The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-09-26

tHtfu Wttrctt
r Robert Hunt. city marshal OF
Ballard. was the states third wit
ness He Identified the sock and
stone as the ones he saw with the
body OF the babe on the morning Of
June L Ne also Identified the aby.
eiothfnK. IL had been In his posses
sion constantly since that date. lie
also identified a blue golf cloak a.
one found at Ballard June : and
turned over 10 him
Cross examined witness said he
saw the babes body removed from
the sock. The only articles found In
the sock besides the babes body and
clothing were a handkerchief and n
ten pound stone saw the child =
clothing removed. Was not allow ell
TO say wether he noticed anything
peculiar about the appearance 81 the
body. AIR Fuiton's obt~ction being
sustained.
". Orchard. of Ballard. was th.,
fifth witness for the state. He tes-
titled to finding blue golf care near
q ciump OF bushes on the bank Of
Salmon Bay about so PAGES from
where the body OF the BABE WAS dis
covered and some distance from this
main roadway. This was on June
2 He gave the cape TO Marshal
Hunt
Gross -exar,ined witness admitted
ne knew where the baby's body was
found only hv hearsay. The cloak
was IN a vacant lot about Il feet
from a cross street: Il was loosely
relied ~ and was not conses1ed
from view.
Mrs. Rose Hetxier
Mrs. Rose Hetxier. the states star
witness for the day was next called.
She testified that she first met Paul
Underwood at Ballard last February
when he called to rent house from
her. Underwood and his wife took
possession Of the house IN March and
lived there tfll May 81. a girl child
Was born 10 them May Is. Witness
furnished the patterns and assisted
Mrs. Underwood in making the
childTs swaddiing Clothes Witness
Identified the clothes In evidence as
the ones she assisted Mrs Under
wood In making. Witness was the
first person 10 identify the dead baby
June /. 1902
Witness last saw baby alive al
about o'clock on the evening of
May II. II Wig ~earing at that
time the clothes IN evidence. Wit
ness saw the baby at II o'clock that
morning n appeared In good health.
noon at witness home. Paul was
not there with her. He came AZ
about o'clock that evening and
asked his wife n she wne ready 70
go. that they bad 70 catch a boat
for Tacoma at $50 Witness told
Rim he could not catch tnat boat %
It was then sos.
Underwood eald ne would catch
another boat at II o'clock He asked
~ - 30 t4rf ~ Ne
bundle from the house. She said
no. Underwood said he would ~
and get H. He returned with Wfai
appeared 10 be n bundle OF baby's
clothing under his left arm. wit
ness showed MIN n newspa per time
card which proved that there was no
midnight boat for Tacoma. Under
wood said II did not matter since ne
had engaged a room down town,
When the underwoods left witness
home the wife carried the child.
Paul remarked thar ne would take
n when they got outside 80 that his
wife could hold her skirts out Of
the mud
Couldn't Nurse Child
Underwood told the witness he
would get some milk AZ restaurant
for the baby's use on the journey
10 Aberdeen. Mrs. Underwood wore
a close fitting waist when she left
the house. Witness said Mrs. I'm
derwood would have been unable 70
nurse the child without removing
the waist
Witness offered Underwood a
shopping bag IN which 20 carry his
bundle. lie said ne would get one
IN Seattle. The baby Was asleep
when they left the house. II had
beer awake shortly before and Mrs.
Underwood had ust finished nurs-
fnQ Il when Paul returned. This
baby appeared In its usual good
health. Paul seemed 70 be IN hur-
~ 70 get away.
Wilmer identified the blue golf
care IN evidence an the one IN which
fhe baby was wrapped when II WAS
taken away from witness house BY
Nr1. Underwood. Witness saw no
napkin or handkerchief over the
baby's face when the Underwood
left the house.
The undersoods had broken up
housekeeping IN Ballard ana we're
going 10 20 to Aberdeen 20 liye- The
onIv baby clothes they took with
them were the ones the baby wore
that evening.
Not SieI<Iy Baby
,rre baby war not slckly. witness
saw n frequently before ~ uertH
Witness did not know what we ~
derwoods intended 10 90 Win tns