Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-10-14
CHILD MURDER.
The Baby Farming Case Trial-Con-
viction and Sentence of the Muir
rlnI-ne.-- l.


The Baby Farming Case Trial-Con.
viction and Sentence OF the Muir
. dercss,
The trial Of Margaret Waters. the
Infamous woman whose business IL
WAS To take infants To nurse for a con
siieratiun and then yet rid of them
10y starvation or drugs, was concluded
at the Central Criminal Court, Lon
don, un the 23d of SeptemGer. The
trial occupied three days. She was,
Indicted for the murder Of an infant
three weeks old. The close Of the
case Is thus reported in the London
Times:
The jury retired, and on returning
into court, after an interval Of about
tlrec-puar'er- OF an hour, s,lil, through
their foreman. they found the prisoner
gailiy OF murder.
On being asked then by The Clerk Of
ATTaIgns II she had anything L. saw
why the sentence OF death should no!
be passed upon her, the prisoner went
into lengthy statement explanatory
OF the accusations against her. and
denying her guilt She said Sic was
sorry 10 say she had led life or deceit
and ialsehU0d, nothing she could say
sufficiently expressed her abhorranc,.
of il. But guilty OF murder She was noi.
nor Of contributing, in the smallest
I degree, Ia the death of the child, and
with death and eternity before her.
staring her in the face, She so'ennIv
called God 10 witness that she was in
} nucent rs child unborn. The child
/ C1wen, she said, WAS intended for 4
/ purpose. She knew couple in a!Itv-
ent circumstances, and they wanted a
male child. She undertook to get
them one, and they promised to lavish
l upon II the fondest attention. They
only wanted something to live and
care for, and the death of the child
CoWrn was Il great loss to her a pecuni-
any point of view. She did ali i'm her
power for the child, and for all the
other children.
The Lord Chief Baron. having as
sumed the black cap, proceeded to
| pass sentence of death, his voice at
times fauteriug with emotion. Ad.
ufessing the prisoner, he said the pain
iuI anu terrible duty was imposed upon
nun of passing sentence of death upon
hsF. she had been convicted, after Il
diat oi nearly three days duration, hy
Il jury VINO had patiently, calmly and
deliberately investigated her case. of
the Sreate,t crime that could be com
iDIiivd tly NUNS Leimg. She UNDER
lpnA Tie ciIlfsse az that poor innocent
emu, ana wiIIle IL Was ia her care
and keeping, by the conduct she had
aI"p.c1 towards il, by shameful and
scdliaI3us neglect i'm not providing i;
with sufficient food and nntIriShmpIit.
~ Inc administration of drugs calcrI-
i.ted II pat an end to its life, and hv
iepINiBg K Oi the chance Of any Inc.Ii-
Ell attention when it most needed II.
>he hHG ucvn tie means of cOnsigninr
u u aa early and premature death.
II there wa- amy trd,h in The Stasp-
nent she hai just made, ,rr if on any
other ground she was entitled to a
mcrc;Iul consideration, she must an
ej' To OanO.ler irihunal utlcrt than tb.,t
ior he had no power TO mitigate the
sentence, nor 10 deal with her other
VIE Than the law required. He feared
IN addition to that poor child, others
had become victims t. her inIijt,uaujtv.
i our, OF at least three of them, had
"eeh done 10 death hy her. Ii was
necessary that the strong arm of lht.
N" should yindicate the Justice of the
count ~ and take up the case of ih.lSs.
poor lnhaceut children. II PANEL him
20 dd"'e-e those words to hpT-the last
-''4a'. 4i'stE III 4 CDtfrt Cf It's; lt-;A--
bit 1t remained for him TO pass the
sentence ot the Law upon her. If She
could appeal upon any ground i'm anv
nope OF relief or mitigation of puni-h-
n2ni 20 amy ether tribunal, he lra-t,.,I /
JIHt appeal would be heard. and th1f
he wo.!d receive that mercy which !
hc had no pnwCr to extend. The /
armed Judge then passed the sentence /
%. death IN the form prescribed I,v law.
adding that she would stand commit, 4
tel tn the custody of the High Sheriff I
oi Surrey, in whose jurisdiction the
crime WAS committed. and the sent
eHce would be executed; that her l,B.!v
Wauii be buried within the precincts
oi t.ie prison in which she should De
s2st confined, aud might lhe I.ugSi have
mercy upon her soul!
inc Prisoner was afterwards, asked
BY the Clerk of Arraighs if she had
anything 10 say why execution of the
sentence should be stayed. She did not
at iirSt perceive the meaning of the
question, but on its being explained To I
her privately by 4Ir. Jones, Governor of
\ NeWgate, she made sigu in the mega
tive and was removed from the bar.