The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-11
MURDERED WITH POTASH
A Negro Woman Jailed at Macon on
a Eorrible Charge.

a Eorrible Charge.
From the Macon (Ga) Telegraph.
Mary Mosely (colOred) has been committed
to jail by Justice Means On the charge OF
murder. Her supposed victim was a white
baby, only year old.
The case is peculiar one, but occasion
ally finds its counterpart among vicious ne
gro servants in the south The prisoner is
charged with having committed the cruel
and fiendish act of pouring concentrated
I've down the helpless baby's throat, causing
its death.
The crime for which the woman was
committed yesterday was perpetrated in the
summer of 1889. She was tried at the time
for assault with intent to commit murder,
but was released on bond. The subsequent
death of the child changed the matter, and
by order Of Judge Miller the old indictment
against her for assault was quashed and a
warrant issued for murder. which was the
basis of the commitment trial Thursday.
Mary Mosely was employed in the house
hold Of j. w. Herring, who lives near
Baily's mill, on the Columbus road, about
six miles from Macon. She was hired to
do general homework, as well as attend
Mrs. Herring's baby boy, who was about 1
year old.
MIXING THE DEADLY DRAUGHT.
One day the baby was left in the kitchen
with Mary, who was washing dishes, and its
parents went into another room for a fey
minutes. The door had barely been closed
behind them when Mrs. Herring heard the
negress mixing up Something in a teacup
with a spoon. She could distinctly hear the
clicking of the spoonin the cup, but thougnc
nothing oft until the baby gave loud
scream of pain. dzG s4 lwoo
The startled parents ran back into the
kitchen where the baby lay writhing its
crib, clutching its mouth with IT'S little
hands as though IL had been hurt thera.i
The negro woman stood stnlidly by wasspe
ing the dishes as though nothing had hap-
pened. 2 rlc Rolrs sa1ss s1ltsH 2.4 p Ts09c5
When the mother took the little one IN
her arms she was Mortified to sea that Its
throat was scorched and blackened and it's
lips swollen and inhamed with SOME caustic
substance. A few, drops of yellow SUBJ
stance lay on its pillow, uand, whsni ex-
amined. proved to be the strongest kind Of
conce trated I've. 1t was strong enough. tos
burn the fingers of a boy who handled it 2
DIED FROM THE DRINK ~ @o
Everything possible was done to relieve
the poor little sufferer, but its throat and
mouth were entirely denuded of SKIN, and,
having swallowed a portion of the terrible
fluid. it pihed away, and was never web any
more. y sha 'VVA 'Sa'-sslA g 4" .- Ne .NiOe
Mary Mcsely stoutiy insisted that tie
child picked up the can of re With its own
hands and swallowed the liquid when she
was not looking at it The child's position,
however, lying in its cradle out of reach of
the table, tended to discreiit Mary's state
ment. When asked by Mrs Herring what
she was doing when she was heard rafting
a spoon in teacup, the negroes replied that
she had been scrapi e sugar out of cup
where the children had been drinking
coffee.
She was given hearing at the time, and
was released on bond to await the result of
the child's injuries.