The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-09
mURDzRzD a HELPLESS BABE
Charles Mitchell Awaiting Trial for
Brutal Crime

Charles Hitchsu Awaiting Trial for e
Brutal Crime
fever adsed deserved tie nans Of diaool-
iczl It r that q Cnaries Aiscaeu. who took
tbs life q nsw-born infant ThurSday
nornizg, II a nos. brutal manner. 3. his
hone, o. the Mlddle Ground road, five raiIsz
iron the city.
Tie erims was trough: 20 TIE attention
II Coroner Dixon, who he'd al inq1es.
on ths child e. Justice NGgShtin's ohcs.
Mitchell YVES srTested IA the city yestsr-
day soon after the fsctE we're known, hay
f3g come into town 70 do nz marketing.
1bs details # the cTiass as developed be-
fore the corOners jury are q nost revolt
ing nature. Mitchell rs lived On the asddle
Ground road Tor some time with hls wife
AID family. lie married his wife about six
year, ago, and mas tSc step daughters who
20 BIZ rs Names Of Olive Stesls and Eliza
Brlusou, the latter being about - years Of
age. according 70 tie testimony before the
tOroneEs .aTy.
thursday morning this girl gave birth 10
3 male child No midwife ATTENDED her,
and tce women who were Ia the house al
the time testified a. the inquest that
l4itcheI would net allow any Of them 70
wait upon her and attended upon her him.
self. After the child was born 1t lay upon
the foor upon its face for long tins.
Mitchell acted as ohstetriciau, with the evil
dent intention Of causing the childis death.
and tEsl deliberately laid it on tie table 70
blesd 70 death. After the child died
Mitchell placed It in cheese box and
buried It IN the garden in front Of the
house 80 physician was called. and the
R1rl mother received little attention except
that bestowed upon hsr By Miuchell.
The three Witnesses before the coroner'g
- GFE va r1rr NJ Ri.
son, motner Of the child, Louisa Bush, a
young colored girl, and Silia Mcleod, an
old woman. The woman testified 70 seeing
Mitchells deed and 70 his heartless conduct
during the girls sickness. Olive Steele was
the principal witness in the case. She testified
that her mother had said that Mitchell was
the father Of her child, and that her mother
said sns had known Of the relations between
Mitchell aud her daughter, but could do
nothing TO prevent IL. The mother of the
CHILD ss unable 20 be out.
The jury reached verdict very quickly.
which was that the child came TO its death
ct the hezds Of Charles Mitchell. and that
they considered it murder
A negro gave Justice Naughtin fnforma-
ton as 70 Mitchelrs whereabouts in the city
yesterday morning. A warrant was sworn
cut against him, and he was arrested and
taken TO Justice Naughtins Office When
he learned that he would DO sent 70 Jail
upon a cLaTSc OF murder ne became deg
perate. and resisted Detective Wetherhorn
when be put the handouts upon him.
A MORNING NEWS reporter saw Mitchell
In the jail. Mitchell is ginger cake negro
Of medium hight. with fairly good features.
and is about % years old. He says he was
born III Richmond, Va, spent good por-
ton Of his life in New York state and came
to Savannah six years ago. He married
his present wife about a year after his
arrival here.
He emphatically denied the charges made
against him, and said that they were I'M
true. In explanation or them he declared
most positively that the child was dead wnen
born and that be had not caused it's death.
He declared that he had endeavored to
secure attention for the girl, but that
no one would attend her, and he had TO do
II himself. He was asked about his treat
nent Of the child, and gave in reply negro
superstition that certain things had TO
be done TO save the life of
the mother. When asked why he buried
the child as he did, he said
as tt had never given any sound after birth
it was not really child, aud did not need TO
DO treated as such. All that was necessary
was to put it cut of the way. Mitchell was
not very connected in his statement
do | look like man who would do such
thing as thaty" he said. 81 could never DO
what they said did" He denied being the
father Of the child