Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-12-29

Declares She Is Wholly Responsible for the
Commission of the Crime-Arthur, Broth
er of the Girl Mother. Relates the shock
ing Details to the Coroner's Jury, Which
Causes the Arrest Of the Couple.
John Treglown and his-wife. Mar
garet, are locked up in the county jail
with a charge of murder hanging
over them They were brought to the
city last night from Coal Valley, by
Coroner l.. V. Eckhart. having, as
heretofore stated by THE ARGUS, been
held for causing the death of
the infant of their I5-year-
old daughter, Annie Treglown. The
verdict of the jury, which was
composed of L. J. Murphy, s. L.
Stafford, j. T. Hass, George Wilson,
Thomas Counley and Richard Gala
han, Sr., was that The infant female
child of Annie Treglown came to- her
death by being strangled to death by
her grandfather and grandmother,
John Treglown and Margaret Treg-
Town, of Coal Valley, Rock Island
county, state of Illinois, on or about
the 18th day of November. 1898, at
their home in Coal Valley
Arthur Treglown, aged Is, brother
of the dead child's mother, gave to
the jury what is believed TO be a
straightforward account in all its
shocking details of the manner in
which the babe was gotten out of the
way. He said he was home Nov. %,
the day on which his sister gave birth
TO the child. 1t was alive and cried.
With him in the house were his sister
An nj in haH of nr
and father and his brother Henry.
His mother took the babe in her arms
and said. she was going to wash it, but
before doing so she gave his father a
piece of white cloth, which he wrapped
about the infants neck. The babe
did not cry any more, he said.
My father put the baby in the
box" Arthur testified furt her, latter
he held the cloth around its neck for
five or ten minutes. My father then
put the baby in a sack or pillow slip
that my mother gave to him. She
then tied the string about the sack
while my father held it. And then he
placed it in the box and put the lid
on. | saw my father take the box I'M
der his arm to the barn. He dug the
hole under the barn where the baby S
body was buried. He warned my
brother, Henry. and myself not to say
anything about the child"
Corroborates Her Brothers Story.
Annie Treglown, the mother of the
infant, corroborated for the most part
all her brother said. She said the
child was female and was born alive.
She saw her mother wrap the cloth
around the little body.
Henry Treglown, Annie's 25-year-
old brother. said he was in the house
the day of the childs birth, but he
could not say whether it was born
alive.
Drs. j. De Silva. of this city, and
W. l.. Eddy, of Milan. who made a
postmortem examination of the body,
to the jury that the babe had
been born alive. They found the skin
in the left side of the head and under
the chin in a discolored state, and the
left eve showed the effect of pressure.
The mouth was badly distorted, and
there was abundant evidence to con-
vince the physicians that the infant
had been strangled. They so reported
to the jury.
Coroner Eckhart Immediately issued
warrants for the arrest of John Treg-
lown and his wife. Mrs. Treglown
made a voluntary statement to the
coroner declaring that she was alone
responsible for the deed.
The infants body is at KnoX's I'M
dertaking rooms, where it will be kept
until further orders from the author
tiles.