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Show PROBING A MYSTERY Midnight Visitors to Jordan Jor-dan River May Afford Clue to Murder. The Coroner's Jury that Is investigating investi-gating the circumstances surrounding the discovery of the body of an infant girl on the banks of the Jordan river Sunday is working earnestly on the case and hopes to be able to summon witnesses on Thursday, when the ta-' ta-' king of testimony will be resumed, that will reveal , the identity of the child's parents, and the cause of its death. Mrs. Joseph Littlewood, : who lives near the spot where the body was found, told the police last night that several weeks ago, while returning to her home late at night she saw a horse and buggy . standing near the rlver bank, a short distance from the road. A man and woman stood screened behind be-hind the buggy. Both wore dark clothes and the man had a bundle about a foot long, in his arms. Mrs. Littlewood was frightened as a hold-up had occurred in the neighborhood neighbor-hood a few nights before, and drove rapidly home. A few minutes later her daughter and a young man passed the spot, but the -buggy and the mysterious man and woman were gone. The inquest will be resumed Thursday Thurs-day morning at 10 o'clock at Coroner Clark's office. |