TWO DAYS OLD BABY
                 DEAD IN LUMBER YARD
                            _____

      Infant Boy, Weight Ten Poinds, Evi-
       dently Smothered to Death, Found
                by Company Employees
                            _____

  Not a Clue Found, Rains Having Washed
                            Away
     All Tracks, Authorities Investigating
                      Fiendish Crime

      Editor Dispatch:—Permit me space in which to call attention to the fact that the body of a new born babe was found under a pile of lumber in the Mahlum Lumber Company yards early this morning.
      The child had evidently strangled or smothered to death soon after its birth. The body is now in charge of the coroner awaiting developments and I earnestly hope that the good people of Brainerd will assist the officials in bringing to justice the guilty party or parties implicated in this most fiendish crime.
      I shall be glad to confer with anyone who can furnish any information or give us any clue to work upon.
                                   S. F. ALDERMAN,
                                      County Attorney.

      Two employees of the Mahlum Lumber company found the baby, a boy believed to be two days old without a stitch of clothing on it. Coroner Dr. C. A. Nelson was called and arrived at the scene about the same time as the two deputy coroners, James Alderman and Neil O'Brien.
      The coroner had Dr. C. A. Reimestad examine the body and said the doctor made the statement that the infant was born alive but had evidently been smothered to death. The child was perfectly formed, the body having a pink color.
      Police and sheriff were notified. There appears to be absolutely no clues to work on, for the rains of the night before wiped out all tracks. The body lay on a pile of heavy timbers at the north end of the yards near the side track.
      The body was taken to the D. M. Clark & Co. morgue where it lies awaiting the decision of the coroner. Burial will take place upon the orders of the authorities. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch, 18 April 1917, p. 1, c.'s 6 & 7)

                  TWO DAYS OLD BABY
                 DEAD IN LUMBER YARD
                            _____

      Infant Boy, Weight Ten Poinds, Evi-
       dently Smothered to Death, Found
                by Company Employees
                            _____

  Not a Clue Found, Rains Having Washed
                            Away
     All Tracks, Authorities Investigating
                      Fiendish Crime

      Editor Dispatch:—Permit me space in which to call attention to the fact that the body of a new born babe was found under a pile of lumber in the Mahlum Lumber Company yards early this morning.
      The child had evidently strangled or smothered to death soon after its birth. The body is now in charge of the coroner awaiting developments and I earnestly hope that the good people of Brainerd will assist the officials in bringing to justice the guilty party or parties implicated in this most fiendish crime.
      I shall be glad to confer with anyone who can furnish any information or give us any clue to work upon.
                                   S. F. ALDERMAN,
                                      County Attorney.

      Two employees of the Mahlum Lumber company found the baby, a boy believed to be two days old without a stitch of clothing on it. Coroner Dr. C. A. Nelson was called and arrived at the scene about the same time as the two deputy coroners, James Alderman and Neil O'Brien.
      The coroner had Dr. C. A. Reimestad examine the body and said the doctor made the statement that the infant was born alive but had evidently been smothered to death. The child was perfectly formed, the body having a pink color.
      Police and sheriff were notified. There appears to be absolutely no clues to work on, for the rains of the night before wiped out all tracks. The body lay on a pile of heavy timbers at the north end of the yards near the side track.
      The body was taken to the D. M. Clark & Co. morgue where it lies awaiting the decision of the coroner. Burial will take place upon the orders of the authorities. (Brainerd Daily Dispatch, 18 April 1917, p. 1, c.'s 6 & 7)