The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-13
BUTTE News.
IT'S MURDER MOST FOUL
The Baby Was Killed and
Thrown Into a Vault.
1T WAS BORN ALIVE
Dr.. Hammond's Testimony Leaves No
Doubt That a Shocking Crime Has
Been Committed h Police
Are Working on the Case.

. The inquest held yesterday by Coro-
ner Tremblay on the body of the infant
found by ~scavengers in a vault in Mad
oson avenue on Monday evening, de-
veloped a sensation. as 1t was proved
beyond question that a murder was
committed when the child was deposit
ed In the vault. The witness of chief
Importance was DIR. j. :. Hammond.
who performed the autopsy for Coro-
ner Tremblay. He testified the child
had been naturally born. as was shown
by the fact tina the lungs We're filled
with air. disclosing the fact that the
child had been lone away with, and
ahe evidence of the scavengers proved
that the crime was committed some
months ago. The inquest was not COM
pleted as Coroner Tremblay desired to
wait until the police could investigate
the case, and an adjournment was
Staken after the principal witnesses had
been examined until Friday.
AS soon as IL was known a murder
had been committed. the police went to
work on the case. but as yet have UNI
earthed nothing TO indicate who were
the perpetrators of the crime.
Al the beginning of the in
Quest the scavengers who found the
body testified concerning the circum-
stances under which the crime was
brought to light. They salt they had
been engaged to clear a vault I'm the
alley in the rear of No. 1916 Madison
avenue When they commenced work
they two feet of ice. They
chopped this away and came tn a depth
Of about three feet of water. In aking
the water out they the child
and notified Sanitary Inspector Tobin.
= DIR. Hammond testified that he per-
0Da~nAa nm nttnnSU and found tho re-
mains of the infant only partly decom-
posed, a fact ne attributed to its hav-
ing lain in the ice cold water. The body
was that of a girl baby and weighed
seven and one-half pounds. II was I'M
q~uestionably that Of a fully matured
infant. An examination Of the lungs
proved tina IL had been born naturally
as the lungs were filled with air. From
further examination IL was shown the
child had been perfectly healthy. DIR.
Hammond then stated that he found a
clot Of blood at the base of the brain.
which might have been caused by a
blow, and doubtless was, although IL
was impossible to state positively. He
eaid there was no means of judging
how long the body had been in the
water. but from the fact that the ice
was two feet thick on top II was evil
dent the child had been placed there
before the ice formed. which must have
been some months ago. In DR.. Ham
mond's opinion there was no that
the child had been naturally born, Kill
ed and then thrown into the vault.
Sanitary Inspector Tobin was called
but was only able to state the facts OF
his having been summoned there after
which he sent for the coroner Coro-
ner Tremblay decided at this time 10
postpone the further taking OF testi-
mony until the police authorities com
plete their investigation n adjourned
the inquest until Friday.
Detective Murphy worked all day on
the case. and at one time thought he
had discovered an important clue. He
learned from the ~neighbors that a child
was born to a family who lived i'm q
house in the vicinity of the place where
the child was found. some three or -four
months ago.. which had disappeared
under circumstances which appeared
10 some of the ~neighbors mysterious. as
they never learned of its death. Upor
more thorough investigation II was
found the child was a boy while tina
found i'm the vault was a girl. A Ger
tihcate of the death of the boy chile
was later found on record I'm the health
Office. Nc other clue of a definite OF
tangible form has thus far marked tn,
. efforts OF the officers.