Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1876-11-30
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4he trial of Hiram Doolfs "a,
,BoCrs for fhe murder of tFaha Aifeis
mate child on August "a last a;liieg4u- 9
ing The attention of the Suprenfeupy-
10 y ia session here, aud will p}olTt. 1 j
last q portion of next week, bagIngssy / i
opened on Tuesday, Nov. 81. FSsel ]
the evidence brought forward to eate'
the facts of the case. may he sa1sTT-uu
up IS follows: Miss B0orn has been .liv-
ing with DGolittle in the capacity OF
housekeeper ror the past four years, BIZ
ing alone with him q good share OF the
time. On the morning of August a,
finding that she wRH about to become q
mother, she hurried over TO the house OF
MIR. E. II. Sawtelle, q distance of oyer
a half-mile tthis being in the town of
Hinsdale), and arousing Mrs. Sawtelle,
| it being between and o'clock in the
morning. She was helped into the
house aud into the bed just vacated by
Mrs. Sawtelle, where she was delivered
of a healthy female child. Mrs. Saw
telle, being an experienced midwife,
cared for the mother and child in a
proper manner, at the same time send
ing for DR., Dix, who came and pro-
nouneed both mother and child out of
danger, and left. Soon after the doctor
left, Dooiittle came and was shown the
baby, when he exclaimed, 'sNhy in
hell didn't the doctor take care of iti
Doolittle then went into the room
where the mother and child lay on the
bed, the latter sleeping quietly, shut the
door and was in there nearly a half
hour with them, when he came out.
Mrs. Sawtelle, who in the meantime had
been busy about the house, then went
into the room, and found the babe lying
on its face, with. a handkerchief tied
tightly abont it's head, and she said,
"Why, Nellie, what have you
. been doing to the baby p Mel
lie replied, s'He has tied hand
kerehief about its head, and 1t is
dead. Mrs. Sawteil looseaed the hand.
kerchief IS soon as possible, and tried to
resuscisate the babe, but it was too late,
the last spark of life, had fled. The
babe was then put into salt box, after
being wrapped in the handkerchief and
in another cloth, takento the woods and
buried. Mrs. Sawtelle consulted with
her husband Ia regard to making the
matter known to the authorities, and af-
ter ten or twelve days had passed, Hiram
Doolittle and Ellen A. B0orn were ar
rested on charge of infantcide. They
had a preliminary trial before a Justice
of the peace at Winchester, and were
committed to the jail. at Keene, Sept. 5,
to await their trial by the supreme
court A photograph of the dead Ichild
was shown in court, said photograph
having been taken after the body was
discovered in the woods and exhumed
by DR.. Pierce, the justice before whom
the case was tried at Winchester. DR..
Pierce testified that he, having practiced
surgery since 1855, and being q compe-
tent physician, examined the child to
see whether it had been alive or dead,
and from the fact of the lungs having
been inflated, he was satisfied that the
child was born alive, and was as liable
to live as ordinary children, with proper
care. A great deal of interest has been
excited by the case, and the court house
is crowded every day by people eager to
hear the evidence, the gallery being filled
with ladies. Miss Boorn is q neiee of
the old man Perry, who was murdered
ia the town of Swanzey, last June, and
it Is thought Doolittie may not, be en-
tlrely ignorant as to who committed that
crime, which still lays shrouded ia mys-
terry, and which. may be. revealed by
some OF the evidence brought forward in
this case. ss...,-- 49, o. f. b.
Keene, Nov. "a "