Show S S SMOTHERED L A Natural Child Found Dead by Its Mothers Std On Sunday morning a white girl about 16 years of age entered the police station and informed the officers offi-cers that she had awakened that morning and found her child which had been well that night dead by her side The officers made inquiry and on Monday afternoon about 4 oclock an inquest was held over the dead body of the childwhich by the way was coloredand the statement made by the mother substantiated sub-stantiated as near as could be The girl is unmarried but about a week ago gave birth to a child which was colored On Saturday night she retired re-tired to her bed in a room in one of the alleys leading off Commercial street She knows nothing further until the following morning when she awoke and found the infant dead by her side Her supposition is that during the night she must i have placed her hand or arm across I its mouth and thus smothered it to death The jury returned a verdict in conformity with tne above facts |