The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-16

away Onered to send an ocer with her to see that
she arrived home safely as she appeared weak, put
she refused to accept my offer; when the night OF
her arrest ordered that the child should be taken
from her and put In cool place my intention was
to allow her TO remain In the sitting ROOM put wnen
found that 1t was impossible to take the child from
her except by using force / had her placed In the
most comfortable cell In the house; she was treated
with the utmost tenderness by all IN the station.
Cross-examined by Commissioner Brennan--The
cells Of my precinct are In a building separate nom
the main building; the cells are warmed by TWO
stoves one at each end OF the room; the night the
woman was arrested the cells were nicely warmed.
TESTIMONY OF SERGEANT HAaGEKTY.
Sergeant Haggerty swOrn-l am q sergeant or the
Fifteenth precinct; was in command Of the FIJI
tenth desk duty on the night the woman was
brought In; when learned thai the child In her arms
was dead | sent word to the Eighth, asking If the
0fricer In command knew the fact and II she should
be detained, when was answered eyes," tried TO
take the child from her. but she pressed it to her
Fathers could bury 1t; let her remain In the sitting
room until the captain came In, with the intention OF
made OF the woman and the child; when he came In
and told him about the woman he seemed perfectly
horrihed, and remarked that 1t was one OF the
saddest things he had heard Of he then ordered
the child to be wrapped up carefully and placed In
cool place till the arrival OF the coroner; told the
captain 1t was useless to try and take the child away
from the mother, and 30 we let her take 1t to the
cell with her.
Cross-examined by Commissioner Brennan-I don't
think Stevenson told me when he came In with the
woman that the child was dead; the woman had
been drinking little, but she was able to take care
Of herself; judged she was under the influence Of
liquor considering her manner and certain actions.
BY Commissioner BrennAn-It Is not customary TO
allow persons arrested for intoxicatton 70 remain In
when SrSas ns sfe oaptas Carney
to allow the woman to remain In the sitting room II
the child could have been taken from her.
TESTIMONY OF JOHN j. MORRIS
John J. Morris, OF No. "a West Eleventh street,
sworn-I was In the station house when the woman
was brought In she objected to being made prisoner
and the sergeant said she might go IN the back room
II she wished; she said the child had died in church.
did not notice that she was under the influence oil
death Of her child, but did not walk as il intoxica
ted heard Captain Carney say that the child should
be taken from the prisoner and put IN cool places
saw Mr. CrOpsey in the station house at the time.
TESTIMONY OF OFFICER KELLEY.
Oficer Keeley sworn-The woman when brought
into the Eighth precinct was intoxicated and stag
| gered; there was found IN newspaper to-day al
advertisement Of wet nurse who had lost her chile
and who wanted situation; she advertised her resi-
dence as SO Charlton street; the captain stated tina
| with the dead child and sent me there to see abou
1t; she denied that she was the woman when 1recog
nized her and said her name was McGinnis; asket
her where she had been employed Us nurse, and sh
said In some place above Poughkeepse; pretended
wanted to employ her; she afterwards told me sh
was the person who had been arrested with the deaf
| child; made an appointment to meet her at twelv
O'Clock to-day and returned to the captain and got
subpoena, but could not find her on looking for her.
Sergeant Field DR.. Griswold and two doormen ant
an officer of the Fifteenth precinct were examined
end testified that the woman was intoxicated wher
EIougut IN. Dr. SomerVule, Oh bieecker stIeot an
Minetta lane testified to having been called upon II
| his drug store by woman about seven O'Clock OF
| Sunday evening, who inquired for doctor, ant
| who apparently had child that was dead in he
| arms; but he could not swear that she was the sam
| woman as had been arrested by the Eighth precinc
police. Oficer Baker also testified that he had give
| the woman coffee from time to time during tn
| night and had attended to all her wants.
At the close OF the testimony the counsel for Cap
| tain Mills delivered lengthy address in defence o
the action OF his client and Commissioner Brennan
expressed his desire that the woman who had bee
arrested should be produced by the captain.
In justice to Captain Cafrey 1t must be said tina
| the evidence showed that he acted in the woman
| regard in as kindly manner as he possibly coul
under the circumstances.