The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-08-04

Nhflo temporarily insane Ba the
result OF the birth uf an IUesitl=
mate ghild. Katie Huash a ia.Neaf#
old Polish sirt buried her new bonn
babe auYv ion ihe haruAarH near her
home at Franklin last Tuesday
mouluE causing it's death Coru#
uer Hove. Who went go Franklin
yesterday to investigate the report
81 luAntielde. returned to the city
this morning with the girl Nhn
was placed Ia Providence hospital
pending further inquiry She Wlil
probably be charged with child
murder
The girl admits the bIlth ~ the
Chlld bat claims that she does NOT
remember ans thing that hafpened
Tuesday morning She o. a step SIS
Ter of Stanley Smith. a coal miner
ut Franklin. and has bccn mtslnk
her home with him aud hia vile.
The ease b noN Ina che hands OF
PrusetuGlnk Attorney Scott Who
NAV dyaids t1 release her from Gus
toay. Iu view at che strong evidence
that the unfortunate Eiri Vas NOT
mentally responsible for her uu#
natural crime.
The girl lad been acting stfaugr=
b for several DAYS prior 60 the
birth of the child Tuesday moru=
ing she Icft the house and sas some
nearly half an hour On her re-
turn she refused 60 explain her as
tiona Mrs smith vent cat CD iu#
Nesiieate her attention waa at
trarted Immediately By the bark
Ing oI a dog over a little mound uf
fresh earth back ot the barn.
Probing around In The DIRT she
found the baby which Vas aulH
alive. Mortified at What she had
seen. she ran bask into che house
and asked the gifl what "a. meant
By treating her child So. The Eirt
stoutlY denied that the infant vas
hers. Mrs Smith ran % the mine
for her husband. who Is a shift buss.
aud brought him to the scene.
They carried the baby into The
house and summoned nf. Moor
mick. the mining eumpany.a snrz
geon. Who worked over the dying
ehlid bat could not rcsussltate 4.
Coroner Hoye. who Vas then
summoned. decided - hrinE the girt
% Seattle and have the matter IN
veatigateA A report was also made
90 the prnaecutinE attorney.
THREE years ago Saith. the girl
step brother. lived az Scranton. "a.
ans az that time sent for Miss
Busch Who vas then living Ia tu=
land. She did not come al thai time
and smith came West % Franklin
The next year the girl landed iu
New York without a friend on that
side % the continent she made IN
aulrles for her cousin At scranton
After a Hoarrh Of several months
she gave up aud settled In Nsw
York Fnr I've years she dfifted
from enc place o. another In The
meantime smith had written back
To the Old country and found eat
thai she vas IN New YORK. Tie com
inundated with her aud about four
months ago she arrived tn frankitn-
Coroner Hove Is 81 che opinion
thar the girl Was not IN her right
mind ehau she buried the child and
thinks the court should be lenient
wl,a her owing % that fat. A peai
uortem examination % The child 8
body revealed the fact that i had
been smofhered % death.
The giSl L. l1Ius "a the hospital
In = aart % afuPoH. from which she
rouaea only 90 answer questions
asked her. she understands little
English. but seems 70 Try hard Go
tell All she knows about her crime
and % conceal nothing she De-
rather pretty and Innocent looking
In answer 70 questions asked her
this morning she said that the
father q her baby - man who
runs a tailor shop IN New York.
she as employed b. him for some
time. she claims not % know his
name. and Coroner Hove thinks
that she really f. ignorant n a.
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