The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-06-19
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The Body ota chnd Pound Buried Under sua.
pieious Circumstances.

picious Circumstance.
Hunters camp on the Dunn and Grat-
tan road, about five miles from Crystal
Falls, is the scene of n mystery that
promises TO 90 uusolved. Last Friday.
two men giving their names as Geo.
Ilinernan and Alex. Mcintosh came to
town aud reported the finding OF the
body OF child buried in "A manure pile
at Hunters tie camp, where they were
at work. The prosecuting attorney and
coroner were notified and an investiga-
tiOn was started.
A reporter for The DIAMOND DRuL
visited the scene of the mystery Monday
last, where he met the two men in ques-
ton, and the story as told hy them II as
follows
Suspicion was entertained 10y the men
for some time back thnt IL deed of Il
criminal nature had been pcrpetratcd at
the camp. lt was known that a woman
working there had given birth 90 child
last March, and that the latter bad dis
appeared soon aiterward. The sus-
picions of the men we're heightened by,
what Mr.. Mcintosh positively atIirms,
was a ghost. He says that one night
soon after the disappearance uf the child
he arose about | O'Clock and went out
side OF the camp. AS he opened the door
leading from the sleeping camp, he saw
something in white pass from between
the cook and sleeping shanties. lie fol-
lowed IL and saw IL pass around behind
the bnrn. He went around on the Other
side OF the barn aud saw It pass from
back al the barn to a manure pile close
bv where IL stood upright on top oi the
pile. lie then walked toward il when il
vanished. Mr. Mcintosh is a man OF
4. A. I..
concluded that hc had investigated
enough for that time, so, marking the
spot where the ghost stood, he resolved
to make an examination later.
la the meantime, the trouble between
Hunter and his wife grew more acute
and il developed that Hunter, who was
the fa thcr of the child, prevented Mrs
Hunter from exposing him, hy means Of
threats upon her life. Az last she re-
solved To conlide in Mcintosh, and she
told him how her husband threatened
her life, and that she was afraid thnt lac
would carry his threats into effect
Hunter got wind Of The fact that the
affair was out soon after this and left
hurIiedly in the night, some three weeks
ago. for parts unknown.
Neither OF the men had coniidcd in the
other and last Friday they chanced 10
be alone at the camp, when lincfman
resolved to make a icw invrst iga atIOns on
hIs own account lie accordingly took
Il long pole aud began Co sound Il couple
of old wells in the neighhorhood of the
camp Mcintosh. who OWNED his pur-
bose, followed him. and when ccriaiu
that llinermau shared his own suspic-
ions, told linn uf the ghost story and
the two incn prucccdcd To the mnnurc
pile where they found the mark that
Mcintosh had placed there several
weeks previous. I hey began tn dig
directly under IL, aud in u lew minutes
uncovered the body OF the child buried
in rough box
They came at once 90 Crystal Falls
aud reported their CHASTITY find to the
officers. Coroner Aberle visited the
scene soon aiterwurd and removed tie
body To the cemetery, whore u was
properly inferred.
The coroner and prosecuting attorney
were busy al day Monday endeayorimg
To get evidence on which to GO after and
arrest Hunter and the nothcr OF the
child, but az all the parties M the aiiuiI
have disappeared, except Mrs. Hunter,
the task IL "a difficult one. The officers
are determined 10 bring The guilty
parties To Justice II they can be found
II is the helicf of all that know anything
Of the affair that the child was gotten
rid of hy foul means and II Is 10 hopet
That the pnrtirs connected with tht
affair will get their Just deserts.