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Show BABY SMOTHERED DURING QUARREL Bundle of Clothing Tossed Into Crib, and the Child Dies While the Women Scold Each Other. CHICAGO. Dec. 22. A quarrel of two women yesterday indirectly caused the lieath of a babv girl. Mrs. Anna Papciak and her sister Mrs. Petrina Mazuga were quarreling beside a crib in which Mrs. Papciak 's daughter, Elizabeth, five weeks old, lav. In her excitement Mrs. Mazuga tossed a bundle of clothing into the crib and the child was smothered to death before the women finished their altercation. After the death of hr niece Mrs. Mazuga returned to her home and barricaded bar-ricaded the door leading to her bedroom bed-room in anticipation of the arrival of tbe police. when the detectives attempted to enter the house thev were deterred for a time bv Mrs. Mazuga, who threatened threat-ened them with violence. After waiting wait-ing for a time thev forced the door open and arrested the woman, who struggled for some time before being subdued. Phe will be held pending a coroner's inquest. |