The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-06-01

Miss Mary Ogorozak is in the West
Side hospital under the watchful eyes
of officers on the charge of having muir
dered her infant child in a most horri-
fyingly brutal manner The body OF
the child was found yesterday morn
ing In the rear of the house OF Thomas
McNichols, who lives on Scranton
street, opposite Chestnut. The woman
had been arrested some hours before
that by Patrolman John Thomas, who
found her acting in peculiar manner
in the vicinity Of the point where the
child was found. At the time he took
her into custody he thought she was
Intoxicated or somewhat demented. on
the way to the West Side police station
she fell exhausted to the ground and
restoratives had to be applied.
She was eventually taken to the sta
ton house and locked up, but was aft
erwards removed to the West Side hos
pital, where she now Is.
TERRIBLE INJURIEa
The body OF the child was taken to
Prices morgue, where Coroner Rob-
erts made post-mortem examination.
He found a compound fracture OF the
skull, the brain disorganized, the eyes
| bulged out and small mark on the
| forehead, which may have been caused
| by a blunt instrument or the child's
| head being slammed against wall.
| The bulging OF the eyes was evidently
| due to strangulation, and the fracture
| OF the skull showed evidences Of ter
| rifle violence. The brain substance
| was oozing out from the concussion.
| There were other marks OF violence as
| well. The child was born alive, but
| had evidently breathed the breath Of
| life but a short time when 1t met such
| a violent death. 1t had evidently been
| dead only n few hours when found.
Thomas McNichols went into the
| yard back OF his house shortly after
| 7 o'clock yesterday morning and there
| discovered a bundle in which he sup
posed there was a dead dog. As he ap-
| preached II he was driven back by the
odor arising from the body and return
| ing to the house informed his wife Of
the discovery made.
| She advised him to get shovel and
| throw 1t out into the alleyway along
| side the house. This he did, and a
few minutes later several women liv-
ing in the court examined the bundle
and found It contained the dead body
OF a child, horribly mutilated. The
remains were picked up and removed
to Prices morgue and Coroner Rob-
erts notified.
| REMOVED TO HOSPITAL
The facts connecting the woman with
the dead child were learned by the cor
oner after an examination made In
the police station, and she was re-
moved to the hospital until her condi-
tion will permit her to be removed to
the county Jail. She will be held to
await the result Of the coroner's In
quest.
The following jury was empanellcc
. on the case: Thomas V. Lewis Thorn.
as Jones, George Davis. William SAINT
Martin Durkin and Daniel Davis.
hearing was held at Prices livery at I
o'clock. The first witness was Thoma.
McNichols, who discovered the body
. as related above.
Jacob Gilman, deputy constable o.
: the Seventh ward was then sworn
, | and his testimony practically revealed
, the woman's identity. He stated tina
, there was a ball held on the Soutl
: Washington avenue flats Wednesda.
: afternoon, which the woman attend
z ed. About 2 o'clock he was asked t
arrest the woman, but when he mad
| a search for her she had disappeared
: and no trace Of her could be found
\ He made an effort to locate her, bu
: failed, and did not learn anything fur
g ther about the case until yesterda.
: morning. when ne visited the home o
4 lgnatz Uram, at 504 South Washingto
= avenue. There he learned that tn
= woman had been employed as domes
! tic by Mrs. Uram since May l, an
@ had not been seen since she left tn
n house at noon on Wednesday.
3 LETTERS FOUND.
Coroner Roberts produced mum
ber OF letters and papers found on tn
woman's person. On an envelope wa
written the name OF Mary Ogorozal