Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-02-26
INCEST AND MURDER
Two Words Most on the Lips OF
Newaygo Folk.
FATHER AND DAUGHTER NON IN JAIL
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town Mas stirEed up today hy a sensa-
tion 80 horrible IA is disgusting aud
deylilsh details, that language fails 10
describe TIE feelings Of tie decent
people upon whose attention the facts
have been obruded The e.rcum-
stances have been known several days
to nnmber or our people, but the
arrest aud jalling OF the alleged offend
ers, named TuIkett,
Father aud Daughter
have thrown the whole sewer of filth,
known and eonjectured, into ali ears.
The ostenslble crinie for which the
Tnrkett people have been arrested Is
willful failure 10 permit the giving oI
proper nOnrshment 10 the healthy,
newly born babe OF the daughter, out
the likelihood Is that deeper develop
ments now IN progress vail result IN
accusations compared with winch the
present one will appear petty anu un-
important.
Iurkett and his daughter, the latter
Healthy and voiuptuous Girl
of Is years. have been living alone IN
the vicinity of Otia, in the northern
part of this county. They came 10
tins part of the country about a year
ago. Their domestic liie has been very
well hidden from the gaze OF any
curious and prylng eyes. The girl has
never had any male ass. Iclatos on any
such terms OF intimacy rs would bring
prospective maternity within the lines
of the remOtest SUSPICION. Superstltlous
and pure minded ones IN the EeIghbor-
hood have even harbored the theory of
miraculous visitation. The people are
Canadians by birth, and Turkcit is a
somewhat seedy looking Individual 40
years of age. The daughter is fair
looking, but her education is very
limited. About six weeks ago the
daughter had the
Misfortune to BECOME the Mother
OF bouncing boy. The evidence is
that the child was healthy and strong,
and had an excellent promise of long
life.
Had the child been permitted TO live,
the charitable belief would have pre-
vailed that some insinuatluc youth, in
whom the tender passion ls.-. bred un-
common stealth, had even peen elud-
ing the vigilance of the fond father;
but as time rolled on, the child began
to dwndle away, until the bare skele-
ton was left. AT the end of SIX weeks
The Little One Passed way
So reduced that IT weighed but five
pounds. The circumstances attending
the death and the general appearance
OF the premises were onsldered 10y the
neighbors TO be good grounds for an IN
vestIgation. The arrest of both father
and daughter followed Immediately
upon the completion of this Investlga-
ton. The officers have not yet revealed
all their discoveries IN detail, but 1t is
known that the post mortem revealed
Il very damaging state OF affairs, ana
that other circumstances OF the domes-
TIC life OF these people point 10 suspi-
clons too horrld to name To ears polite.
The Paternity of the Child
Is now known TO be matter OF deeper
concern to the officers than the cause
of its death. The child is dead, and
may be the better off Tor it; but the
parents are still living, and what the
community wants to know is whether
or not the world Is better of for that.