Tragedy in a Connecticut Town, 1759
“New London, June 1. On Tuesday the 23d Ult. Was found in a Swamp, in the Parish of Pettapauge, in Say-Brook, an Infant buried under a Stone, being most inhumanly murdered; Upon which a Jury of Inquest was impannel’d by Authority, who bro’t in their Verdict that the Child was murder’d. Thereupon the Authority, in order to find out the Murderer, gave a general Invitation to the young Women to attend the Funeral, which was accordingly attended by all except one Anna Heyden; and she being suspect’d to be the Mother of the Child, was apprehended and searched, when it was found she had a Child; But about the 18th following, she, with the Assistance of one Philip Loyal, and some others, made her Escape with said Loyal in a Boat, but being pursued, were both taken, and last Night were committed to Goal in this Place.”
New-York Gazette, 11 June 1759.
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