The Mankato free press., 1906-02-09
Leaves Her Infant Babe in the
Snow to Die.
BODY IS FOUND BY BOYS.
Young Girl Arrested at FaribauIt
She Wanted Doctor to chIor-
oi0rm Little One.

Faribault, Feb. Gone of the most
shocking and distressing affairs that has
ever come before the people of Faribault
was aired yesterday morning in the cor
oners inquest over the remains of a
baby boy found near the Milwaukee
tracks Saturday afternoon.
The finding of the body was common
news Sunday, but it was not thought
at that time that suspicion had been di-
rected against any person nor was it
suspected that the baby was alive at
the time it was placed in the ice and
snow.
The coroner's jury composed of the
following citizens: Tim Leary, S. P.
Wall, A. C. Miller, H. +. Kester, M.
C. Better and Z. H. Loyhed. A number
of witnesses were examined. Louis
Hanson was sworn and told the follow
ing story: Saturday afternoon in COM
pany with Olaf Puequist, he was hunt
ing along the right of way on the Mil
waukee tracks. About three blocks
from Cannon river, near Stauffer's
woods, they saw bundle lying near the
fence post, and three yards from the
bundle rubber. They wisely conclud-
ed tc leave the bundle and rubber un-
touched as from the mass of rags pro-
truded baby foot, and they realized
they might have unwittingly stumbled
across crime.
Two men were chopping wood near
by and at their advice Hanson and his
companion hastenede back to town and
notified the chief of police, who went to
the scene, accompanied by Deputy Cor
Oner Bremen. They found the body froz-
en- to the ice, and judged from that that
it had been placed by the fence when
still alive, thawing its grave by the
warmth of its young body. The child
was brought to Rays undertaking
rooms and held for examination. Han
son identified the wrap as the one seen
by the tracks.
DIR. Maryland was the next witness
called and the jury was entirely un-
prepared for the sensational testimony
developed. DIR. Maryland, on the oath of
January, was called to the residence of
A. H. Bill to attend Mary Woodland, a
domestic, who was soon to become a
mother. The unfortunate girl pleaded
with the doctor to keep the facts away
from her sister, also in the employ of
Mr.. Bill, and her wishes were followed
for the time. Mr.. Bill was notified.
however, and at his wish the girl was
taken to her home in this city. Both
girls expressed the desire that the child.
if born alive, would die and the young
er sister urged the doctor to chlorOform
it. The doctor impressed upon them both
the seriousness of such crime and urg
ed them to take the best possible care
of it. That night he called at the Wood
ard home and about two o'clock on the
25th, a male child was born, perfectly
well and healthy. The next day the
younger sister called at the doctors
office and informed him that it would be
unnecessary to call as both mother and
child were doing nicely. DR.. Maryland
then swore that the child he had just
seen at the coroner's office was the same
one born on the 25th of January.
Chief Murray testified that it was
his opinion that the two women walked
down the track, his idea coming from
the character and direction of the foot
prints.
Dr. Huxley was called and testified
as to receiving the birth certificate. Ii
was his opinion that the child was plac
ed there alive.
The jury found and comprised in its
verdict that the child came to its death
by undue exposure and was the child
of Mary Woodland.
The girl is now under arrest.