The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-01-18
SUPPOSED INFANTICIDE.

Corouer's Inauest ON the Body OF the Infant
Fonna In tne BaiiimOre pepot.
The Inquest in the case OF the infant found day
before yesterday in the sink Of the ladies' waiting
room at the Baltimore depot, was commenced at
Morgue Noble aud Beach streets. The inquest was
TO have been ned at noon yesterday, but was post
poned, all save the examination OF Or. ShapleIgh,
on account OF the absence OF the prisoner, woman
who had been in the waiting room a few minutes
previous TO the discovery OF the body who is sup
posed to be the person who put the child
where It was found, but not the mother.
The following testimony was elected -
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she having been pointed out to him by some chill
dren as the one who had left the child in the sink
which they had Just discovered.
George W. z. Gusts [coored hackman) sworn
Testified that Miss CoDuen asked the way to the
ladies' sitting room, which he directed her to; did
not see any bundle in her hand or under her arm;
saw her afterwards in the custody OF the ofncer
Clara Bennett aged 1tteen sworn1Tessifed tnaS
and stopped in the depol to get warm Miss Oonuell
came IN aud sat beside witness and asked II there
closet and stayed there about five minutes; when
she came out witness went into the closet win a
friend named Mary Hughes witness went into one
closet and Mary Hughes into ano ther; Mary Hughes
found the bundle, there was another person ia the
closet liking her hair before Miss Connell went in,
hut she was in the depot when the arrest was made
she was waiting for the O'Clock train; was never
at the depot before.
bundle; did not open 1t at first, but told lady in
the waiting room miss Sherry; thought it was .
DbDJ was uSN6T at buS utpOb
before.
Eliza Sherry sworn-Testined that she was sitting
in the depot reading when the girl Clara Bennett
calling herself then Annie Jordon told me there
bundle in the closet the other girl, Mary
Hughes, calling herself then Susie Martha, had
found It; Mary Hughes ran after woman who had
just gone out and said that she had left the child
spoke to the woman, who appeared to be under
the influence OF liquor the woman said that she
did not leave the child and that she had grown-up
children OF her own.
Clara Bennett, recalled, said that she did not give
her right name to Miss sherry because she was
afraid that they would put the names in the papers
MRS. Mary Hughes afirmed-Testiied that her
daughter Mary told her the particular OF the finding
Of the child. The story agreed with the testimony
OF the daughter. The daughter went out to work
in the morning, but said that there was no work,
they walked to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum; did not
know they were not at work until they came home
about O'Clock in the afternoon.
At the close Of the testimony the prisoner was dis
charged, but the girls Clara Bennett and Mary
Hughes were held TO appear as witnesses when
wanted.
DR.. Shapeigh testified yesterday to having made
q postmortem examination of the body. The child
had been born alive, but had been strangled with its
own umbilical cord.
The verdict was not arrived at by the jury, and a
further examination will take place as soon fur
ther facts are develOped,