Concealed murder Reveild.  
Being a Strange Discovery of a most Horrid and Barbarous murder, That was Committed in St. Catherins-Lane near Tower-Hill, By Mary Anderson, alias Farrel, On the Body of Hannah Jones an Infant Of 8 Weeks Old, the Child of Mr. Jones, an Eminent joiner at the Globe in Hounds-Ditch.  
As also How it was concealed 3 Years, and not Discovred till Monday last, at which time, she Confessed that she had Drowned the Infant in a Pail of Water: With her Examination before Justice Webber in Good-Mans-Fields, and her Committment to Newgate on Tuesday last, with other Remarkable Particulars.  
MARY ANDERSON, Wife to Thomas Anderson Ship Carpenter who is at Portsmouth, having Lived some time with her Mother Mrs. Farrel in St. Catherins-lane near Tower-hill, who got her Livehood by nurss Keeping, the old Woman being a widow, Endeavoured to prefer her said Daughter to the same Bussiness of taking Children to Nurse, and the raither because she had a young Child of her own, so that being qualified for this undertaking her Mother made application to Mrs. Jones, an eminent joiners Wife at the Globe and Cain-Chare in Hounds-dich, in order for the said Daughter to Nurss a young Female Child, which she had to put out; so having agreed to let her keep it at 4 s. per Week the Child was sent to her when it was about three Weeks old, where it continued: for about a Month, to the satisfaction of the Parents, who often went to see it; But before she had kept it full five Weeks, word was brought to Mrs. jones that her Child was Dead, and that it Dyed suddenly in a violent Fit; and tho Mrs. jones seemed to doubt of some neglect that the said Nurss might be guilty of, by accidentaly Overlaying it, or the like: Yet in regard no appearance of Violence could be Discovered on its Tender Body, she at last concluded it Dyed a Natural( tho sundain) Death, and from that time( which was in October, 1696.) till the time of the Discovery of the murder, no more questions were made Concerning it.  
But alas murder is too heavy a Sin to be concealed always, tho' the thoughts of such Loathsome Barbarity may be smothered for a time, yet the continual Stings of Conscience will be like so many ghastly Ghosts to stare the murderer in the Face, till it causes flames of Terror and despair to break out with uncontrollable Violence; for Blood will never cease Crying for Vengeance, till such horrid deeds of Darkness are brought to light.  
But before I insist on the manner of this Strange Discovery I will instance the Circumstance of the murder itself, which is as followeth, viz. having as you have heard, taken the said Child to Nurse( whose name was Hannah jones) and kept it near 5 Weeks, ●he the said Mary Anderson one Morning( as she herself declared) about 4 of the Clock Lighted a Candle, and taken the said Child out of its Bed by reason of its violent Crying, which she says it was very subject two, and having at the same time a Young one of her own in the Bed with her, then a Sleep, she was so wickedly incensed against th●… poor Harmless and Innocent Infant, and for no other reason but thinking it would d●…sturb her's; and the Devil having taken Possession of her Heart: She fills a Pa●● full 〈…〉 Water and taking the Crying Infant in its Swadling-Clouts, and in a wr●●●hed mann●… plunged it over Head and Ears into the Water, where with her Devilish and Unmer●…ful Hands, she held the Body under Water, till its Innocent Life was Expired.  
Having performed this hateful and unparralelled Barbarity, the awak●… her Sister ( Elizabeth Farrel) who was in a Bed in the same Room by tellin●… her what she had done, who being much amazed and aff●ighted leaped out●… Bed and took the Child out of the Water, and withall speed took it to th●… Fire in order( if possible) to bring it to Life, but all in vain, whereupo●… the old Mother was informed of this unhappy Action, who in order to sa●… her Daughters Life advised them how to Conceal it which was by dryi●… the Childs Body, and after to sand Mrs. Jones word that it died in a F●… which was accordingly done as aforesaid, so that the said Barbarous Murth●… was kept Secret in the breast of the Mother and her two Daughters for nea●… three Years successivily. But their Mother Dying last Week, it tis reporte●… that her Ghost,( or rather her won Conscience) so Tormented her that 〈…〉 could not rest till she made a discovery thereof, and accordingly on Mond●… last she sent for one Mrs. shepherd and others of her next Neighbours, an●… Declared the sad Circumstances relating thereto as before, whereupon s●… and her Maiden Sister Elizabeth Farrel were Apprehended and Carried b●…fore the Worshipful Justice Webber in Goodmans Fields, where she confirm'● what she had before Declared to her Neighbours; after which the Justi●… demanded of her Sister why she concealed such a Cruel and Barbarous Act●… on, to which she replied that her Mother and Sister did threaten her wit●… Death if she did discover it and added that she was in great torter of Min●… ever since the murder was Committed, and that she knew nothing of 〈…〉 till the Infant was Dead, besides she was loathe to take her Sisters Life awa●… thinking thereby that it would as much burden her Conscience as Co●…cealing the murder; whereupon after the Justice had weighted and co●…fidered all circumstances he took Bail for her Appearance at the next Sessio●… but Committed Mary Anderson her Sister who murdered the Child to Newgate, and accordingly she was carried thither in a Coach about one of th●… Clock on Tuesday last.  
Since her Commitment we are Credibly informed that she has once 〈…〉 twice attempted to Drown her own Child after the same barbarous ma●…ner had she not been prevented by her Sister.  
'twas also observed that the aforesaid Mary Anderson was at some certai●… times very Malencholy and Dejected, ever finee she Committed this Fat●… and Tragical Action and her Mother( when alive) being asked by th●… Neighbours what was the occasion thereof, she would usually fetch a grea●… Sigh and tell them that she had done a very ill thing, but none did in th●… least immagin she was guilty of such a wretched Barbarity as is now mad●… public.   


licenced according to Order.   
London, Printed for William Aldredge in Southwark.