Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1910 — BED CLOTHES SMOTHER BABE [ARTICLE]

BED CLOTHES SMOTHER BABE

Child is Found Dead by Parents Upon Arising in the Morning. Crawfordsville, Ind., Feb. 4. —Marie McCoy, 3 months old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. D. McCoy, was found dead in bed by her parents. Dr. George P. Ramsey, county coroner, rendered a verdict of accidental smothering. The child was sleeping between her parents and because of a heavy cold was laid on a pillow so that she could get its breath. During the night the babe rolled off the pillow and smothered under the mass of bed clothes.