The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-03-15

dead when first saw it; cannot see
any reason why the child should not
have been living when it was born; dur
ing the conversation | had with the
mother OF the child she told me that the
child was dead when it was born; she
said shat she did not use any violence on
the child; she said she dreaded having
been pregnant; she said there was
nothing amiss with her. The cord was
severed when / first saw the child, but
was not tied. 1t must have been severed
by tearing. 1t is possible that the child
might have bled to death on account OF
the cord not having been tied. The child
was covered with dress skirt, which
was saturated with blood. cannot say
whether the skirt was worn by the moth
er of the child at the time of its birth.
MRS. Masters. here spoke up and said it
was not; that It was hanging on the wall
at the time the child was born l have
no evidence that would lead me to be-
lleve that the death Of the child
was produced by strangulation; l
think the loss Of the amount OF
blood that is on the skirt is sufficient to
nave caused the death OF the child. l
do not think that that amount OF blood
would issue from a still-borh child.
Dr. Satterthwait sworn Il first saw
the child about o'clock P. N, in the
presence of the jury. The child was not
living when l first saw it. l fail to dis
cover any reason why the child should
not have been living when born.
The rest Of DIR. Satterthwait's testi-
monv was substantially the same as that
of DR.. Grsfton's, as above stated, only
be said that it was his opinion that the
death of the child was produced by
hemorrhage This is all the testimony
that was given at the inquest, and after
a few moments deliberatlen the jury re-
tIrned the following verdict:
I'VE, the undersigned jurors, empan-
nelled and sworn on the 18th day OF
March, 1876, at the township Of Putt
ney. in the county of Belmont and State
of Ohio, by Thomat Garrett, coroner in
and or Belmont county, To enquire and
make a true presentment of In what
manner and by whom the infant
child of Dora Sykes, whose body
was found at Nathan Mas
ters', Pultney township, Belmont county
Ohio, on the 18th of March, 1876, come
to its death. After having heard the
evidence and examined said body we
find that the deceased came to its death
through neglect on the part Of its mother,
Dcra Sykes.
[Signedl Jacob Rodefer, A. w. Shep-
perd, Jacob Long, Rector johnson,
Michael Dean, John Gitfin.
Thore is no suspicion, we believe, that
Dora Syke. willtully illtreated her child,
but it is thought that ignorance and u
feeling Of shame was the cause OF the
sad affair. We do not know that the
case will be Investigated any further.
REV. WEIR, of Martins Ferry, will
occupy the pulpit of Rev. r. G.. Wallace,
of this city, in the W. p. Church, on
Guernsey street, tonight and tomorrow
night. On Friday night and Saturday
.. p. NJ, Rev Marcus Ormond,
of West Alexander, will preach in that
church. All are invited to attend.
THE Baron Manufacturing Company
are now running their works in this city
all the time night and day, stopping but
forty minutes out of every twenty-four
hours, for the purpose of oiing their ma
chinery