The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-18
Police Fail to Solve the Mystery
Of Baby's Body Taken From
Lake on Thursday Night
MOTHER MAY ALSO BE DEAD.
Police Officers Follow Many Clues to
the Identity of the Mother of the
Dead Child, But are Still at
Sea.-Keep up Search

Ihe mystery surrounding the death
of the little baby girl whose remains
were found floating in the harbor on
Thursday night is still unsolved and
while the policeslhave found many
clues which may lead to the discovery
of identity of the mother none of
them has sol far been productive of
results. The police believe that it is
possible thatBthe.mother of the child
forever concealediher shame by leap
ing into the lake with the new born
babe but there is nosevidence to sup
port such theory. Csc far as can be
learned no..woman is: reported missing
in the city and this leads the police to
believe that it is possible that the
little body of the baby was thrown in
to the lake at Racine orr Milwaukee
or even at some point further north.
The postmortem examination on
Friday revealed the fact that the
child had been born alive and the
police are working onsthe theory that
the child was killed to conceal the
shame of the mother. There is one
clue that mas been followed very
closely by the police but the young
woman who was connected with this
clue has disappeared from the city.
She is known to have been here on
Thursday but since that time the
off Gals can find no trace of her.
In the meantime the police i'll Mil
waukee. Racine and several Michigan
points have been advised of the find
ing of the remains and they have
been asked to keep a sharp look out
for certainapeople who have been sus-
pected of knowing something in re-
gard to thescase and who are alleged
to have cleft. Kenosha several days
ago. Chief O'Hare said this morning
that he could give out nothing
in regard to the work that the police
we're doing in the case as any state
ment now might be great injustice
to suspected parties. He, however,
limited that it was possible that ar
rests wouldlsbe made within the next
few hours and that as soon as parties
suspected were arrested the entire
story would be made public, 7af
The police have a very sensational
clue to the solution of the tragedy,
and this is the clue that is being
guarded with such secrecy. Il is
claimed that the woman suspected is
Kenosha woman and well known.
She is said to be but seventeen years
of age, and member Of good fam
lily. The girl is alleged to have left
sKenosha on Friday morning or Thurs
day afternoon, but her destination is
not known to Chief O'Hare and his
men, and her friends claim that they
are ignorant of her wherea bouts.
The little child was buried in a
.nameless grave at the city cemetery
on Friday afternoon, as the body was
so decomposed after the post norton
that i was not deemed advisable to
keep it for longer time. A short
service was held over the remains Of
the little child at the Krickbaum
morgue.
The inquest over the remains of the
infant was completed this afternoon,
and the jury returned verdict that
the child had come. to its death on ac-
count of premeditated negligence on
the part of some person or persons
unknown to the jury, and that subse-
quent to it's death the body had been
thrown into the harbor or into Lake
Michigan near Kenosha. The jury
further recommended that the police
of the city vigorously Investigate the
matter and make every possible effort
to arrest and prosecute the person or
persons connected with the crime.