Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-04-07
DESTROYED HER CHIl-D.
Mabel La Grange Throws Her Babe iuto
the River-Arrested for Murder.

the River-Arrested for Murder.
Mabel LAGRANGE, of Milan, threw
her six-days-old female infant child
of the ferry dock at the foot of Eigh-
teenth street into the Mississippi
at s O'Clock last night, it being picked
up along the shore little later. The
body of the infant was placed in
charge of Undertaken Knox, and Cor
oner Halves empanneled jury COM
posed of 0. l.. Benway, foreman;
Phil Miller, Adolph Carlson, John o.
Freed. Chas. +. Bladel and William
Kennedy, who after viewing the re-
mains, adjourned to the Armory,
where the evidence i'll the inquest
was taken.
Testimony of Witnesses.
The first witness examined was DR..
Elisha Nj. Boyer. who testified to
having attended Miss Mabel La
Grange who was confined at the
Swinton residence. 1906 Third ave-
nue.. on Saturday. April /. The
child born was n healthy female.
fully developed. and had continued
to be healthy since birth. Witness
and had met the mother on Eigh
teenth street and Second avenue in
the evening. To him she stated that
she had given her child to a lady in
Moline who had Just left on car.
Witness accompanied Miss LaGrange
to her boarding place on Third ave
nue., being afterward called out of
| the house by the chief of police. to
ha no FOL ~ laIy-S ha,
| abouts. Witness further testified
that he had examined the infant since
| death and in his opinion it had come
to its death by drowning.
How She Was Detected.
The next witness was Chas. f.
| Smith. who testified having been sit
ting in the ferry dock about O'Clock
when Miss LaGrange came in and
| sat down. He noticed that she had q
| bundle in her arms. Presently she
| got up and walked out to the lower
| end of the dock, remaining there a
| few minutes. and then returned and
started up Eighteenth street. Wit
| ness followed her as far as Second
| avenue. where she met DR.. Boyer.
| and noticed also that she no longer
| had the bundle. He thereupon re-
| turned to the dock, procured Ian
tern. and in company with friend,
Harry Means. looked along the shore
| and discovered the bundle about SO
| feet below the dock. where it had
| been washed in. Officers Schaab.
| Carlson, Chief Miller and the two
| Young men then went down and
| opened the bundle and found the
! babe. The above testimony was cor
roborated by Harry Means.
other witnesses.
Mrs. Julia Swinton. with whom
| Miss LaGrange boarded. then testi
| ged in regard to the birth of the
child. after which Chief Miller and
Officer Schaab and Carlson gave cor
roborative testimony. The jury after
short deliberation returned a YER
| diet that 1.-The infant was drowned
by its mother. Mabel LaGrange, in
the Mississippi river. at the ferry
dock at Eighteenth street and First
avenue Rock Island, on April 6.
| 1898
| Arrested for Murder.
| Mabel LaGrange the unfortunate
| girl is but Il years of age and her
| case is sad story of betrayal and
| desertion. Her folks refused to har-
| Dor her which drove her to seek shell
| ter in this city. She was arrested
| last night on charge of murder and
| detained at the Armory, being taken
| to the county Jail this morning. 1t
| is rumored now that others who are
| connected with the case may get in
| t,AIhla