The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-22
EMMA BROWN GUILTY
Her Babe Was Born Alive
Arrested and Held ON
the Charge of In
fanticide.

At Philinert's Hall in Hoboken lasI
night Coroner Parslow and a jury held
an inquest into the death of the male
child of Emma Brown, the colored cook
of Counsellor John G. Bssson. The jury
brought in a verdict to the effect that
the child came to its death owing to the
criminality OF it's mother.
DR.. Henry F. Nichols was tbs first wit
ness examined. He testified that be
tween twelve and one O'Clock on the
afternoon of Sunday, August 10, he was
summoned TO the Bess Oh households. Hi
found Emma Brown i'll bed. He asked
her some questions, and she said she did
not remember anything except feeling a
little faint the night before. He went
outside and looked at the coroner tying
up the remains OF the child. He went
back to the room and asked Emma
Brown when the child was borE. and she
said in the afternoon between four and
six o'clock, and that she buried 1t on
Sunday morning just before daylight.
She SAID the father of the cnild was in
Richmond, Va.
son, testified to having beou told of EN-
ma Browns condition by the other SER
wants on Sunday morning, aud he found
the back door open.
HER ~RooMMATE's STORY.
Mary Hardy, anotner coiored servant
and a roommate of Emma Brown. testi-
fed as follows:
After dinner on Saturday. August IL.
Emma Brown came into the Kitchen
and complained of feeling i'll.
I asked her what tue matter
was and she said she had become
overheated standing over the stove. I
told her J. would finish her WORK aud she
went up stairs. l went upstairs at half
past ten o'clock that night and saw her
in bed. Islept in the hallway tina night,
| did not sleep in the room because | saw
that she had vomited on the floor. I
asked her If she felt better and she said
she did. The next morning Emma came
downstairs aud had some breakfast aud
hen went back to bed. / did not know
that she had given birth to a child until
the doctor told me.n
Walter Aytes a colored man servant
testified That when he arose on Sunday
morning, August 10. he found the rear
door OF the house open. He went into
the Kitchen and asked Mary how is was
that the door was open. MARY said she
did not know," The witness continued.
and we went back into the yard. There
we found blood stains on the stones ana
the earth IN the yard had beeu dug up.
| informed Mr. hufus and Leon Besson
of what | had seen. l told MIR. Besson
that | thought Emma had given birth TO
chill d ana MIR. Besson notified the doctor
and Coroner.
County Physician Converse testified
that he examined The child at Parslow's
Morgue. II was a fully developed male
child. On opening the body he found
that the lungs had been inflated and tina t
the child had breathed. The doctor testi-
fed that with proper care the child was
capable OF living. I'll jury, after a short
deliberation, brought ia q verdict ~ told
above.
THE MOTHER ARRESTED.
AT noon To-Day Chief OF Detectives Fan
ming went TO ST. Mary's hospital, where
Emma Brown has been confined as Il
prisoner, and brought her 10 Police
Headquarters. She was booked rs Il
prisoner and arraigned before Recorder
McDonough. who reman6ed ner without
bail. Constable Joe Boland. Of Prose
cutor Winfisld's office, called at Coroner
Parslow's Office and obtsined a copy of
the evidence adduCed at the inquest las {
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