The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-31
A HORRIBLE DISCOVERY
Well Developed Female Fetus
Found in a Vault.
THE MOTHER NOT KNOWN
The Body Evidently Had Been Born but
a Short Time Before Its Being
Found-Coroner's Inquest
Develops Nothing.

II ahAAioi ~ ~ ~
unravel the mystery of a case which
came to light yesterday and which has
about it some peculiar features. Two
scavengers, w. II. Carter and John
Butsey, in the employ of Ed Chamber
lain, the city scavenger. while cleaning
the vault of an clubhouse in the rear of
a saloon at Meaderville known as the
NJ. T. saloon and run by Martin Turk.
found a 8 or 7-months' old fetus at
about 5 O'Clock yesterday morning. Not
knowing What to do. the scavengers
threw the dead child in their wagon
and took it out to the city dump and
buried it in the debris there.
Another peculiar feature of the case.
is the discovery of the crime, so soon
after its commission. The child had
not been in the vault more than As
hours. and its discovery was purely an
accidental matter. No one appears to
have known the vaul was to be clean
ed, not even the proprietor of the place
himself, and quite evidently the person
who committed the hideous crime did
not know it. The scavengers simply
got notice to clean the vault and they
went to work. They had but opened
the vault when the disgusting find was
made.
After returning from the dump. where
they had buried the infant, the scav-
engers notified their employer, who in
formed Sanitary Inspector Tobin of the
facts. Inspector Tobin notified Acting
Coroner Laurandeau and the two, ac-
companied by the two went
out to the dump and dug up the fetus.
The body was sent to Sherman's un-
dertaking rooms, where an inquest was
held last evening. The inquiry brought
out A1AAs -
death or as to the author or authors
of the crime and the jury returned a
verdict simply reciting the facts rela-
tive to the finding of the body.
When Chief of Police Mulholland
learned of the find. he detailed Detec-
tive Murphy to make an investigation.
Detective Murphy stated last evening
that he had not succeeded in learning
the identity Of the mother. 1t is learned
from other sources that the saloon in
the rear i'm which the vault is located.
is run as a ~disreputable house and thai
a woman who had been living there for
some time was Know to nave been i'm a
delicate condition. This fact was COM
monty known. 1t is learned that a fe-
male friend of this woman told Harry
c. Worthington that she had given
birth to a child on Sunday. County
Physician Sheeran was called
upon to make an examina-
ton of the fetus. He found
from its condition that it could not have
been born more than AS hours before. 1t
so happened that Mr.. Worthington was
drawn as a coroner's juror to investi-
gate the case. He knew nothing about
the circumstances at the time, but
when he heard from the testimony
where the child was found, and that
1t was not more than As hours old, he
remembered the woman he had been
fold had OiX-nn hfpfh 70 On ah;1l -. So,
day, had lived at the place run by Turk.
The coincidence was striking and the
conclusion was at once formed that the
woman was the mother of the child.
This was not brought out in evidence
at the inquest. but Mr.. Worthington
impaired his information to the author
tiles that the premature birth of the
child was the result of an abortion. and
strong effort is being made to establish
the identity of the guilty parties.
At the inquest last evening, Ed
Chamberlain OF 500 South Montana
street, city scavenger, was the first
witness. He said he was notified bv
two of his men that they had found
the body of an infant in a vault at
Meaderville. He reported to the sani-
tary inspector. w. II. Carter, one of
the scavengers said he and his partner
opened the vault and found the body.
Not knowing what TO do with il. they
ipbh u W the city uuinp anu covered
il up. In the morning they reported to
the city scavenger. The vault was in
the rear of the NJ. T. saloon at Meader-
vile. Replying to questions by a juror.
the witness said he did not know the
name of the proprietor of the NJ. T.
saloon. The body was found at about
5 o'clock in the morning. He did not
think the child had been in the vault
very long. The witness did not know
whether it was a male or female in
FAINT. 1t was a fully developed child.
John Butsey, who was working with
Carter in the employ of the city scav-
enger, testified that Carter found the
body. They discussed what should be
done with it, and not knowing what
else to do. they took it to the dump.
All of his statements conceded with
those of Carter.
Sanitary Inspector Charles p. Tobin
said he met City Scavenger Chamber
lain in the morning and was informed
of the finding of the body, who said 1t
had been taken to the dump. Witness
asked why this was done, and was in
formed it was because the men did not
know what to do with il. Witness re-
ported to the coroner and went out TO
the dump and found the body where
il had been covered up. The witness
had not completed his investigation
and suggested the inquest go over for
a time.
Ut. +. j.. SneeIdn' county phS SiCldn'
testified to examining the body. He
found il to be an immature birth. of
about six or seven months develop
ment. 1t had undoubtedly been born
dead. There was nothing TO indicate
how birth had been brought on. He
thought the child had been born about
As hours when he saw il. The child
was a female The appearance Of the
nostrils, mouth and finger nails showed
clearly the child was immature and
could not have been born alive. There
was nothing to indicate that instru-
ments a been used at the birth. or
that there were any injuries. Reply
ing to questions by a juror. the wit
ness said children had been known to
live which were of six or seven months
development, but the cases were rare.
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