The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-04
FIRST EDITION
INFANTICIDE.

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The Chicago Republican of Saturday last has
the following:-
On Thursday morning last, about o'clock,
Officer Thomas, of the Second district, was ac-
costed by young woman, who said she had the
night before arrived in this city from Washing
ton, Mo-, and being without friends or money,
wished him to take her where she could remain
till she found employment. The officer took
her to his own house, and noticed that day
large, heavy bundle, which she said contained
her clothes.
The officer opened it, and in the centre of
lot of clothing found the body of large and
perfectly developed female infant The girl
pretended great astonishment at the contents OF
the bundle and said girl living in the same
house with her at Washington had done 1t up
for her. She said she never saw the baby
before, and denied that 1t was hers. The Off
GERS at once took her in custody, and carried
her and the child to the police station, where
the Coroner was sent for and upon his arrival,
discovered cord wrapped twice around the
infants throat and so tightly drawn as to sink
almost out of sight in the flesh.
THE MOTHER
was locked up to await the result of the inquest
held yesterday. She is seventeen or eighteen
years of age, large and well formed, and not bad
looking. Her face, however, has no expression
of refinement, and her whole appearance is more
animal than Intellectual. She cried while in the
calaboose night before last but did not appear
to feel clearly the terrible position in which
her own act had placed her. After the inquest
yesterday she gave the name of the father as
William Cordsr, and stated that he is miner
working on the Iron Mountain Railroad that he
did not promise her marriage, but that she
wanted him arrested in order TO make him pay
her expenses.
Miriam A. Thomas testifed-I live at No. 1919
Linden street, yesterday morning the girl Mary
Reilly came to our house; we were in need of a
girl and thought we would keep her, If she
suited us; she said she had just come from the
country; she was very weak when she came and
undertook to wash the dishes, but had to give it
up and sit down; she walked, however, after
wards to the house with me, distance of about
ten squares; this was between 10 o'clock and
noon; we uRloaded the things, and she took my
baby right away.
Her bundle was put upon box from which
picked it up to put it into another box; it
struck me that the bundle was very heavy for
its size, so l put my hands under 1t; tried to
work my hand into it to find out what was in it,
and felt something that l suppose was the hair
of the child at least | felt the child's head; L
then called my husband and he took the bundle
into another room while l went into the room
where the girl was; my husband satisfied him
self that the bundle contained the body of
child, went out and called two policemen who
examined the bundle in the kitchen and then
came in the room where the girl was and began
talking to her; they asked her If it was her
bundle, and she said yes, suppose SO, have a
bundle in there's they then asked her who did
up the bundle, and she said her mother and a
young girl living with her mother; this was all
she said when they asked her whose baby it
was, she said she did not know anything about
a baby, did not know there was a baby in the
bundle, her mother and girl who stopped there
did it up; she did not seem to be uneasy about
it, and it was thrown around, put on the wagon,
and taken off again.
The jury then retired, and after deliberation,
brought in the following
VERDICT.
The female infant died from the effects OF
strangulation by strip of linen tied around its
neck by some person. and the jury are of the
opinion that one Mary Reilly is the mother oi
the child, and caused its death by strangulation
on or about the 28th day of March, 1870.
The girl will probably be sent to the hospital
until sufficiently strong to undergo preliminary
examination before the courts.