FULL TEXT: In Abbeville county, on Monday, September 17,
while the infant child of Betsy Jones was playing on the floor, the mother
suddenly seized it by the heels and beat its head and body against the walls
and furniture until it was dead, after which she throw it down and stamped upon
it. She afterwards took the mangled corpse in her arms, caressed it and placed
it in the cradle. She was arrested and adjudged insane, and was lodged in the
State Lunatic Asylum in this city.
[“A Insane Mother.” Oct. 13, 1883, The National Police
Gazette, New York, N. Y.), p. 10]
[1438-10/5/21]
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