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Show CARRIED DEAD BODY OF BABY IN A BASKET THOUGHT THAT IT CONTAINED ONLY GROCERIES. Discovery Is Made By His Father, Who Opens Basket His Son Left On Dining-room Table. Cleveland, O.. March 29. For several sever-al hours, Walter Johnson, Jr.. carried the dead body of a. baby girl about Cleveland In a basket, thinking It contained con-tained groceries. His father peered luto tho basket when the young man returned home, and discovered the corpse. Johnson was taken into custody cus-tody by tho police. Johnson went shopping, buying groceries gro-ceries at several markets. He started home, but meeting friends on the way, wps delayed until morning. He then hurried to bed without opening the basket, leaving it In the center of a dining table. His rather opened the basket to lift out tho groceries. The police believe the body was lert In a basket In one of the markets visited by Johnson. Death is said to have been due to exposure. |