The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-01-25
Eaten by Dogs
A CHILD GET UroN BY SCORE OF DOCS AND
TORN TO PIECES AFTER HAVING
BRHN ABANDONED.
The Philadelphia Times Of Saturday tells
q mort reYuliing story. us follows:

The Philadelphia Times Of Saturday tells
q mos, revolving story, us follows:
The marshes of Cooper's creek. which winds
Cay gave up a story of singulsrly revolving
nature. Eae: Camden is an uHiTuportant viii
lnpe and though within the corpoi ate limits of
the city over the river is ra rely looked after by
the police. Ii is made OF rm-houses AMI scat
rering teneIneuts stretched along Market stt eet,
but atove aud below. the creek, are several
large factories. Near one uf these, occupied
by a connauy who prepare fnids fir yarnisb-
ing. lives a ahorinU man named James Shpri-
dan. When Mrs. Sheridan arose on THURSDAY
Iporpjny she saw throiIe n "A w indow that Ioos "a
towards II marsh, a numticr OF dogs gathered
around some object. Later she heard the duoe
grow ling fierceiy as though fghtinr over what
she nt frat supposed II bone. Looking out
again Mrs. Sheridan noticed that the mum her
OF dog = had Increased To ten or twelve So sb.
armed herecIf with club, and about six o'cIock
e'arted out 10 drive the hruteS away. Most of
the dogs skunk of as she npprcrched but three
OF the largest stood over the object an showed
their teeth. Mrs. sheridan was near enough
to see what she Thought vast head nf Il child,
but though resoiute made several wary move
ments before the nerce animals could tie fright
ened.
however. all three scampered away. with hloou
on fhsir chops. Mrs. Sh,rid In VS. stricken
with horror to fiud that the uOxs bad i,.. T,
NJ htiEg over he dead body of all IN at, at Mt
three years old. Both legs had been eaten m
up 10 the knees and the scalp torn from th,
head. BOlh arms were bare ut flesh, the rntra 10
were protrudinx, and iuprtnts of the cuts'
boiy.s Pieces of flesh were found lying on the
ground, where they had been drnpprI by the
II was pain that the mutinted body hal b, e:I
dragged considerable distance during the
night. Mrs. Sheridan gathered up the T mains
aud took Them to her house. When her hu--
band returned IN the evening ne cominu iica ed
Lhc strange discovery To Corn"uer Rob, 3.
Yesterday morning tue Con ouer transferred
the remains to his office, ON Nnrth Third street
inrn were admitted. The Coroner gives il rs
his opinion that the child II boy was abandon
ed. hiie alive, among the reeds along the
creek. and that the dogs found it when it was
too weak TO offer resistance.
What was left OF the body showed, upon med
ica! examination, that al the time oi its supDot-
rd abandonment the in fautwHs in robust health
The limbs were large Hnd the face round. AS
no missing child has been reported 1t he City
Hall or several weeks, and as Inquiry throig
out East Camden yesterday Cliied TO throw uny
light upon the case, tue police also conclude
that the toy was left on the bar ks OF the creek
hy some person desirous OF being rid of him
Coroner Roberts gave the case into the hands
of special officers but at a lnte hour Isst ever.
ing Il ey were unable To report that anything
like dcrinit" clue had been obtaine1. An ole
lady, residing near COopers creek bridge, said
last evening that Just after sundown on Wed
nrsday she saw middle aged man standing on
the hridRe, tie had n child, apparently about
nve years old, In his arms. 1t was crying. and
after looking over towards bone mill. which
stands near the Amb1y tracke of the PennsyI-
vania Railroad, the man passed un, going wcst-
ward III the direction OF Camden. She could
that he wore FUR cap aud a de erk- brown over
coat buttoned up to the chin.
The Times of Tuesday says that Abigail
Todd, the mother Of the unfortunate babe
above referred to. who was subsequently
arrested, has made a statement that the
child was still-born on Monday Of last
week, AMI that she put it in a bucket and
threw 1t in The marsh near where i; was
found. She bas been separated from her
husband Tor two years, and IL now in a
critical state of health. Death from i'm
proper delivery, caused by The mothers
desire to conceal her shame, was the YER
dict OF the coronsr's jury.