Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-14
DecompoSed Remains of Un- known Child Found Buried
 on Top of Hill.
MEXICAN GRUBBiNG BUSH
 MAKES GHASTLY FIND.
Mystery Surrounds Discovery of Babes Remains, Wrap
 ped in Cast-off Clothing and
 Buried in Boys Tool Chest,

Wrapped in castoff clothing, on which could be found no telltale mark, the remains of little babe were un- earthed about 8 o'clock yesterday at- ternoon by Ramon Valdez, Mexican, who vas grubbing out a small push or top of the hill which separates Du- bacher canyon and Brewery gulch.
 Decomposed beyond any possibility of identification, the remains lay in side of a small box, which had evil dently some time been boys tool chest. Scarcely six inches of dirt covered the box in which the grue- some, and possible tragic find was made. a-.. a.... a
 Valdez was working along the top of the hill, few feet down on the Dubacher side, and about mile and half from Bisbee. when he stopped sell the roots for wood, when he noticed a mound of dirt.
 Scratching away the dirt he came to the top of the box, which consisted of two boards. loosely laid on top One glance at the inside showed him tiny hand, prorruding from the clothes in which the body had been enclosed.
 Without waiting to get his coat, Valdez rushed down and notified Cor oner Murphy. Unable to go himself because of the steep hill to climb, Murphy turned the case over 10 Nc Donald, who went to the spot where the child had been buried. in con- pany with Undertaken Smith a..a
 Both made a careful examipat ti0n of the contents of the box, finding insife the remains of the child. The only part of the body intact was one little hand, the rest of the body being mass of rotting flesh. The skull had the appearance of having been crushed in.
 In the opinion of those who saw the body 1t was a white child still born, or at least one that had died or been killed shortly after its birth, prob ably an illegitimate one.
 Justice Mcdonald found nothing about the box or the remains that would assist in determining anything by calling an inquest, and for that reason none took place, orders being given to Undertaken Smith to bury the body in Evergreen cemetery.
 Had it been a Mexican child little attention would be paid to the anair by the authorities for the reason that they are in the habit, when without means, of burying their deceased off spring in some remote place, rather than bear theexpense of a decent funeral and burial. f
 But the remains of the unfortunate little thing being those of a white child is the cause for much specula- ton on the part of officers The fact that it cannot be determined whether or not the child was still born, died after birth or was murdered by some inhuman mother alone prevents a searching examination being made.
 Undertaken Smith is of the opinion that the remains have lain buried, | where discovered by Valdez, for from one to three months. Infants of the age of this one decompose rapidly, | if still born.
 The clothing in which the body had | been wrapped consisted of part of a | womans white skirt and a piece of 1 white muslin. Owing to the cloth be- ing soiled by contact with the re- mains of the infant it was not possible ! to make a complete search for laun- 1 dry marks or other means of identifi- l cation.
 Officers are inclined to believe that l this is case of some young motil"-, whose shame led her to dispose of her | offspring in this irhuman manner in order to escape the pub licity that would attach to public | burial according to the established methods.