Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1913 — BABY SMOTHERED; CORONER CALLED [ARTICLE]

BABY SMOTHERED; CORONER CALLED

10-Months-Old Child of Ed Harper, of Q-illam. Township, Found Doad After Dinner. A 10-months-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Harper, of Gillam township, about 4 miles northeast of Pleasant Grove, was found dead ip a cradle just after noon today. It had smothered to death, the covers having been wrapped about its head. In order to secure the proper certificate of burial, Coroner Wright was called to the scene and went there this afternoon.