Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 294, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1919 — SUSPICION ATTACHED TO DEATH OF LAURA BABY. [ARTICLE]

SUSPICION ATTACHED TO DEATH OF LAURA BABY.

Coroner W. J. Wright was called to Laura Sunday afternoon at the insistence of a Wheatfield physician who found circumstances surrounding the death of'i a baby, born at that place Sunday, not at all to his liking. The physician was called shortly after noon by the father of the girl, who stated that he wished him to serve in a childbirth case. However, the baby was born before the arrival of the physician, who found it dead upon hi? arrival. The parents -of the girl alleged that the baby was a stillborn one, but the physician was not satisfied the explanation and sent for Mr. Wright. . The child was an illegitimate one and was born to the daughter of a man named Cunningham. Coroner Wright returned to Laura today to continue the investigation, but is of the opinion that the little one was not the victim of foul play.