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Show HOW DID -.CgUADJE? Mother Awakes to Find That Her Little One Is a Corpse. A daughter of (Mrs. C. Herbert, 860 West Second5 North street aged 3 months, died at the home of Mrs. Pratt 241 South Fourth West street under circumstances cir-cumstances that caused the police to make an Investigation Friday morning. It was declared by those who live in the same house in which the baby died, that the mother and Mrs. Pratt with whom Mrs.- Herbert had11 stayed Wednesday and Thursday nights, had been drinking Thursday night and that during the night one of the women might have rolled on the baby, smothering smoth-ering It When Mrs. Herbert awakened Friday Fri-day morning, she discovered that her child was dead. The body was removed to CDonnell's undertaking parlors and Mrs. Herbert went at once to the home of her sister. Mrs. Elliott 244 West Third South street where she remained xor a time ana tnen went to her home. The father of the child is In Park City, and has been notified of its death. He will return to the city Friday night Mrs. Elliott sister of Mrs. Herbert stated Friday morning that her sister was devoted to the baby, and that she was of the opinion that the death of the child was from natural causes. She said that the child had suffered from convulsions con-vulsions for some time, and that she believed that. the child had died in an attack of this kind. She had not seen her sister since early in the week and did not know whether there was any truth in the statement that had been made relative to the fact that the mother moth-er had been drinking Thursday night Coroner Clark has been notified of the circumstances In the case, but has not yet decided whether an inquest will be held. |