The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-10-05
THE COkONER'S INQUEST.

Soon after the discovery OF the body OF
poor Mary Baugh, Monday morning, and
when the first pain of the excited house
hold was somewhat abated, Coroner r.
Fitzgerald was notified Of the occurrence,
who, with Messrs Frank Metcalf, George
Hendricks, George Olmsted VIM. Downs,
Guy Morse, and VIM. White as the jury,
arrived on the scene about eleven o'clock,
and after viewing the remains and being
sworn, retired to another room to examine
witnesses, as to the cause of death.
MRS. CHARLES PFIFFERLING
was first examined and testified substan-
TALLY as follows:
The name of deceased IS Mary Baugh.
She is seventeen years of age. Has
been sick lately but do not think that her
sickness had anything to do with the act.
Her mother sent little Emma for the bank
book last night. Know that Mary worked
hard for the money that the bank books
calls for She is good seamstress. Her
mother gave her the money back IN order
| to induce her to come and live with her.
Mary wanted the money 10 educate her
little sister with. A short time ago she
told me, Aunt Mary, I've told you all my
troubles but this (meaning the money mat
teri, and I'll keep her out Of it (the money!
| if can When waited on her this morn
ing, she repeated that she would keep her
mother out of the money if she could.
That she did not want little Emma to stay
with her mother; but wanted to take her
away and send her to school. Her mother
bothered her very much for the money.
was down stairs, when the shot was fred
heard the report, but tloughtlt vas next
door, some one shooting a dog. The pistol
was always kept in the drawer in the front
room. Didn't take notice Of time when
heard the shot. About three weeks
ago her mother struck her
in the face in the street. Don'tknow what
caused her to shoot herself but am satisfied
that she did it because she was ashamed
of her mother. She threatened to drown
herself about year and q half ago, She
didn't visit her mother except when little
Emma was sick"
MR.. CHARLES PFIFFERLING
being sworn, testified: cone evening about
a year and half ago deceased came to me
and while crying bitterly, begged me to
protect her. She said Uncle Charles,
wish you would protect me- Mother made
bad proposition TO me and I told her l
would jump into the river before would
do that told her to come that as long
as | and my family had home she should
have one with US; that il had room for
ten could easily make room Tor one more.
Accordingly she came to my house and was
treated always as a member of my family
| and had all the privileges Of the house.
She was a good, hard working girl; sewed
for Mrs. Holmes, Mrs Broderick and others
| all the time kept herself and little sister
with what she earned. Her mother visited
her often during my absence. | would not
let her mother come into my house while |
| was there; short time ago when on
visit here, her mother threatened to cut her
| if she did not give up the money. Last
| night little Emma came for the bank book,
but did not get it: this morning she came
| again on visit. ! was laying IN bed,
sound asleep, because had been up late at
| night; did not hear the shot fired; my wife
burst into my room, and cried, "Come,
Charley, Mary has shot herself y Went
out and saw Mary as you saw her. Her
mother was the only cause of her death
she was we'll satisfied with her life here.
She was a good, kind Woodworking girl"
The next and by far the most important
witness was
LITTLE EMMA BAUaH,
sister of the deceased and bright little
girl of about six years Unlike the other
witnesses of her sex, she told her story
huently, without a sob; but with evident
excitment, which proved that she was aware
of the terrible solemnity of the occasion.
Little Emma said MARY is my sister. |
live at my ma; came down this morning to |
20 to school; was playing alone in the
room, where my sister was in bed sister
was in bed when | came; she got up little
while after and went into this room (mean.
ing the room in which the jury saD took
a pistol from that drawer pointing to a
small drawer in the right end of bureau |