Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-19
NEW YORK.
4 Horrible Charge. Is1rue.

' NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.-An the children, twenty-two in number, from the institution ! called the ''Shepherds' Fold" were before court yesterday, on a charge by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, | that they are half starved, have improper and insufficient food and no medical attendance. and the place in which they are kept is filthy, etc. The warrant states all the imaterial facts going to show that the Shepherds Fold had no servants or attendants of any kind; that the children were compelled to perform all the domestic and manual labor of the house. hold; that the ordinary rules of cleanIin ess were neglected; that the children were in a filthy condition; that they failed to receive proper instruction or medical attendance; that there was no place to care for them when sick; that they were not furnished with proper food, but only with such as was unfit and that was calculated to produce sickness was that on December 26 Louis Victor was on the point of starvation, when he was placed by the society in charge of St. Luke's Hospital, where he is now very slowly recovering from his enforced privation. Testimony was taken, witnesses being called from among the employees of the institution and relatives of the children to substantiate the charges of the society. For some time two rival factions have been struggling to se- cure control of the Shepherds Fold, and &C., cording to verdict given in January last by Judge Landon the following have had charge of affairs: M. F. Edson, president; George Haughton, treasurer; Edward Cowley, secre- tary, and other officers are Rev. Dr. Rowland, Charles Cowlsy. William R. Gardner, Mrs. Spencer, Mrs. Cowley, Mrs. o. s. Thomas, Miss Geohegan and John J. Thomas. No counsel appeared in court for the Shepherds Fnl5 and ho iu5no rouoondad ha childray, fr the care of the anti Cruelty Society.
 End of Life of shamc--Murder and
 Suicide.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 1S.-A death attended by many mysteries occurred at Ill Prince street some time In the course of Friday night. The house is disreputable one. Among its inmates was young woman who was known as Annie Martin. She was found dead on her bed yesterday morning under circum- stances that leave it yet undetermined wheth- CT she committed suicide or was murdered She was seen alive shortly after midnight when she left word with the keeper of the place. that she expected visitor. No man WAS seen about the place during the night. The girl retired to her room about 124 o'clock, and the inmates of the house say that they heard no outcry nor any other noise in the night The persons known to have been in the house are Blanche Schmidt, an invalid, and her husband, August Schmidt, who slept in the back room in the first story, and the cook, Rosa Schneider, who slept in the basement. The dead woman's custom was to have her hair dressed at about 10 8. m., and at that hour yesterday Bertha Levy went to the house to perform her accustomed ser- vice. She found the door locked. After vain efforts to get the door open, word was sent to the Prince street police station that there was some mystery about the closed doors, and Policeman Sweeney was sent to see what it was. Upon arriving at the house ir was decided to force 8 door at the rear of the room, against which the girls bed stood. On forcing the door they found the dead body of the girl lying diagonally on the bed, nearly nude, with two gashes in the forehead and a blood-stained pillowcase tightly around the neck. The right bent toward the body, and the hands were partly closed The end of the pillowcase nearest the left hand was torn. The pillow from which the case had been taken was smeared with blood, and it lay at the foot of the bed. The bed clothing was bloody. Doath NnaQ occurred some hours proVlOusly, AS rigor mortis had set in. The washstand had on it basin partly filled with water, discolored by blood, and towel with blood on it. At first sight it appeared that the girl had committed suicide. No possible motive for murdering her could be conjec- tured. She was not known to have an en- emy or to have had any immediate quarrel with any one. The motive could not have been robbery, for she had on, when she was found, diamond ring, said to be worth $11O. gold ring, and earring. Blanche she had loaned it to the girl. Opposed to the theory of suicide was the fact that the key to the door leading to the hall was not found, and it was not certain whether she had locked herself in or had been locked in by another person. The affair is still wrapped in mystery, and nothing leading to 8 clue has yet been discovered.