The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-04-24
FIRST WARD
SENSATION !
A woman's Queer Actions and a CHASTITY
Discovery.
BUT EVIDENCES ARE SWEPT AWAY
The Report Has the Appearance of Hoax,
But Several Citizens stouly Assert
That It is Founded Upon
Facts and They Saw
the Body.

No little excitement was occqsioned in
town to-day by a report that the mutilated
remains Of an infant child had been found
in the creek near the Indian Ridge colliery.
Mutlation being coupled with the find led to
many expressions Of indignation and CON
demnatiOn
Dr. c. s. Phillips was the first to be in
formed of the discovery and he notified
Health Officer COnry. This handling of
the information tended to increase the in
terest which had been aroused and foi sew
eral hours additional Information concerning
the matter was eagerly sought Later de-
velopments gave the report tho complexion
of hoax, but there were some very un-
pleasant fapts Ia connection with g.
This morning Detective Amour and a re-
porter went to the place at which the dis
covery was alleged TO have been made and
could see no remains Of child, or any trace
Of the paste board shoe box in which the
body was alleged to have rested. When the
detective and newspaper man were about to
leave the place satisfied that the report was a
hnaE they met two well known residents of
the locality who vouched for the truth of the
story. One of them stated that shortly after
ten o'clock last night he observed a womnn
walking along the creek suddenly throw
package into the water and then walk
hurriedly away. The suspicious of the in
formant were aroused by the woman S actions
aud the part of Tho Qrcpk where the package
had been thrown was visited by several men
who had been told Of the occurrence. With
the aid Of miners lamp the package was in
spected and all who gazed upon it that
the contents Of the paste board shoe box
they found were the remains Of an apparent.
ly new born child which had been ter
ribly mutilated. None in the party would
touch the ghastly find aud IL was decided to
leave it in its resting place until this morn
ing, when the authorities would be notified
This morning the only trace left was a piece
Of red tWine with which the box had been
tied. What became Of tho rest Of tho End
no one is able TO tell. Some believe flush
In the water carried it down the creek, while
others think the party who threw the un-
slightly package into the creek returned later
in the night and removed 1t to a more Sc
cluded place.
The informant is positive in his recital
and says the woman he saw was about feet
l inch high, weighs between 15O and 100
pounds, and wore a black sun bonnet and a
light wrapper Che hurried away IN a north
westerly direction, towards the Lehigh Val
ley railroad. When asked why he didn't
try to intercept the woman when his sus.
piciOns were aroused he replied that she was
too quick for him. and it was not until after
the package had been inspected that he fully
realized the conditions. 1t is not likely that
there will be any more developments in con-
nection with the matter, as the basis of OPP
eratiops would be the possession Of the re-
mains, and they appear to have passed into
complete oblivion. The people of the First
ward continue much exercised over the
matter however