The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-24
our BEILAIRE LOCALS.
Seduction and Infanticide-The
Old, Old story. M

OLd, Olu story.
Yesterday morning between nine and
ten o'clock Mary McMannis, an Irish
girl tWenty.one years Of age, was arrested
and confined in the city jail on the charge
Of infanticide. The particulars as OBJ
tanned by our reporter are as follows !:
The child was Born at half.paSt six
o'clock on Tuesday evening. The girl,
for the purpose OF concealing her dis.
grace, strangled the infant with band OF
calico, and, wrapping II in her apron, hid
itin abarrel in the house, The umbilical
cord she cut with pair Of shears which
she threw in thestove. There was to be
dance at her fathers house the same
night, and the girl attended and danced
iii nearly morning. After the crowd had
left the house she took the body OF the
child and threw IL in the priyy vault. A
woman named Mrs. Cannon saw thu, girl
washing in the morning, and, suspecting
from certain stains on her clothing that
something was wrong, abe pressed her
until she made clean confession:
The girl was arrested, and County
Coroner Garrett notified. He impaneled
a Jury, and an inquest was held. The
following Is condensation OF some OF the
testimony.
MIS-. Cannon testified: Know Mary
McMannis. Last saw her about $3.50 this
morning, She was ut the wash boiler on
her own stove. knew something was
wrong by the stains on her clothes. l
asked her what was the matter with her.
She said nothing was the matter. Isaid
"Mary, there Is something the matter
with you, and you cannot deny it." She
then began to ,cry, and said shs wished
she was dead. / asked her to tell me
what was the matter. She said she had a
child. asked her where 1t was, and she
said she had thrown 1t in the priyy vault
I asked II It was alive when born, and
she told me It was, but that II did not
cry. She said she had choked it to death
with q string, and begged me Tor Gods
sake not to tell on her.
Mrs. Kate earn testified to the same
effect. She also testified that the girl
had told her that she had hid the body Of
the child in the barrel, alter wrapping II
In her apron, until the crowd was gone
and then threw IL into the priyy yault.
DR.. G. T. Kurz and DR.. L. ]. Baker
presented their opinions in writing
Their testimony was that they found q
strip Of calico about forty inches In
length about the neck Of the infant
They examined the body, and found that
It had been born alive, and that its death
had doubtless been caused by strangula'
, ton by the cordlabout its throat. :.
The jury, consisting Of Geo. Criswell
Edwin Owen, Geo. D. Callen, John Q
Hoier, Balzer Strobe and Uriah Ven.
ming, returned verdict in accordance
with the above facts. A preliminary ex
, animation was begun before Mayor
strahl, but the result had not transpired
. at this writing. s..
In an interview with our reporter the
girl stated that one Thomas Cain, o glass
blower, was the father Of the child, ant
that he had accomplished her ruin by
promising to marry her. Being asked
why she had not compelled him to keel
his promise, she said that ii he didn'
want to marry her she didn't want him to
LocA1a.-A drunken fellow living gu
MacMahon's creek, named Charles Bo
mar, was arrested on. Tuesday evening TO
stealing a revolver from Nelson's hard
ware store. He gave up the revolver
: was fined and released. The reyolye
. was pocketed while he was examining tn
| merchants stock.
!. Rev. james Thoburn returned to thl
, city yesterday morning after visit to va
rious camp. meetings in Ohio. He vii
leave for the meeting at Moundsville thi
0 evening.
) Mrs. Hess had house warming in he
Q new business block on Union street, Tues
8 day night. Heatherington's band furn
J, ished the music.
j. Sheriff Cochran served official docu
r ments on many Of our citizens yesterday
j. DR.. Ney, Of Moundsyille, formerly o
! Bellaire, was in the city yesterday Of
a business.
o "Muldoon, the solid man." or some 9th
er Muldoon, got on high Tuesday ant
was grabbed by the officers. Two dollar
u and costs.