The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-03-23
WOMAN'S WILES.
ANOTHER HORROR.
Baby Found Dead in a Box by Old
Graveyard, South of Town.

Baby Found Dead in a Box by Old
Graveyard, South of Town.
Thursday forenoon our citizens were
startled by the report that the dead body
of a newly born infant had been found
near the sold graveyard" southwest of
town, in hole that had been but partially
filled. Coroner j. M. Byers at once pro-
ceeded to the spot, procured the body,
summoned jury, and witnesses, and the
following facts were e)icited:
!, F. NJ. Whitaker, after being duly
sworn, do say that as I was going over to
Boyd's / saw that somebody had been dig
ging there, and then getting over the fence
l went to the place and saw that there
was hole dug about one foot deep, and
after saw G. Cowan, went back with him
and lifted off the board, and discovered
dead child wrapped up in muslin. There
was no dirt upon the top of the box; only
what appeared to have fallen in. This
took place about or 9 o'clock this
morning thought from the appearance
of the hole that there had been no inten
tion of filling it up. The hole had the ap
pearance of having been dug with board.
From the appearance of the hole I should
think it was just fresh dug. l reside in
west Oskaloosa, Iowa. The place above
mentioned was in grove, at the old grave
yard, south of the CITY
F. NJ Whitaker.
/, CIV. Cowan, after being duly sworn,
do say that met F. NJ. Whitaker near the
old burying ground, south of the city of Os
kaloosa, Iowa, when he told me he had
discovered dead child laying in hole
not covered up, and he wanted me to 90
and look at it. Invent over and took
piece of a board and threw the dirt off of
the top of the box and lifted the lid off and
discovered dead child wrapped up in
old muslin. This took place this 10th
day of March, 1876, between s and 8
o'clock this morning
CIV. CowAN.
David A. Hoffman, NJ D., after being
duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that on
the 10th day of March, 1876 he made a
post mortem examination of the dead
body of a female child in the court room
in the city of Oskaloosa, Iowa, that from
sand examination, said child did not
breath after being born-that there was
evidence of violence having been used as
shown by some discoloration and an abra-
sion of the skin on the left side of the
neck. The child was to all appearance
born at full time, and alive when born,
but died from violence before breathing
D. A. HOFFMAN.
STATE OF IOWA,
Mahaska County
An inquisition holden at Oskaloosa, in
Mahaska county, on the sixteenth day of
March, A. D., 1876, before j. NJ. Byers,
coroner of said county, upon the body of
an unknown infant there lying dead, by
the jurors whose names are hereto sub
scribed. The said jurors upon their oath
do say that said female child was born
alive and through violence by some un-
known hand, the child never breathed,
| and said female child had arrived at full
maturity, before born.
In testimony whereof the said jurors
have hereunto set their hands, the day
and year aforesaid.
w. R. STANTON,
J. Z. SCRUGGs,
E. T. SHERLOCK,
Attest: J. NJ. BYERs,
Coroner.
The outside box that enclosed the one
containing the body, was made of new
hno hot flx,
been On house No clue to the guilty
| parties has yet been obtained, but their
| sinful souls are quaking in terror at the
consUmmation of this cowardly murder of
child, and retIibution will as certainly
overtake them, as that time rolls on. The
officers are on their track and it is only a
| question of time.
/. Concert Correspondence.
EDS. HERALD.--With bad roads, with
Babcock and all the other "Bs" we have
plenty to talk about; we don't care for the
roads for we know that they will get better,
but we can't say what will become of all
the BIS. The big rain on Friday caught
some of the boys from home. They might
have been seen late in the evening on top
of the fence ceoning it over the slough.
Our mail is not very certain. We had
no mail last Tuesday and but for the pluck
of Sam Carson would have been without
mail Saturday. He shouldered up the
mail bag and walked over to Kirkville and
back, all in good time.
Tell the Register man that the soldiers
down this way are not very strong Sher-
man men. We prefer to vote for some
other man.
Farmers are securing their hired help
for the season paying from $40 to $25 pei
month
The Concert school seems to worry some
of the Fremonters
Our friend Dick Moore does not look as
if he had ever been hungry, but he says he
has been. He visited some of jeff Davis
friends during the late unpleasantRess and
staid some twelve months. Dick thinks
they kept poor commissary, but he don't
care now he is commissary seargent him
self, and you know Mr.. Ed. that that class
of officers fare we'll.
The Fearfuls are training for their Cen.
tennial tour. Long will probably 60 as
pitcher.
School elections over in Cedar, from one
to eight candidates 10 district
| The census: to Brown Belford and wife
daughter. Brown was disappointed that
the Senate failed to pass the female suf.
frage bill.