The daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1863-1864, 1863-10-21

removing lumber when We found the chile
. doctor was called, when it was discovers
that the child had beeu strangled, . cor
5 being tied around it's neck.
Mrs. Long (mother of the reputed fathe
of the chilly testified that Miss M'Canl
came to- her house and asked for her child
being told that her child was not there, sh'
left; heard no more of the affair till tn.
4 inquest was held,
Jas. st. Myers testified that in searching
Mrs. Nesbits house hefound piece of win
dow-blind cord on the stairway in the back
room, and got another piece off the window.
blinds.
, u. @. Vail testified that while searching
Mrs. Nesbit's house they found piece Of
window-blind cord, similar to that about
the child's neck. l,.
Charles Trisler testified that he saw Mary
MCapn and Malinda Brady in Oline's black.
mithsshop about seven o'clock on Tuesday
morning, May 10Th.
Wash. Cline testified that Mary MCann
and Malinda Brady were at his shop, about
fifteen minutes after seven o'clock on Tues
day morning, May 10th, and asked for bis
son Joseph; they said they had been waiting
an hour for him.
Malinda Brady called: Was not &C.
quainted with Mrs. Nesbit, but was with
Mary. M'Cann; was with Mary on the creek
bank the night before the child was lost;
Mary gave me the baby and went to hunt
the father of the child; Mary came back
with Mr.. Long, aud asked him to get
her some place to stay; Mary said if
Long did not, she would find some
place for her and the baby; Mary crossed
the creek; Long said I had better go after
her; | told him to 60 himself: Long told
Mary to stop and go no further; Mary stop
ped, could not hear what she said, Long
went down to Mary; Mrs. Nesbit came along
and asked what was the matter with that
lady; i told her Mary had no home for her
self or her baby; Mrs. Nesbit said if Mary
would 60 to her house she would give her
a good supper and bed; Mary did not
want to 60, but | told her she had
better 60; we went over to Mrs. Mes
bliss, where We had supper and lodging;
we had breakfast, and Mary and l left the
house together; leaving the child with Mrs.
Nesbit; we first went over to the Crescent
mill, to see if we could find Long. pro.
posed to go to Pittsburg, but decided to 60
to Ohio to see an uncle; went down to
Cline's shop to get boy to take my trunk
down street; we started for Mrs. Nesbit's,
but while on our way We met my sister,
and [ went home; do not know where
Mary M'Cann went to, and did not see her
again that day. 81
VIM. Long Gather of the child testified
that he was on the creek bank near Ores
cent mill with Mary M'Cann and Malinda
Brady; Mary was somewhat angry, and said
she would throw herself and child in the
creek, as they had no place to stay; She
took about ten steps towards the creek; l
went down to her, Mrs. Nesbit came up and
asked them to go home with her aud stay
all night; they left, and | saw no more of
them till the next day, when Mary came to
me and said she wanted the child, and sta
ted that had it, she said man and wo-
man [dressed in black had taken the child
from Mrs. Nesbits; | told her to 60 and
have Mrs. Nesbt arrested; [ went over to
Alderman M'Manaway and got him to issue
a warrant for her, and officer Lancaster ar
rested her and took her to Jail.
Moses Stevens called: Saw Mrs. Mes
bit at the Crescet Mill about eleven o'clock
on the morning the child was missed; she
came to See Mr.. Lewis, and was talking to
him before the furnace.
David Howell testified that he had known
Mrs Nesbit for the past twenty years; the
family at one time resided in West Wheel
ing, o., moved from there to house above
Bridgeport, O., and from there to Wheeling;
did not known anything about how she had
ived here.
E.J. Stone testified that he had known
Mrs Nesbit's family for the past twenty |
FIVE years; but did not know Mrs. n. per
sonally; the reputation of the family was
goo1.
Walker Hunter, Obed Davis, Frederick |
Sturgeon, Arthur Bicketts and James 2.
Rodgers testified that they had known Mrs.
Nesbit for number Of years; her reputa-
ton was good; they did not know how she
had conducted herself the past two years.
Court adjourned till nine o'clock this
morning