Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1916 — Baby Smothered to Death In Bed With Parents. [ARTICLE]

Baby Smothered to Death In Bed With Parents.

Mary, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Biggs; was found dead in bed at about 7 o’clock Thursday morning. The father had arisen early a,nd gone to his work. The mother got up later and thought the baby was all right. She returned to look after it about an hour later and found that it was dead. The babe was bom on Dec. 3rd nd was therefore about 7 weeks old. It is believed the covers had become wrapped about it and that its feeble struggles were not sufficient to aw-aken the parents with whom it slept. The funeral was held today, Friday, at 1 o’clock by Dr. Paul C. Curnick and burial was made in the Egypt cemetery.