, 1873-09-06
PHILADELPHIA.

Tho Uapttate starvation CnNo~.E enrRu1
Deprnvtty Ikovcn1ad on tho Trinl.
Srtc4a. D,spateh to tho Chicago Tribune.
PHILADELPHIA, sept. 5.-Tho fcariul utarTa.
tion eaBo. Which has gained groat notorioty, was
resumed before Judge Poiroo to-day. Josephine
Rowland, Sarah Daptisto, hor daughtort md
William Rowland, hcr Btop-aon, wore charged on
three counts-aeBau1t and hattory, aggravated
assault and battery, and assault aud battory with
attempt to kill Mary Rowland. Mary dopoBed
that sho waH 10 years old. Josephine was her
her brother. Hor father is doad. The family
moved into thoir present residence Immediately
aftor Christmas, aftor hor fathor diod. Tho
prisoners tied hor hnnds every night
with . ropo fassoncd to q, spike
driven In tho floor OF second story
| front room. This waH continued nightly from
Christmas till four weoks ago,whon shc escaped.
From Christmas to Easter, aB ordered by hor
| step-mothcr, her brother tied hor down nightly
and watched her by day. Ho was, II fact, hor
jailor Sarah Baptisto beat her ovory time nho got
garment nnd n thin skirt and dross, which were
mover changed Produced in court and omitted
such horrible atoneh that they wcro required
to bo removol.1 sho waa regularly
Ss'ea ahatrroan w oos sr00 sao msas ay
It'll castor, after which nhe rot but ono WAS
mover out Of the houae but onoo In four yeara.
| The door Of hor room WIS fRatenod outside with
nailoi down. Thoy Threatened to kill hor L pho
attempted to escape. Drew Ill tho nails out
of tho window with store rod, md tho 1aBt ono
with her teeth, on the night Of her escape.
| Mrs. Sailor, hcr sister, testified to Mary's conf
| ing to hor. Did not know hor; looked like o
walking. ghost.
to my house tho night she escaped. The thinga
aho Horo could not 30 called clothes, thoy were
40 fl1thy and ragged. Washed her, gave hor
| Glenn clothcB sont for hor sister, aud conveyed
tho clothes to the Central Station.
| DR.. Oreaaiok doposed; Attended Mary. Her
condition was fearful, and ale WIS much deblli-
tatcd. she had no organic or constitutional
disease. Administered medicine to check malfg-
mint diarrhoa induced by eating profusoly after
ii bSotocti7cs Wood and weyl testified to tho
horrible condition ct tho room. Found forty
nail holea in sho window, whore tho
| bad thAt tboy could not romhin in the room. On
the second visit sono ono had bosmoarod tlo
floor with whitcwasl, and said 1t occurred
/ touched.
| William Rowland tho boy as to whom the
Judge said the testimony did not support tho
charge Of attempt to kill, doposed what ho lad
| mother.
Mrs Cammor, siator Of Josephine, doposod i:
Lived in tho same house eighteen months. Took
no notice Of Mary'a appearance. Witnesses
having testified as to prisoners character for
peace and quietncss, tho case was left to tho
jury, who, aftor m absonce OF twenty minutes,
returned verdict on tho first aud acc
ond courts against the fomales, acluitting tho
boy. Tho priaonors' counsel gavo netioe Of m
intended application for new trial No son-
| tenco has been delivered yet.
Tho girl Mary presents fearfully omaciatod
and ghast1y appearance. The female prisonors
wept copiouslY when their counsel opened his
case, but it was remarked thoy never shod tear
| whilst their poor victim gave lor testimony.
| Officer Prico was romanded in $1,000 bail in
tho accidental shooting case in Seventeenth
street aud Callowhiu. Wo now riyal il We do
not eclipse New York in tho daily number Of
murders. There wore two cases laat night, a
woman n,ortally wounding her husband with a
| knife and largo stone pitcher, and tayorn-keop-
or killing colorad man by blow with door
| bar.