Show ZUNI D THE i A sad case of moral mora depravity in the end ot of NIX logan THE UNNATURAL MOTHER HELD not Parti particular calar how she brings children into the world nor how ste she sends senda them out A shocking 0 case of supposed infanticide fant icide has hap been unearthed by the officers of the law in our asua usua usually I 1 peaceful and law abiding city the bile details of the case are of of a revolting nature and if the ions entertained as is to the manner in which the child met its death prove to be well grounded an unnatural mother will undoubtedly be indicted for the crime of in murder arder it at the next session of the gran grand jury djury A woman bearing the name of mrs eliza beardall beardale Dear dall I 1 has been residing siding c with her parents mr and mrs wilbain Wil iain richards hards at their home in the second yard ward for some years iler her father fi ther brother and mother have the reputation of spending spen Jing 0 their substance cub stance continually in drink as a consequence of which the entire family has been kept in destitute dondit condition when the officers entered their home on oil saturday last to make investigation they found that the woman was in actual want for the barest necessities of life mrs irs Bear dalls mother jias has been assisted some by the charity of the neighbors but mrs beardall has expressed willingness 0 to work iler her husband d deserted her about two years ag ago go running anav away with another mans wife it is paid aid also that mrs beardall is not in con complete possession of all her reasoning 0 powers and from the developments development in this case it would certainly seem that her act was that of a crazy per person zoti this is the story of the case for some time previous to a week ago last friday the date of the birth of the babe mrs irs beard alls neighbors were aware of her condition and subsequent to the above named late date when she was seen about and no word nor trace was to be seen or heard of the offspring suspicion naturally became aroused it was surmised alto that the child had been buried in the lot upon which the house occupied hy by the richards family stands marshal arshal 11 mccullough cCullough Af was notified and accompanied by the sheriff he went to the house to make inake investigation the birth the sickness a and nd the burial i bere rere ere each and severally denied by the woman wom an and all her relatives but tho the officers otTi cers began to search the premises she ac accompanying compan ving C them they first went to the chicken coop where they found that attempts had been made to dig a hole bole but the ground had evidently evide antly been too hard and that place had been abandoned Cont continuing huing their sear search cb the officers found in the back end of the lot evidences of earth newly turned over and with a hoe the marshal started to dig in this spot the woman standing 0 by still denvill denying the cliame charge after digging 0 a about two feet doi down ii a tinny gunny sack was struck which when taken out was found to contain tile body of a fully developed male child the woman then acknowledged 0 the deed but said that she a alone 1 0 ne was IV as responsible claiming 11 that she ehe had buried tho the child within an hour after its birth she was placed under arrest and the body was taken and the coroner called an inquest was held at which two physicians ave M ave it as their opinion after examining the body of the child that it was born alive and that hat evidences pointed to death de ath through suffocation sad neglect was apparent showing that the poor little thing had lad had no care whatever on the icah of list last december one henry lawrence a bricklayer by trade was arrested on oil a charge of adultery alleged to have been committed with mrs eliza beardall but the evidence was ins u I 1 chent to leold him since that thai time lie went to idaho where lie be is nw now supposed suppo sell to be telegrams tele 0 rams with instructions to arrest him havo have been sent to idaho as it is thought that a case ean can now be mude made against him birn if not implication in the infanticide mrs beardall is the mother of five children none of whom have to eat cat or wear iler her father is reported to tn have said that lad had lie known that the officers would search tile premises for tile the infant lie ile would have effectually disposed of it which would indicate that he is not so utterly devoid of knowledge of the affair as his daughter 0 would would desire to impart she S he is now in tile the custody of the sheriff on oil the charge 0 of murder it is a sad affair and whatever tile the outcome for justice must take its course the intense poverty anil and almost hopeless condition of the woman will arouse the compassion of the public and palliate to some extent an otherwise inexcusable crime |