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Show BEi in a Fill III Growsoinc Find Is Made by-Gail McDonald at J 2 J Fourth Enst Street. PROBABLY RESULT OF YOUNG WOMAN'S SHAME Police Are Busy on the Case, Although They Are Without With-out Clues. A newly-born but dead baby girl wr.s found Saturday morning wrapped up in a newspaper and bed shoot, Iving between a Htono coping aud roso bush on the lawn in front of the residenco of J. G. McDonald at 121 Fourth East street. Tho find was mado by Gail McDonald, Mc-Donald, tho elcvcn-ycar-old son of Mr. McDonald. When discovered tin? child's bodj' was cold, but rigor mortis had not set in. Young McDonald camp out on tho lawn to play and discovered the bundle behind be-hind tho rose bush. Ho drew it out and examined it and found the little bal3'. lie ran in and told his father what ho had found and the police were notified. , Policemen Mooro and Clough went to the scene and brought the body to the emergency hospital. The. child's mouth and cam had a nuantity of blood in them, but whether it is a case of murder or not is a matter mat-ter of much doubl. There is a baro possibility that tlio child might havo been smothered to death, but there was no evidence other than tho blood that, it might have been killed. Opinion of Police. The police aro of tho opinion that some young girl placed the baby thoro to hide Iter shamo, and a rigid investigation investi-gation is being mado to discover who the person or persons may bo that placed tho child on tho McDonald lawn, although there is no definite cluo to work on. Acting Coroner Dana T. Smith viewed the body and pronounced death due to violence, and ordered tho remains re-mains removed to O'Douucll's undertaking under-taking parlors. Tho child had no clothing on and there was nothing about tho paper or shoot in which it was wrapped that would give the police a cluo to work on. Tlio child had not been born but a few. hours. |