The sun., 1891-05-15
n1nSHEMURDER HER CHILDi
20 rexxR,s sroRr OF NOW SIZE
A WRoNGED AND CAST OFF.

rgNER's STORT OF NOW sH1
h~.s WRoNGED AND CAST OFF,
r..x All her Isfe s.a sent et last Il
W ..r,es, Friepaiess Girl or Seyerteen
:. near Her Nisfertuse Alcne-Deesori
ar.e Thst she was Probably Iassse.
-, ont Of wedlock bus seventeen years ago
Iiie Of privation and hardship in con-
hs.,cs Of tho cruelty Of her mother and o
~otbsrs husband. assaulted. and tent
Ssr condition became known. slmoe,
N,, N.,,.ss and altogether friendless into
ss,sses country. whose language she
at understand. and ut last hel
nj N jeopardy in . court whose proceed
mu.hs cannot omprehsnd-that, In brief is
sory Of Mary Egner. whose trial for infsn-
~. vsa continued yesterday In the Court oi
ssdons. Brooklyn.
=. state practically finished its case yes
..'.y morning when the examination OF Mrs.
s..,,s vas concluded and tho testimony OF
Iossph NJ. Creamer wns taken. Mrs.
-. vas Mary ERner's employer at the time
- sA. birth OF Mary's child. Her testimony on
ss.s.day afternoon was Of the most dam
W. character for tho defendant tending to
~ ,ons prem meditation. Yesterday morning
~ r,oalled she added some minor facts and
a,unnstances.
Sssn DR.. Creamsr was called. He had per,
..nsd the autopsy on the body OF the infant
.sieh, II will bs remembered. was found In
.si.bel in Mary Egner's closet. with fts throat
'...rsutly cut. DR.. Creamer described the
..,oosy and tod OF the tests no had made to
ss.,mine whether the child had brssthed
m, birth He was Of tho opinion that II had.
Ehnd found the lungs inflated. and on per.
s.mIns the hydroststic test the lungs fiontsd.
~ ohild's body had marks Of violence on Il
.lovt tho throat
A. the afternoon session william Korchsll.
4. undertsker's assistant who took the body
sihe Morgue, and James Mcclure. the assist.
=. Moreue keeper. who had charge Of the
~ until tho autopsy was performed. told
,A,t ,hey knew Of It and showed that the
~ on which DR.. Creamer performed An
sa.opsy was the body found bK ssrs:ssnss ;s ss N:l.
:::,Ia e 4 Nary lsnsr' ''''h'A There the state
st!S1; fuW,sr Jsre Weinberg for the defence moved
mai an acquittsl be, directed on the ground
iisi the cause OF death had not been proved.
5 nF1er 10 ssstaTh Se isas S. S
snd WAS born alive. The motion was denied.
Then Ers Goethe was recalled On her direct
elimination she had testified that when ser.
EitS tai hss looking at the ,ehild,s body IN the
ssiohsI n ssSssaans ss;;S said: The brute has
sIipslSS hss e. sps.a 1escss asked Mr. wsrnbsre
~did SnH goa nos islE with Sergeant Nelson stand:
inS In ihd corridor under the stairs leading TO
D. " iI,a1a ,,1. !''' '''m'"
~ Sali dozen questions Mr.. WernberG got
Nh Goetzs TO say that she had talked with
Eeison but could not remember what she had
Then she vas not sSrs xh:Rss 4 sISss
:'sn 's'rs1esS az isS her ehid Then she rsmem
SeFed that. sho had talked with Nelson about
vbsthsr she would be needed longer or not.
finally ,hS sI tn sne esd - pHSr
During al this time ths girl sat in the same
s.sad indinssfepoe to her. hsr sHrroundinfs Shich
sns,ch Of itnagin alton can she be called hand
come She 10 short and heavy, with large.
tc.ss features S hcy lover sT IL rSSsged ana
bas skirt and black Jersey waist. She, had ;
NV hat.oi brown straw. !rimmed with fan
lastio yellow flowers. aud her hair hung. In .
tsP sP'i isp. leaning ii,tie iorward Ia her chair.
lsl eTss nxed on the floor. In all the hours
10 occupied that position not o motion did
lhs make. not q sign to show that she beard q
When Mra, Goetze. was excused Lawyer
Esenbefg called tho girl. She answered TO the
y Il
voice thss could not be heard six inches from
lsr lips In the witness chair her demesnor
sls not changed in the sliehtesI. and It was
s ~ nd se e
Al louder LAWYER Weinberg, sstonished
District Attorney Clarke, by addressing bis
S psssb 1 ss s no ssn ins
and many oi them sSs answered
. English. When she spoke English her voice
L coaa sssn shss sssp
lus, and not bsd-looking.
shs was born in ,Cslv, wurtembsrR.- In
,e!Ss. .ttsrvsrd married Christian Esnsr.
I'd Mary went to live With her grand.
lother. From her seventh year until she
s9I ssns s 70 schSS e hsD ns. shS xsn month";
y visited her grandmother for two weeks.
p, returning TO Stuttgart. took service In tho
,ni!y o. man =. named stiesler: stiegler bad
tbe nishs u Esstsr 9 psk Monday "fl :0 lsso lie
eunger son entered her room apont O'Clock. |
event her from crying out assaulted her. |
on Arril 2S. and on that dats she went
ONE. Her mother took the $40 she had |
!n1S'. s,sS,s!sf A-Becsuss I knew was In
9-RId you tell your mother1. Ayes.
Q.-What did she dor A.-She cur sed and
Eoss beat me. and called me vile names. She
lla could 20 where liked.
,H-how did your grandmother act7 A.-sho
~ NOT ssy much. but she cried. She did not
utse hAr cull mo names.
~. G..Mhst did you then do? Al had to
ESTIk ~ my father and mother until August.
Huuusn wnatY Al csmo hero.
H-HSw! A:.By asteam boat and . railroad.
GLMneIe did you sail from2 A.-Hayre. I |
s1dsG y %;s y the Barge Othce on Aug. 4.
Si.,ha ~ you pave any money A. J. had $40.
y istoSr gave me $40 when Istarted. He put
"nt. ~ - scnstae Of man going to hayre. My
~ a husband came for me- and took mo to
or, sr oouse ln Hart street. BROOKLYN. THE
~. v.Ieo sne calls her aunt ts NO relation OF
What did You then do? A. won't onto
s,n w" 70 ISmlly OF ten persons. stayed
~ ~ month. but the work was so hard I
Hio nt not endure II. and returned to my aunt.
!: nacn what did you dor AL went to
SS-Mhsnf Ain septembsr.
tNG'a xou know any one In this country? |
m M a. .a uSofe Was no orc hero had ever
ne gtrl then rad that she worked at Mrs.
yAS \ until the birth Of her child in Decem-
|. sne visited her aunt" on SupdHys. but |
m.so n9t 90 out at any other times.
fwMa you have any hooks2 Ayes.
clLmnaty T. A.-Four Bibles and some hymn
9ks and prayer booka
t-pid you read them2 A.-Yea.
ihirs o a you read any other books7 A.-No.
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