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Mrs. Mary Griffith, a nurse and the next-door neighbor of Mrs. McNally, said, quote,

about noon on the 8th of December, Mr. McNally called me and told me that they had twins

and for me to come over soon, but not to hurry, that everything was all right.

I was naturally anxious to see them,

but when I came there, Mrs. McNally would not let me touch the babies. I saw their faces. She told me that one was a boy weighing four pounds, and that the other was a girl weighing three pounds.

I saw the babies nursed, and I know that they were alive.

Mrs. McNally told me that she was a trained nurse and I therefore did what she told me.

I did not bathe the infants. I did not touch them at all. When anyone came into the room,

Mrs. McNally would cover their faces. She said they had weak eyes because the midwife

had used too much barric acid right after birth. I learned later that no one attended her

during the delivery and that only Mr. McNally was home when the babies arrived. Mrs. McNally was

not happy over her children and from time to time told me she thought

the girl would not live long.

One morning, the 17th, I came in and found Mrs. McNally wiping blood from the mouth and nose

of the boy.

The baby looked sort of dead to me.

I did not see his face after that at any time. I don't know whether she ever

picked up that bundle or not. She removed the bloody little dress and I put it into cold water to

take the blood stains out. Mrs. McNally told me not to bother as she would send the little garment

to the laundry. Whether or not the baby was dead at the time or not,

I do not know. I do know that a baby which has been suffocated will oftentimes bleed at the mouth

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