The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-04-11
RtBECCI'S STORIES DiRI,
And the Ecrnstcins Relieve Sbe Ge,b,
ntcly Rurncd Their tii.Iu.

ana inc fcrnstcinS Relieve She DcIlbcr
ntriy Rurncd Their th!Id.
Rehccca Langdorf was arraigncd before jus
tice Mcmahon at tho Tomhs Court yesteria,
morning accused Of mairiously burning Bcs
sic Bernstein. the 1G-months- oll child of Solo
mon Bernstein of 1873 Grand stk,ct. The cir
was employed thrco weeks ago 10y Mr.. Bern.
stein to do general houscwork aud take care
OF tho baby. She is of medium height, with
brown eyes and dark. wnvv hair
About o'clock on Saturday night Mrs Bern.
stein sent the girl down stairs to the kitchen
with the baby. The child had been frcttins
and Rebecca was told tn soothc it to slccr
About half an hour after Mrs. bernstein heard
loud. shrill cry. She hurried down to the
Kitchen and found her baby lying beneath q
pile OF blankets on Rcbccca's bed. The girl
was standing near tho stove. her hair disar.
ranged. and her face very rcd. A burning
lambrcqun dangled from tho mantelpiccc
which is near the stove. Tho room was full o,
smoke.
Mrs Bernstein threw the clothing from the
bed and looked at her baby. There wcre no
marks visible save Il round bum on tho pain,
OF the left hand. Tho hany tossed and
moaned. beating the air with its arms. lie
becca stood bv smiling. The mother lifted
her child in her arms and examined its body.
wrapped it in a Iuiit and sent her husband for
doctor; Then she asked tho cir! how 1t
II went out for minute to got somo fresh
alr. leaving IN" baby III my bed" said Re-
lGcca when ] came back tho cllld was
lying near tn" stove crying
my baby cannot waIk. 1t could not get
out Of your bed and climb to the top of tho
stove
This is how it happened" answered the
girl. beginning different story . lightci a
H, sht t Gt naEer From The rG in the stove to
threw the paper in tho coal sruttlc hcsid" tho
stove and Just below the lnantel The paper
tlazed nn. and one en-, of tn, lnnbr.auin fcll
from the inantcl and caught fire. The baby
irnntsI." WIS
and mS S,rIia had rHt it ina chair near the stove
Nv, why. its el2thins is NOT even scorched. The
bed clothes do not smell of smoke"
, DR.. Pulling. who was summoned. said that
the childs chances for recovery were very
sim. Mr.; bernstein, went t. the Mulberry
tires Foye and Hogan went to tn. house and
the girl told them that the baby vas creeping
arc the chair and that the flames caught
showed any signs Of having been even
The detectives say that the child could not
have been burned accidentally. The baby's
parents and the police believe that tho ser
want became cnraGed at the baby because it
was iretting. and picked 1t up and set ii on the
stove.
Kebeccn hated my child from the first"
said Mrs bernstein. she was a good and
willing girl about, the house. but She has u
violent antipathy t. chill lr"n. On saturday
morning Wa were talk in= about children. and
she told ne ShS woult rather die than have to
sent her out to- give the baby somo fresh air.
About o'clock sent my little boy out to look
for them, He found Bessie. my baby but Re-
bccca did not return until > O'clock on Friday
morning When asked her where sao had
leen she would not answer
When RchHrcG wa arlai:snnd before Justi"o
NlcAIahon she looked pale and w4n. Heavy
blue lines were plainly marked beneath hcr
eyes. Her hands tremhlcd as sh" c!utched
ncryonsIy at the iron railing. Detective Foyo
said that the condition OF little Br~su BEEN
stein was so serious TINT he must ask to
have tho girl remandcd without hail until this
morning. The girl aid nothing TO Justice Me-
Aahon. Sho talked rat ona!lv to nthors and
said that she did not hold the child on tho
stoy" or burn it IT. an" way.
She was reminded without bail until to day
DR.. Pulling said nj u O'Clock last night that
he could do nothing mo-" for the child At
midnight the baby was dying.