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Show II BODY OF BABY GIRL FOUNDJNAN ALLEY Thrown From Wilson Hotel Window by Mother Soon After Birth. 1 WOMAN IS MEMBER OF THEATRICAL COMPANY Physicians (;ille1 in Declare That Babe Was Dead When Horn. Alone with a plrl companion and without with-out medical attention, Mrs Leah Armstrong Arm-strong known t' the theatrical world as , l.c.ili S-irK'-nt. nrul wlm 1 1 : 1 m l--ti 1 lng at the Orphcum theater this week, was taken 111 at the Wilson hotel early Frl- day morning, and about 4 o'clock gave 1 birth to a baby girl. The child, it Is al- leged, was dead when born, and a few nmnn nts :M"t.i n - birth was hurled I" tha ground below by the mother, whom City Physician WllCOX declares must hai bi n t' mporai llj Insant ti "m the pain and exi iternent Found Friday Morning. The body i 'f the Infant w;im found In ii.. rear of the hotel Fridaj morning, nnd Ofl soon as Fred Wey, proprietor of the place, was inlorined of the clrciirnstunci s, 1 Coroner Dana 1 Smith waa notified, at whs also the police department. The Coroner In turn notified City Physician WllCOX, who. In company with Dr Straupp of Murray, examined the infant. As a result of their examination it was declared that the hlld was not fully de-veloped. de-veloped. and was probably not more than a six-months' t 1 foetus It was alSO claimed by the physicians named that the child must have been dead when burn Admits Her Act Later In the day. It Is alleged. Mrs Armstrong admitted to the authorities that she had thrown the child from a ball window, not being able to raise the window of her room, but how she ac-compllahed ac-compllahed this in her delicate condition iiB is a mystery to the phyalclana The foetus was taken to the Kvans undertaking B rooms on Stat.- street Another Actress Present. At the tune the child was born Miss Maud 1-Jlllot another member of the Orpheum company, was present, hut ac-cording ac-cording to statements Hliegtd to have been made to Mr. Wey, she had left the room, and was not a witness of Mrs. Armstrong's act when she threw her babe I ' Into the street. Mrs Armstrong Is u member of the company playing at the Orpheum. and for a week" past has pleased large audi. tn s at that playhouse with her dam lug v Wednesday evening, while taking part in the performum . .-she fainted, and was ' later taken to her room. Mr. Armstrong Is In New York, and It had been the wife s Intention to i.liirii to the past In u short time. In anticipation of becoming , a mother. Is a Beautiful Woman. Mrs Armstrong Is a handsome woman less than 80 yean of uge Her uct at the Orpheum has won her continued applause ap-plause and not a member of the entire company knew of her condition. During the time that Mrs Armstrong has been a member of the company she has danced ' at eight performances a week and re- i hearsed each day The wonder Is. say the physicians In attendance, that her duties i did not trmg about such a state of af- B fairs sooner At the present time Mrs Armstrong Is resting easier, and Is un-i un-i der the direct care of the Wilson hotel housekeeper. Threatened Arrest. When the name of the physician who 1 was called Wednesday evening to attend i Mrs. Armstrong was learned ' Arrange- iiH ments were all but perfected to cause his H arrest, but upon the statements of the physicians who examined the foetus and pronounced ii that of a six-months" old babe, such action was not taken. It Is claimed by the physician who lias be . n attending Mrs. Armstrong that she even H kept her condition B Secret from him. and did not intimate that she was soon to bell be-ll come a mother The affair has caused Hi ti.. end of gossip, but those who have H become acquainted with the facta are satisfied that n. criminal operation was I'. performed and the onlj unfortunate part i of the affair, aside from the sadness which It has brought to the expectant i mother, was the act of the latter In throwing the babe from the window |