Evening journal., 1920-03-10
Who TURNED
ON GAS THAT
KILLED BABY?
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Detective Riley, Desinnts left the Rouse
at 1850 o'clock Saturday night. From
that time until 1885 o'clock Sunday
morning. so lar as the jury could as
certain, the little girl was alone in the
house. the front door unfastened, with
little chance at that hour Of the night
for her cries TO have been heard II she
had been attacked. as the blood stains
on the bed clothing, discovered yester-
day by Coroner Bullock. who with
members Of the jury visited the house,
would seem TO Indicate.
At the hour set for the hearing by
the coroner the jury room was filled to
OverflOwing.
Members Of the police ambulance
crew testified TO finding some young
men on the front porch holding the
child in a blanket when they responded
10 a call. and 20 taking the child 10 the
hospital, aiding the physicians in their
efforts to resuscitate the little victim.
Curtis Diamond. Of Second and Tat
nall streets, testified that he left his
place Of business shortly after mid
night, arriving at the COrleto home
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friends 10 "have a party Finding the
door unlocked. he said. he and his
friends went in the house, and smelling
gas made an investigation which led
10 their finding the child in a tightly
closed room on the second floor. Gas
was escaping from an open valve. The
bedroom window was open. The child
failing to respond 20 first aid treatment.
the men carried her 10 the kitchen and
afterwards took her out on the front
porch Finding their efforts unayailing
they summoned the ambulance.
Or. Albert p. Ransons OF the Delaware
Hospital. who took charge OF the child
upon the arrival at the hospital. testi-
Ned that he had treated the child for
asphyXiatiOn. but that in his opinion
she had been dead for some time be
fore her arrival at the hospital In re-
spOnse to an inquiry from a member OF
the jury the doctor said he had found
stains on the undergarments Of the
child, but suspecting no crime had
made no examination, and therefore
was not prepared TO say whether the
stains were those OF blood or not.
Coroner Bullock told the jury OF his
visit to the premises and finding the
blood stains on the bed and stated pos
itively that in his opinion the child
had not turned on The gas. as the iet
was at least five feet from the bel.
II was a physical impossibility for the
child to reach the gas jet from the
floor, the coroner added
Other witnesses who were first in
the room. testified that they had seen
no chair or box. upon which the child
must have stood to reach the gas Jet.
anywhere near the open Jet
The principal witness OF the evening
was Mrs. Corleto. She was given a most
thorough examination. Briefly her tes-
timony was that she had left the man
whose name she did not know with the
child while she went 10 the dance in
Eden Hall. Upon her return she was in
formed OF the death OF the child. She
admitted that she had made false state
ments regarding the case TO the police,
the detectives and TO Coroner Bullock,
but thst she had done so for the pur-
pose OF preventing her relatives know
ing that she had been away when the
child died. Her statement made 10 the
police early Sunday morning was that
she had put the child 10 bed al $50
o'clock. and then had gone down to the
parlor and lay on a couch, falling
asleep. Arousing at fl O'Clock she had
gone 20 the bedroom and found the
child and attempted 10 revive her, then
summoned nelghbors who had called
the ambulance.
Toward the close OF the hearing last
night Mrs. C1rleto became very indlg-
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Jury and insisted upon being allowed
30 90 home. The jury. without COM
ment. granted her request.
At the close OF the hearing Coroner
Bullock emphasized HIS belief that the
little girl had died as .Ne result OF the
gas being turned on by some other per-
son. and announced that he proposed
TO sift the matter TO the bottom.