The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1901-07-26
HABY FOUND DEAD,
In the Upper Part OF Town Near tho Co.
N. " l.. rracl-Not Known Whether
WhitO or Colored.

Yesterday afternoon while carrying
trash out of town, Dan Meredith, colored,
found dead baby i'll the upper part of
town near the track Of the c., N. s: r.
railroad. From all appearances the child
seemed to have been put to death soon
after its birth. When found it had q
linen bandagc around It's face and hose,
which i'll the opinion Of DR.. Ellcsor, who
examined the body, was sufficient to have
caused straugulation. Meredith inIalcdi-
atcly came TO town and Informed Chief
Of Police Hunter, who caused the body
10 be placed III a box and brought to the
opera house, where a coroner's jury was
Immediately cmpanelled.
1t IS not known whether the child was
white or colorcd. 1t was in all advanced
stage Of decomposition and seemed to
have been III tie place where it was
found for some five or six days.
At the coroncr's inquest Meredith and
Chief Of Police Hunter testified, and DR..
Ellcsor was called in and examined the
body and gave out the statement given
below.
The following is the testimony taken al
the coroncrs inquest.
TESTIMONY.
Dan Meredith, sworn, says: | live in
Newberry, S. G. found lay OIL the
streets when was carrying trash, baby
1 don't know what color it was. found
it OH the 25th Of July, 1901. I stopped
my cart to fix pad under tho collar and
1 seen it. thought it was dog, but
went to it and saw it was baby. 1 called
Giles and showed IL 10 him. He said that
was a baby. found it about fifteen feet
from the railroad. 1t was closer to the
big road than the railroad. It was dead
when found it. 1t was not covered up.
l. did not see any tracks about there at all.
His
Dan X Meredith.
mark.
II. {. Hunter, sworn, says: I am Chief
Of Police of Newberry. 1t was reported
to lie by Dan Meredith and Policeman
Carter. Iwcnt there aud found a dead
baby some fifteen feet this side Of the c.,
N. & l.. railroad crossing. On a closer
examination I found handkerchief
seemed to be tied around its mouth aud
forehead. l also found OH the bank Of
the street ditch within twelve or fifteen
feet of where the child was Il cloth Of
ordinary cotton cloth. That cloth con-
tanned filth of some kind, Which might
be an afterbirth. l caused the child that
found there to be placed III box and
brought to the opera house. The cloth
seemed to be tight. The cloth that was
lying there was not large enough TO have
brought the child there in. Judging from
the appearance the child i'll my Judgment
mad been there son1e 1--WE days. I could
not tell whether or not it was white or
a colored child.
II. G.. Hunter.
DR.. p. G. Ellesor was called in and
after all examination Of the body gave
out the following statement to the jury:
This is to certify that have this day
examined the body Of dead female i'll
the coroner of Newberry County, and
find the body in all advanced state of de-
composition. Also find broad band of
linen tied firmly around the mouth and
nose sufficiently tight to cause strangu-
lation. Upon examination Of lungs OF
said infant, I found abundant evidence
of the infant having lived aud breathed.
P. G. Ellesor, M. D.
The verdict Of the jury was "that the
said infant CAME to her death from
strangulation inflicted by party or par
ties unknown to the jury, to the best of
th cir knowledge and belief"
The following gentlemen composed the
jury: Nat Gist, foreman; w. S. Langford,
J. 7. Smith, J. f. Renwick, T. d. Mower,
w. P. Bedenbaugh, J. +. Scott, T. O..
Stewart, Jr., w. A. Kinard, L. c. Pitts,
A. w. Davis, r. G. Spearman.