The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-23
THAT PROMISES To REVEAL THE
IDENTITY OF THE DROWNED
BABY.
WOMAN AND CHILD MISSING,
BUT THE BODY HAS NOT BEEN
IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF
THEM.
GRAY SHAWL MAY TELL 1T ALL
Some Residents Saw q Woman Gar
rying a Bundle I'm One q Few
Days Ago.

There were no developments in the
supposed case of child murder reported
In the G l yesterday. The body
of the infant is at Mccarthy & Don
nelly's morgue, and an autopsy will
be held this morning. Detective Nc
Kinley, Of the Ducas street station,
was at work on the case yesterday,
and, in the course of his investiga-
lions, made a tour of the lower flats
for the purpose of ascertaining some
clue which would lead to the identity
Of the dead infants parents. He re-
ported last night that there was moth
ing new in the case, and that he had
not been able to find anything which
would throw light on the matter.
Capt Getchell said he had been in
formed that a man whose name he die
not care to give out had noticed
woman crossing the Robert street
bridge Saturday afternoon shortly
after 1 o'clock with a bundle wrapped
in a gray shawl. Capt Getchell did
not put much stock in the story as
connecting this particular woman with
the body Of the dead infant, from the
fact that the doctors had stated that
the body had evidently been in the
water day or so. This, and the fact
that only about three hours had
elapsed from the time that the woman
was seen crossing the bridge until the
dead body was found, caused Capt. Get
chell to think there was nothing in this
clue. The man, whose name, it was
learned last night, was Smith, wilt,
however, be given an opportunity to
examine the shawl which was wrapped
around the body of the child for the
purpose, if he can, of Identifying it
as the one which he saw the woman
carrying on the bridge
1t was suggested yesterday by Do
lice that perhaps the body was that of
an infant who had died a natural death
and the parents, not being able to pay
for its burial, consigned the remains
to the river as the least expensive
manner of disposing of it.
Coroner Nelson said last evening
that he was not informed as to any
new Developments in the case. He
had been Informed by DR.. Ball, the
deputy coroner, who had the case in
charge, that it was possible that the
enid had been thrown into the river
by woman supposed to be it's mother
VINO had been endeaVoring for some
WeehS 10 get some one TO care for her
child. AS to who this woman was, and
If there had been sufficient fnvestiga-
ton to connect the body OF the child
found with that of the woman who
had been DESTROYS Of having some one
care for her infant, Coroner Nelson
said he was not advised The first
question, he said, to be ascertained
was whether the child had come to it's
death by drowning, and this would
be revealed at the autopsy this morn
ing. On the result of the post norton
depended the necessity of holding an
inquest. If it developed that the child's
death was caused by drowning, there
would be an official investigations
DR.. Ball was not inclined to talk
about the case further than to say
that there had been no new develop
ments, and that he had Informed Coro-
ner Nelson of all the facts in his pos
session. AS to the identity of the wom-
an who recently had attempted to get
some one to take an infant of the Same
age and sex off her hands, DR.. Ball
would not talk. It was learned, how
ever, that the woman mentioned had
left the city, and the theory connecting
her with the body of the infant found
in the river was as yet mere conjec-
ture.