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Show DEAD BABY IS POUND IN DITCH; CORONER ORDERS INVESTIGATION OP CASEi SBBBBWBBBMBMSBBSBBS ' - ' , I would lead to a solution of the mystery. mys-tery. , . ; The child waa natural In all respects - . and from all indications was alive when it entered the world. That it had : been taken care of for some time after birth was apparent from Indications. It bore no signs of external Injuries,! and the case of its death has not been i learned. , ,: . . j The officers declare, that' trie child ; must have been born a week or ten . days ago. The body was already in a state of decomposition. J Coroner Smith ordered Undertaker 6. D. Evans to take charge of the body, " and It was removed to the undertaking : establishment. . 4 ' Who was the unnatural mother that threw her child Into a gutter at Fourth South and Third West streets? The body was found this morning by Detectives Shannon and Wilson, and Coroner Dana T. Smith has ordered a complete Investigation to be made. I The child was apparently about ten i days or a week old, and had been dead for several days. The little body was wrapped up in a flannel blanket. It had apparently been placed In the ditch" during the night. 1 The body was discovered this morning morn-ing by a person living In the vicinity. The information was Immediately telephoned tele-phoned to the police station, and Detectives De-tectives Shannon and Wilson were detailed de-tailed on the case. The detectives found the child securely wrapped up in the blanket and lying In the water In the ditch. j The officers, examined the vicinity carefully, but could find no clue to who had placed the child in the ditch. There were no signs pn -- the blanket that 1 -.'v ---i" w , ,v ......:, . . . ' |