Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-05-02
TTfai for Chiid Murder.

BABY LEFT IN A CELLAR.
To-day, IN The Criminal Court. Judge
Macarthur, the case of Emma Williams
,uICred. charged with murder, IN having, on
ihe stb 81 January last, ive1 birth to an In
taDt. which She took 90 a cellar. concealed
ard deserted to die Of neglect, was called
District Attorney Wells for the government
fence.
Tire following jurors were empsnnelIed:
Henry NaylOr, James a. Loveless, A. 8.
SOl0mOns, ThOs. ABBOTT, JOS. +. Lucas, Jno
II. Ferguson, F. W. Pratt, 8. John Thomp-
eou, b. III. StinemetZ, John Il. Hammond,
sr Edward y. WEIGH.
Inc government, in opening, said they pro-
posed 10 prove that the accused gave birth
to child at the time named, and placed IL
in an ash heap in a cellar of house on 18th
street, near Pennsylvania avenue, and there
lett il 10 die. The defence claimed that the
act being one committed through ignorance,
was an act OF excusable homicide.
The first witness was Isaac Tdybert, n col
oTed boy, who testified that he and another
party were called 20 clean out cellar, and
while there the cries Of a child were heard
hy his companion, and they <Ound the babe
behind a pile OF lumber, with nothing on it
!S,TgeGra DinsnloTe testified that he went to
the house after selDg the child, and found
the woman in the attic Of4ll 18th street. and
quest oBiu g her as % why she had placed the
Child there. she said she thought IL was dead.
The child was alive when witness left the
sta tioa 81 SIX O'Clock.
90 cross-examinatiOu witness said the
woman stated that If the ell was alive aud
was brought back she would take care of il.
Er McBlair attended the child attbe static a.
C95Cer HdrlOICe testified that the child was
sent TO its mother that evening, but about II
O'Clock ii was dead and was bTOugh back TO
the station. TIE womans mother, Mary
Williams, took the child back to the mother.
hCTU v. UULdlGS testified that she was the
mother Of the accused, and lived IN Alexan-
dri9, and was sent for because her daughter
was sick; heard that the child had been found
and went down 10 the station, where she at
tended 10 the child, making u some catnlp
tea. On cross examination witness said that
the accused told her that she went 10 the
cellar to get a bucket OF coal, ana there the
child was born, and she thought 10 was dead
Witness further testified that the accused
did not have real hard sense, and was Eighty
in her mind, AID was now only ~ years
Of age.
Dr.. HC1iiQdl testified that he examined The
body on the day following, and found some
marks of violence on IL; death was caused
oy loss of blood aud possibly exposure
result Of neglect.
DR.. J. II. Ne t,ar testified that the imme-
date cause of death was exposure.
For the defence, Mrs. ". ". Ripy testified
that the accused had lived with her ABOUT
ed girl, very devoted to her mother; recol
lects that the day before the occurrence
Emma had a fall.
NT. ". ". Hing testified 10 the good char
acter Of the accused.
The case was argued by counsel, and the
jury having been charged. retired about 12;45
o'clock, and returned in abOu an hour with
verdict OF manslaughter, with a recommen-
dalton TO the mercy of the court.