The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-05-16
4 MONSTR0US CRIME
Railroad Laborer Saves a Babe
That Was Buried Alive.
NAN AND WOMAN UNDER ARREST.
A. Italian and His Reputed Niece, .
Girl Of Eighteen, Held ON . Charge |
ofAttempted Infanticide-The Child
orIy Two Weeks Old.

Girl of Eighteen, helu ON . ChaRge
ofAttempted Infanticide-The Child
only Two Weeks Old.
New York, April 23.-Patrick Nc
Eyoy, a laborer employed by the New
York Central railroad in Hastings-on-
,be-Hudson, saw man and woman
bury a 2-weeks-old baby boy alive yes
,erday. AS soon as McEvoy realized
what was being done he ran to the
rescue and succeeded in removing the
loose earth from the child in tine to
save its life. The man and woman ran
away, but McEvoy gave description
OF them to the police, and an Italian
man and woman were arrested in
Yonkers on suspicion that they were
the would-be murderers.
The man said he was Givori Dutta-
cayolo. OF Manhattan. He said he was
married and had three children. The
woman said she was Francisco Stin-
ella. 1S years old. dressmaker, and
unmarried She declined to say where
she lived, but to Roundsman Brady at
police headquarters in Yonkers she
volunteered the information that she
was niece Of her companion. The wo-
man denied that the babe was hers.
She said she never had child.
Last evening the prisoners were
given hearing before Justice Tomp-
kins, Of Hastings. They refused to say
anything when formal charge OF at
tempted infanticide was entered against
them, and they were committed with
out bail to the county jail.
McEvoy told an interesting story
last night Of his discovery of the living
child in its grave. He said that he
was at work on one Of the border
streets of Hastings when he noticed
man and woman walk into the woods.
The woman was carrying a bundle.
Shortly after the pair entered the
woods McEvoy heard cry. He look
ed into the woods, but couldn't see
the couple, they having disappeared
into the most dense part and were
hidden in the underbrush. McEvoy
said afterward he resumed work, but
the cry bothered him and he became
convinced in his mind that 1t was the
woman trying to cry out and her cries
were being stifled. He says that per-
haps three minutes elapsed before he
started to investigate.
1t was probably ten Of twelve min
utes from the time the couple entered
the woods until he found them. When
McEvoy sighted the couple he says
they were in the act of stamping down
earth on the side Of a ravine. He as
serts that both were 80 busy that he
was able to approach pretty close to
them before they realized he was near.
As soon as they saw him they ran. Nc.
Evoy did not follow them, but went to
the spot where they had been at work
and began to remove the freshly re-
placed earth.
About IS inches down he came upon
. cloth, and taking hold of it dragged
out the child. The couple had not
waited to dig the hole large enough
to allow the child to be stretched full
length. Instead 1t had been curled up,
60 that It's feet were almost touching
It's face. Before placing the little one
IN what was intended to be it's grave
It's cape had been drawn over its head
and allowed to rest on the face. This
Kept the dirt from contact with the
face, and probably saved its life. The
little one was already black in the face.
McEvoy in hauling it out allowed the
head to drop and the arms to fall back
ward. This was probably another
thing which tended to save the child,
Ior the lungs were thrown open.
AS soon as he had the child out Nc
Evoy bolted through the woods for the
road, and was just in time to catch Q
car bound for Hastings. He directed
me motorman to put on all speed,
ana Hastings was reached in record
Time. The first drug store passed was
'ne goal. In this place the child was
quickly revived. It was coming around
Nself, and five minutes of artificial
respiration put it out Of all danger.