Arizona republican., 1916-03-11
DEFECTIVE BABY
 SMOTHERS UNDER
 BODY IF MOTHER
Parents of Deformcd Baby Prayed for It's Death; Has
 Eldcn Theory Held
STORY TOLD CORONER
Doctor and Nurse Refuse to Deprive Richmond Baby
 of It's Life

How a baby girl came into the world deformed and how its parents prayed for it's death was the story told at the inquest over the Rosa mond Richmond daughter of MT. and Mrs. Forrest Richmond in Coroner De Sonza's court yesterday.
 The jury returned a verdict that the infant came to it's death by being smothered under the body of it's mother.
 According to the testimony of the father. who is connected with the EOrderland Garage, because of the deformity of the little one he and his wife agreed that it must not live. The famous Bollinger case had made d deep impression in their minds, he said. and the two days that the child lived they discussed it over and over again. They approved of Dr. Hasel- den's theory and agreed that a Phoe- nix physician should carry out in practice the ideas the Chicago doctor implanted in their minGs. He stated that the childs right arm was short, that there was but one bone in the forearm and that bent and that the hand contained but two fingers and a thumb. The left arm was the same except that it was bent more acutely and the index finger and the next one were joined together. There were no other fingers on this hand.
 We prayed that the baby's death might come about" said MT. Rich mond i'll a tremulous voice on the wit ness stand.
 He said that he and his wife had frequently discussed Dr. Haselden and they believed he was right in his conclusions.
 He said that on Thursday night about an hour after he, left his wife's apartment she called to him. As he approached the bed she said Well the | baby is dead" The child was under heath the mothers body said the wit ness
 She had fallen asleep and rolled over the little ore.
 1 Mrs. Jeanete Bailey. the nurse in the case, testified that Mr Richmond had asked her if she could not give the baby something to cause it's death that it could not live. She had re- fused
 , rr. A. B. Nichols the physician | said the same proposition had been made him. He replied that he would i have nothing to do with it. that God had brought the child into the world and would look to it's future
 When J. T. Whitney, the undertak CT, was called. he said that when he 1 reached the inner room where the body lay. the nurse asked "did they tell you they did it themselves2" MT Whitney after taking the body tele- phoned Dr. Nichols who advised him not to do anything Dr. Allen H
 Williams was called and testified tc the condition of the body at the au- topsy He said death was caused by | SuffOcation.
 On the coroners jury was w. F. l Drake. C. O. McMurtry. J. H. Isaac Q. H. Loch, C. E. Davis and Leo E Pieley.
 i Mir. Ricf mond is the son of Dr. F l Q. Richmond of Long Beach who livet in Phoenix for many years. The fam fly is one of the oldest and most re- spected in the state. The young mar came here a year ago from Vicks- lurg where he served as mayor an6 postmaster for several years.
 Mrs Richmond is the daughter O 1 Mir and Mrs. Josiah Winchester oi l Yuma county Winchester formerly 1 lived in Denver and was rated mil l lionaire. He lost his money recently in mining speculations.