A CORPSE NURSING A SLEEPING CHILD.

Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1016, 2 April 1883, Page 3

A CORPSE NURSING A SLEEPING CHILD.

Mollie L. Taylor, seventeen years uf age, a' servant in the employ of Mrs Francis P. Smith, of 4007 Locust-street, was found yesterday afternoon, at four o’clock, by her mistress, reclining in a rocking chair, dead, and holding the youngest child iii her/ arms,/while two others were asleep oh the Bed. ?- Mrs Smith left her in apparently perfect health at eleven o’clock in the morning, singing as she wont about her daily .and \c|id; jnot; ;four o’clock in the afternoon. Arriving, at the house she was surprised to find it closed and the doors locked ; and though she rang the bell persistently, no one answered the call. Fearing that something was wrong she called Officer Green to her assistance, and he effected an : entrance from the rear, and on entering the house ajt once opened the front door to admit Mis Smith. Together they went through the house, the mother trembling with fear and anxiety for the safety of her children. On entering the bedroom a cry of horror escaped her as she saw the rigid upright corpse of the girl Mollie in the rocking chair, while her youngest child nestled on the dead girl’s breast in calm repose. The other two children lay on the bed fast asleep. Mrs Smith took in the situation at a glance, and removed the sleeping babe fronj gthe /deal hf em brace}/of- ihe. yon n g servant, and the body was at once laid out on the floor to await the arrival of the coroner.— Philadelphia Press } Jan 26th.