The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-08
WASHED UP BY THE WAVES
EDDIE RYAN'S G!i.1STLY FIND ON
 THE MILL RLTER FLATS.

While Playing He Found a Jar Containing
 the Bodies of Two Dead Infants No Clue
 to the Parents of the Children-NI edieal
 Examin' Will Investigate.
 Edward Ryan, an eleven-year-old boy residing at 33 Haven street, made a startling discovery about o'clock last evening on the Mill river flats at the foot of Clay street. on the site of the Old Colony Distilleries company. Ryan with several companions was playing near the flats, when short distance away he saw a large glass jar which had evidently been left on the flats by the receding tide.
 Eddie was more venturesome than the rest of his companions and advance ed to where the jar was. The jar which was about the size of a demijohn, was carefully sealed up. Ryan picked up the jar and upon looking it over closely discovered that there was something in it. Boy-like. he broke open the jar with stone and was mortified beyond description when the perfectly develop ed bodies of two male babies dropped out on to the ground.
 The boy carefully picked up the bod ies and carried them to the Grand ave- nue precinct, where he delivered them over to the care of Sergeant McGrath, who was in charge, and told him the story of the discovery The sergeant immediately notified Medical Examiner White and the latter will make an in- vestigation into the circumstances sur rounding the case to-day Last night when asked in reference to the matter he said that he had not seen the bodies, but spoke as though he did not consider it a case of foul play.
 When the jar was broken and after the bodies had been exposed to the air for a short time they turned almost black, and it is believed from this fact that they had been in the jar for at least week and probably longer The bodies were kept at the Grand avenue precinct over night and will be turned over to the medical examiner to-day when the investigation will be com menced.
 The bodies are apparently those of twins and are both fully developed and apparently perfectly healthy. Just how long the bodies had been in the jar is problematical but the police are of the opinion that the jar has probably been floating about for week or more and were finally left on the flats last evening by the tide, which was unusu- ally low last night
 The theory of the police is that the were born dead and that their parents, being in too poor circumstances to pay for their interment. took this means to get rid of them. There were no marks of violence upon the bodies and from this fact it is argued that it is not case of foul play The jar had been carefully sealed up and with its human freight evidently thrown into the river 'r GSi
 The police immediately commenced to investigate the case. When the bod les were first discovered they were in an excellent state of preservation owing to the fact that they had been kept in m air-tight compartment, but immedi- ltely as soon as they were exposed to the air they began to discolor.
 Medical Examiner White said last night that he would view the bodies in order to ascertain whether the infants lad been born dead or had died after birth. In the event of the children hay ng been born dead it will not be a case Or the coroner.