The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-07-18
/ IND BABY'S BODY
Remains ofNeW Born Babe Found
Floating in Kenosha Harbor
Late Thursday Evening
MAY BE CASE OF MURDER
Remains of the Child Had Been in the
Water for About a Week and
Police Work on Sensa-
tiona1 Developments

A great sensation was caused IN
the city just after nine O'Clock Thurs
day evening when the body of a new
born child was found floating in the
waters of the Kenosha harbor four
hundred feet from the end of the
south pier. The finding of the body
and the evidence that has been Sc
cured by the police promises to fur
nish one OF the most sensational in
vestig ations ever held by the Keno
sha officials. The remains are those
of chubby little girl and the condi-
ton of the body seems to indicate
that it had been in the water for
about eight or nine days. The re-
mains are now at the Krichbaum
morgue and they will be held there
pending the result of the coroner's
inquest which will be held at one
O'Clock Saturday afternoon.
The remains of the child we're found
by Paul Artman, who had been fish
ing on the south pier with number
of companions. Just before nine
O'Clock Artman looked off the south
pier and saw something bobbing up
and down IN the lake. The wind was
blowing from the porth and in a few
minutes the body of the infant had
been carried into the harbor.
The men with Artman joined him
in the investigation and in a short
time the body of the little child had
drifted close enough to the pier to
make it possible for them to reach it
with fsh-pole. One of the men
went to a telephone and summoned
Undertaken Krichbaum, while an
other called Officer Borden of the DO
lice force, and the men finally man
aged to get fish line about the float
ing body and, brought it to the pier.
The remains were at once turned
over to Acting Coroner G. E. Thomp-
son, who called Jury, and ordered
the removal of the remains.
1nvestiga tion seems to show that
the remains foated into the Kenosha
harbor from the North, but notwith-
standing this fact the police believe
that the child was born in Kenosha.
and that the body of the baby was
thrown into the lake to hide the
shame of the mother. The facts in
the case are as yet hazy, but the po-,
lice are a. work on decidedly good
clue and it is possible that develop
ments will warrant arrests within
few days.
Chief O'Hare when asked in regard
to the matter this morning, declined
to give out any information. He
said, "We believe that we have a clue
which will lead to the solution of this
mystery, but we can give out nothing
at this time. l believe that the
mother of the baby was a Kenosha
woman, and that the child was thrown
into the lake somewhere about Ke-
nosha"
It is possible that the remains of
the child came from Milwaukee as the
captain of the life saving crew holds
that it would take about ten days for
the body to drift from Milwaukee to
this city. The body was not in any
way decomposed when taken from the
lake and it is possible that it had not
been in the water so long as the
physicians estimated.
postmortem over the remains was
held at the morgue this morning by
Doctors P. P. M. Jorgensen and
Thompson and the result of this post
mortem will be made known at the
inquest tomorrow. District Attorney
Baker has already taken up the in
vestigation of the case and it was at
his request that the inquest was ad-
journed until Saturday.
After the post mortem examina ton
the physicians reported that it was
certain that the child had not met
death from drowning, and that there
we're evidences to show that the child
had been born alive. The internal
organs of the child were perfectly
healthy, but there was no evidence
of violence on the child's body.