit
: be duly registered as having died of maras
IT, mus. How many more of "the children
re the city are slowly murdered by misusag
ife and neglect in this same cruel way
- Ds35@ At Washington, from all account