The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-23
INFANTICIDE.
now A YOUNG WOMAN HERSELF DIS
CLOSED HER CRIME.

| Yesterday, In little cottage located on
Carondelet street, near First, the police atl-
thorities brought TO light case OF the killing
of child which, from the surrounding cir
cumstances, lead them to believe that the
child was murdered by Its mother.
The discovery OF the murder was brought
about In most singular manner. In this
little cottage, In the capacity of q servant,
resided Gussie Fargot. Yesterday morning
she took colored man into her confidence
and sent the following note to Andrew Leitz
Jr, an undertaken, doing business on Maya
zine street, near Jackson:
"Pleas bring me coffen for a leattel babay
O wick old Pleas com ameduntly for sche .daid
this morning at clok.
JENNA VULCAN"
The above bad orthography, sent In the
shape Of note. by the negro, and signed
"yenna Wilgam," brought the undertaken
Gussie Fargot.
She showed him the body Of the child and
informed him that she wanted him to take
the cfIttd from the house and bury It. The
undertaken asked her for doctors certifi-
cate. She said that
SHE HAD NONE
He then asked her II the coroner had been
there. Gussie replied, mo-" and continued
by asking the undertaken If he would not
take tho child and bury 1t without letting the
coroner know anything about it.
The undertaken after informing her that he
would not under any circumstance do such a
thing, left the house and meeting the officer
on the beat, informed him that child was
dead at the house No. - Carondeet street,
and that he thought there was something
crooked about the affair.
The officer upon deriving this information
gave the facts to Corporal O'Neil who started
Immediately for the house. The. corporal
upon arriving at the cottage was shown into
little back room. He says upon entering the
room he saw little table covered with white,
on which lay the body of a female baby APP
parently about eight days old. The corpse
was dressed in q white dress, the hands care
fully folded over its little breast and In them
q bunch of flowers.
In the room he also saw the young woman,
Gussie Fargot,. who appeared very uneasy,
whether from fright or sympathy, he knew
not. After examining the child and finding a
cut on its head, he felt there was some mys-
terry about the affair, and after speaking to
the young woman, who appeared to be the
only mourner, the following dialogue en-
sued
Corporal-How came this child here?
Gussie-I found 1t on the banquette this
morning dead and brought 1t In here.
COrporal-DOe5 the madam OF this house
know that this child is In here2
Gussie-No; the family spent the night out
and had not come home when / found the
child.
Corporal feeling satisfied that the young
woman was not speaking the truth and that
she was the mother,l said-You take quite an
Int for txrI,k ,ctisxa Ixy
found the dead body of
AN UNKNOWN CHILD
lying on the banquette. After this question the
young woman choked up, and either could
not or would not answer further questions.
The corporal then placed an officer In charge
OF the girl and then went In search OF the
lady Of the house who, upon being seen, was
surprised at the information that there was
baby in the house,
The young woman, Gussie, was then called
In the parlor, and in the presence Of her mis- |
tress and the corporal, acknowledged that she !
was the mother OF the child and that it was
born that morning at o'clock, and al |
though unable TO account for the chld's DEATH |
denied having killed It. The |
corporal then put the mother under arrest, |
and together with the body of the child, had |
them conveyed TO the Sixth Precinct station. |
1t was subsequently ascertained that the |
woman who did the washing for the house
was acquainted with some Of the fact Ia |
the case This woman was found, and when |
said that Gusse Fargot gave
birth 70 the child at 5 O'Clock SATURDAY |
morning. the fifteenth instant and on the
Sunday following she saw the child alive
and healthy, that she called on
the Mayor to see II the child
could not be placed in an asylum.
The mother Of the child at first denied the
statement made by the wasberwoman, but |
afterwards acknowledged 1t was true.
The mistress OF the house states that she
was utterly ignorant Of the birth OF the
child, and that ON the morning of the fifteenth
instant the girl Gusse cooked their break
fast, and also their dinner, and that she has
been working ever since, and was never laid
up an hour In bed.
City Physician Chastant, In presence OF
Coroner Marley and his jury OF Inquest, held
an autopsy, and the child's death was found
to have been caused by compression OF the
brain from the effects Of blow or a fall AS
soon as the autopsy was made Corporal
O'Neil charged the mother, Gussie Fargot,
from information received, with the murder
Of her child.
1t being discovered that the prisoner was
too weak to be incarcerated, she was removed
to the Charity Hospital, and an officer placed
In charge OF her