New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-03-23
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I'M HI IHlI ALEU UN IHUL
Grisly Find Made Sunday Morning
at Sleepy Eye.
Two Small Boys Discover Baby's
Body Near Railroad.
Coroner's Inquest Clears Away
Supposed Mystery.
A gruesome discovery made by two
small boys startled Sleepy Eye Sunday
morning. Suspended from a barb-Wire
fence alongthe Chicago Northwestern
right of way they found the body OF
an infant, it having, apparently, been
thrown by some person standing on the
tracks. AS the fetus was but partly
grown the natural inference of the
authorities, when report was made to
them, was that a very grave crime had
been committed, but a searching in
vestigation of the case by Coroner L..
A. Fritsche established the fact that
the child did not meet it's death through
violence.
Nicholas Manderfeld and Frank
CHASER, little fellows 10 years of age,
made the CHASTITY find. At a point
about nine blocks west of the Sleepy
Eye depot they noticed the corpse. It
was about fifty feet north of the track
and hung from the top wire of the
fence. When they approached to ex-
anime the object more closely one of
them touched the wire and it fell to the
ground, whereupon they returned to
the city and informed their parents of
the discovery. When the case was re-
ported to Marshal Michael Frantz he
examined the body and the spot where
it was found and then notified Coroner
Fritsche.
That official, with County Attorney
Hoidale, went to Sleepy Eye Monday
afternoon and in accordance with his
thorough methods he decided to hold
an inquest in Peter Majewski' S morgue.
Christ Madsen, Michael Foil, A. H.
Pickle, Michael Radl, J. L. Kiefer and
J. F. Barton were subpoenaed to act
as jurors and four witnesses were
examined.
Nicholas Manderfeld told of finding
the fetus Sunday morning and Marshal
Frantz corroborated his testimony,
adding that on Monday morning he
picked up a piece of a night robe on
the opposite side of the track. It was
stained with blood and had evidently
been used to wrap about the fetus.
Nothing of Importance was learned
from either of the witnesses and it
began to look as though the jury
would be compelled to return an
indefinite verdict, but when DR.. A. F.
Stricken took the stand he was able to
enlighten the jurors. After answering
several questions the physician in
formed Coroner Fritsche that he be-
lieved he could direct the authorities
to the responsible parties and upon
the information he furnished young
man residing in Sleepy Eye, a clerk
in one of the stores, was summoned
before the inquisition.
He told a straightforward story,
saying that his young wife, to whom
he has been married for eight months,
was delivered of a still-born child
Saturday morning. He kept the fetus
until $3.50 or 9 o'clock that night and
then took it to the outskirts of the city,
following the railroad tracks. At the
point where it was found he claimed to
have descended the embankment and
covered it with rocks. He admitted
having received advice as to the
manner of disposing of it butdisclaimed
throwing it from the track.
DR.. Stricken, recalled, stated that
he had attended the young mans wife
during confinement and that the birth
was premature. In his opinion the
death of the fetus was due to natural
causes and when he was excused the
jury brought in verdict ''that said
fetus came to it's death in a natural
way on or about March 10, 1904
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