The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-07-09
SUBSTANCE Of VERDICT
GIVEN BY COROMER'S JURY
Emac|atsd Form Of 3-Monihs'
Old Infant Lying u Margus
Awaiting Identification

A baby boy heir to an estate said
to be valued at s3.OOO,O0O died OF
starvation in Tulsa
That is the substance of verdict
rendered by coroner's jury before
Justice of the Peace ]. j. Slack, In
the case of a three months old boy
whose emaciated form is now lying
upon srelf In Mowbrays morgue
awaiting definite Identification.
AS result of what Is believed to
nave been one of the most atloc.ous
crimes perpetrated in Tulsa In many
years, Coroner Slack has wired "a
County Attorney Breckenridge, who
is out of the city, and 1t Is probable
that woman charged with the care
Of the little baby will be arrested
within forty-elght hours. The strange
story behind this mystery may then
lie brought to light. The starved
baby lay with staring eyes as II ac-
cusing the wretches that took Its
helpless life.
Ii is also probable that another In
quest will be ordered by Coroner
Slack in order to probe deeper into
the facts concerning the mystery
which police officers and the sheril1s e
Office are trying to nnravel.
The dead body Of the infant was
found at the Kentucky rooming house
2i2 East First street, at midnight
I thursday. when attaches OF the
Mowbray Undertaking company went
to the house they found the body
wrapped in piece of oil cloth. 1t Is
said.
The little babes pinched features
as a result Of evident neglect, caus
e. even hardened undertaken tc
shudder as he tenderly lifted the cold
form from an illprovised cradle into
the wicker basket for removal to the
riorgue.
Woman would Tell Nothing
Mrs. Hattie Wilson, who claimed
to be in charge Of the rooming house
refused to attend the inquest and
tell what she knew about the case
until Coroner Slack had ordered AS
sistant Chief OF Police Dolan to bring
the woman before him.
Mrs. wilson's explanation as to the
manner In which the child came into
her poIaession was not at all salts
factory to the coroner's jury.
She claimed that she had been ap
preached at the Kentucky roominp
house by a man named Sanders, who
said: II have baby that ] want you
to take care Of for me- II you will
10 SO, there Is s12 in It for you"
The woman then declared she ac
companied Sanders TO Oklahoma CitS
and from there the couple went tc
shawnee. she stated, after an hours
qnizzing by the msmDers OF the cor
oaer's jury. that she and Sanders
went to hotel in Shawnee, Okla.
and there the infant was turned oveI
tn her.
Heir To Millions taAs
She steadfastly refused to dIvulgt
the names OF the parents OF the child
but declared that the child. II II hat
lived, would have evidently inherited
an estate OF $3,000.000.
Evasive replies by the woman, II
answer to interrogations by the cor
oner and the jurymen, and severa
contradictions Of statements she hat
made puzzled the jury 10 such an ex
tent that a verdict was rendered al
follows:
I'VE the jury find that the bah,
came to Its death as result OF lael
OF proper nourishment."
Mrs. Wilson stated that the MAJ
from whom she received the baby II
one OF the wealthIest men In thu
state. The witness stated that i'm
medlately after she brought the bab,
10 the Kentucky rooming house 1t wal
seized with violent Illness,
Neglecting to summon a physician
she called In neighbors, among then
Mrs. Mary Schultze. nurse. but DC
spite the treatment given the bab1
II died.
The woman when questioned furtf
or declared that physician gave he
the baby 70 bring to Tulsa and tha
when she received the infant siste
OF the physician swooned and had 4
be carried from the room when tn
delivery OF the baby was made to hel
She declined TO name the doctor an
| the sherif's department, Is now work
| ing on this part OF the case.