The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-05
NIGHT VISIT TO
JORDAN RIVER
Strange Actions of Man and
Woman in Black.
MAY HAVE DROWNED BABE
POLICE WORKING ON NEW CLUE
IN MURDER CASE.
|, STRANGE man and woman. a noe

A STRANGE man and woman, a noe
4 turnaI visit to the Jordan river
and a suspicious looking bundle,
now figure prominently in the mystery
OF the death of the babe found IN the
river Sunday afternoon. 1t develops
shat the unknown persons and a buggy
were seen almost on the spot where
| the baby was found, on a dark night
some time ago. The man stood behind
the buggy with q small bundle in his
arms. Both man and woman were
I dressed in black and they appeared TO
/ be cautious about making any noise.
After they We're seen they disappeared,
no one knows where
The story Of this night trip to the
river was told yesterday by Mrs. JO-
Seph IlttleWoOd, who lives near the
Place where the child was found When
! the discovery was made Sunday, the
incident was recalled TO her mind and
she made IL known to the officers. If
the identity Of the man and woman in
I black car be learned. it is believed that
something may be discovered that Will
throw light on the death of the baby.
It was while the inquest was in ses-
I sion before Justice +. H Clark yester-
day afternoon that the story of Mrs
LittlewOOd became known Justice
Clark was informed and late in the
afternoon he and the jury went to the
Woman's house for the purpose Of get
( tinS her testimony.
Mrs. Littlewood's Story.
Mrs. LittlewOod could not remember
the date when she saw the unknown
parties, but il was some weeks back
She said she had been over to the city
and was driving TO her home near
Third North and Tenth West. AS she
drove UP the river bank near Third
North she saw a light buggy and dark
horse standing by the edge of the water
Il short distance from the road.
standing right at the back of the
buggy" said Mrs. LittlewOod. were a
man and woman. II was 10 o'clock at
night and so dark that I could not see
their faces. I noticed though that
neither Of them had anything white on
There was. not a white thing about the
buggy. The man stood nearest the
buggy and I could family see in his
arms a bundle that looked to be about
foot or a foot and a half long This
was wrapped in cloth that looked
lighter than the clothes he was wear
ing.
AS 7 drove up heard voices, but
they suddenly stopped and / couldn't
hear a sound The buggy was standing
within a few feet of where the baby
was found for I noticed that single
tree stood near the rig on the bank.
was alone and as there had been
hoId-up in the vicinity few nights be-
fore, I was frightened
Woman Was Frightened.
The thought that something was
wrong struck me in an instant. but I
was too frightened to try 20 make IN
vestigatiOnS- did stop the horse to see
IL I could hear anything Not a SOUND
reached me and became so frightened
I hurried on home
Not more than ten minutes later my
daughter and a young man who had
( been visiting came along the same
Z ILL., h. hpr
asked them if they had seen the buggy
/ They said they hadn't seen anything at
all. The man and woman seemed 10
| try to hide behind the buggy when
/ drove I'D and that aroused my sus-
piciOns. 1 was convinced taht some
| thing was wrong I remarked to my
/ daughter that night that something
would be heard about that affair yet
Several times have been on the verge
of telling the officers what saw bd~
nothing had happened and thought l
might have been unduIy excited so
/ said nothing until I learned Of the ind
/ ing OF the child
Couldn't Give Description.
I Mrs. IittIewood could give no de-
1 scriptiOn Of the people or the rig. She
! said it was too dark to tell anything
/ about them except that there was q
man and woman
/ Did the man and woman in black
/ murder the IA De whose OeCOInpOSSQ Ae-
mains were dragged from the water
! Sunday That is the question that is
! confronting IN cOTOner'S jury. If such
] is the case, as the officers are inclined
/ to believe, who are the mysterious per
! sons that stole to the river in the dark
/ ness of night and drowned a little one
! in the muddy waters? If the deed was
! done on the night Mrs. LittlewOOd
! drove by. she evidently came upon the
| scene Just before the crime was COM
! mitted. Ii is thought by the officers
/ quite likely that the murderers intend
/ ed TO sink the bundle far out in the
/ water. but being frightened by the ap-
| pearance Of the other buggy, hurriecly
= dropped il near the bank
! The boys WEO found the body and Dr.
1 Mayo were examined at the inquest,
/ then il adjourned until Thursday morn
( ing at 10 o'clock. that other invesuga-
( tons may be made.