The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-07-16
CHILD MURDER.
Inquest Held This Morning

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Agnes Barker, a young woman about
eighteen years old, who was servant
girl in the family Of r. s. Barnes, who
does business al 800 West Sixth street,
gave birth to female child Saturday
night.
10 hide her shame she threw the In.
fant into the vault, where 1T was suffo.
Gated. DR.. Maley was called in and the
girl at first denied knowing nything
about the child. Finally she acknow |.
edged that she had thrown the babe,
which was healthy, finely -iormed and
llvlng child, into the vault. The father
OF the child was one Arthur Woods.
Coroner Stitch was notified.
An inquest was held this morning, and
the following facts were developers:
The first witness called was w. G.
Kelly, of 29O George street, who deposed
as follows: Tne mother OF the child live d
at my house about year and halt ago
She went by the name OF Agnes Barclay
she went from our house to Mr.. Barnes
l don't know whether it is the same
party or not.
Mrs. l.. G. Kelly, wife Of the previou
witness, merely corroborated the tes ii.
mony gwen by him.
Of1cer Danl. Gorrien, of No. 100 W ater
street, who runs the beat where the
child was found, testified that ne was
called upon by Mr.. Barnes, who sa.d
that some blood was noticed around
the privy door, and that the strange
conduct of their servant girl led him to
believe that something was wrong. He
went to the place, and, with the aid of a
candle, examined the vault and discov-
cred the body of child, which he
brought up by an ice.hook attached to a
line. l never saw the woman before
this happened. From the appearance
Of the vault think there are some bed
clothes down there.
Mrs. Anna Barnes, of No. $50 West
Sixth street, testified as follows: The
girl complained all day Saturday OF feel
lug badly, but as she mad com planned
the same way before L thought nothing
OF 1T. Her name is Agnes Barker. She
has been with me Tor the last nine
months, coming from the family of Mr..
Kelly. Towards the evening of Satur-
day she appeared TO get worse, and
worked none alter O'clock. She COM
planned OF cramps. At halt-past 10
O'Clock she went to her room. She said
she was often troubled with cramps. /
found her lying on the floor; she asked
me TO make mustard plaster, which |
did. Sue refused to have doctor. mad
suspicion Of wnat the real trouble was
She had gentleman company to some
extent. Peter Carp, a foundry man,
used to oUme and see her occaslonally.
His first visit was made six months ago.
There WAS no one visited her last Satur-
day night, to my knowledge. There was
Mas DO physician called in until yester-
day morning, wnen my husband went
IN
gave birth to Child until after it was
found. After it was found she did not
say anything to me about it-not until
alter DR.. Maley had been there. My
husband and the policeman found the
child between ~ and II o'clock yester-
day morning. Sue tolu me tnat she tried
TO call me when the child was being
born, but she could not make me hear.
Mr.. IL. 5. Barnes, husband of the pre-
vious witness, testified that he saw
Agnes lying on the Il or OF her room,
and, being questioned by him, replied
that she hau cramps. Had no idea what
was the matter.
Mrs. Lucy Schafer, of 800 West Sixth
street, testified, but her testimony
threw no additional light upon the sub
Ject. MIR. B. f. Shott, Thomas Carey,
Peter Carp, Al. Humphreys, Mrs. Ly dia
IA IA oy > DoIn SlTetI anu MOSS MARKS
were seyerally examined, but their tes.
tlmony was oil no material Importance,
THE Posi- MoRrEM
submitted by Dr. +. y. Maley is as fol.
lows:
"CINCINNATI, July 16, 1877.
"Ferdinand Stitch, NJ. d., coroner hamilton
County,, ..
"oIK-ln accordance with your in
structlons made post mortem exam
lnatlon ot female child found at No.
56O West S.XCn street, July Is, 1877.
1 found the body fully developed,
we'll nourished, ana at Iull term OF ges-
tation. Weight, seven pounds: length
OF body, twenty inches. There were no
marks ur discolorations Oh the surface
ol The body that would indicate yio-
lence. On opening the cnest found
the lungs Of u bright piukisn color and
healthy; subjected them to the usual
tests; all the organs in u healthy condi-
lion. l therefore unhesiLatingIy declare
that tue child respired alter its birth
and lived tor sever al minutes.
Up. +. MALEY, NJ, D,v
At the conclusion of the estlmony the
jary retired, ana alter a lew minutes de-
observation-disclosures verdict of ..lnfan-