The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-05-19
Police Believe Child Was Tossed
From Passing Car Some
Time Tuesday
WRAPPED IN NEWSPAPERS
Clues Scarce; Seek Parents
Through Newspapers and
GauZe Box

The mutilated body of a premature
boy baby, wrapped in newspapers,
was found by an Indian boy under the
Sulphur Lake bridge south and west
of Morton on Highway No. Ia at ap-
proximately 5 p. M, Tuesday.
Newspapers from Sioux Falls,
South Dakota, and Minneapolis and
a Bauer and Black card board box
are the only clues which authorities
have to work on in attempting to dis
cover the identity of the child's par
ents.
The body had apparently been ~
ing under the bridge for only few
hours when Elroy Jones, Morton boy,
found it. The body was cut from the
top of the head through the face and
down to the hips with a sharp instru-
ment, according to DR.. H. B. Cole of
the Redwood Falls hospital, who de-
clared the injuries were not caused
by the throw from the bridge.
Examine Newspapers
Proof that the body had not been
under the bridge long was found in
examination of the newspapers which
were dated Monday. A Minneapolis
Tribune and a copy of the Sioux Falls
Argus Leader were wrapped around
the small child. Other protection was
a shirt which apparently would fit a
ten year old boy.
The baby was found south of the
Minnesota river which puts the case
into the hands of the Redwood county
officials.
Sheriff L. j. Kise stated Wednesday
morning that the murder was prob
ably committed by strangers because
they apparently intended to hide the
body in the water and did not know
that they threw the child on dry land.
The body probably was placed there
late Tuesday as many persons pass
ed the spot during the day and did
not notice it. The body was not con-
cealed which would indicate that the
body was thrown from the bridge by
persons in a passing car.
Find Fe~ Clues
When Elroy Jones found the slain
body, he notified the chief of police at
Morton. The chief called DR.. Penhall,
also of Morton, and went out and in
vestigated the case. They did not
move the body, but called the sheriff's
office here. Deputy Sheriff Harry
Beatty and A. w. Hubbard, county
coroner, went down to the bridge and
brought the baby back to the Hub
bard funeral parlors where the body
was examined.
According to Mr.. Beatty the body
was partly hidden by the papers but
no effort had been made to further
hide it from view. He also expressed
the opinion that the killers thought
they were throwing the body into
water. He and Mr.. Hubbard were
called at 1885 p. m. Tuesday.
A clue which may aid in the search
is small card board box containing
some of the gauze which was found
near the baby. The box bore the
Bauer and Black label and druggists
in ne:ghboring towns are being ques-
toned for clue to the purchaser.
The doctors examination in the
funeral parlors revealed that the
chest and the stomach of the infant
had been cut open probably to avoid
detection, authorities stated.
The finder of the baby, along with
several other Indian boys from the
Agency, went fishing Tuesday after
noon and had been gone for several
hours when they started home. Elroy
fingered later than the others and
was walking slowly along the bank
when he came upon the body.
Mr.. Hubbard went back to the spot
where the baby was found Wednesday
morning and made more thorough
examination. He also questioned the
Jones boy.
Sheriff Kise and Coroner Hubbard,
who are working on the case, were
Wednesday, whether an in
quest will be held.
The Jones boy stated late Wednes-
day that Immediately after finding
the body and notifying authorities,
he told his older brother about the
incident. The brother, Howard Jones,
told Mr.. Hubbard Wednesday that he
had passed under the bridge at 2:30
p. m. Tuesday and was positive that
there was no body there at that time.