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Murdered Her New Born Child-The‘‘body in 1bc well mystery* which has been agitating Crest on and vicinity since the fuid was made. has been solved. The daughter of Mr. ami Mrs. Henry Tarr, •who occupied the premises last, confessed Dial she gave birth to the child on the Stli of‘March. concealing its birlh from thefamily. She hid tlie baby under her bed, passed it out nr her bedroom window at night, r-mieealeil 'it under a porch for a week, and then she threw it in the well, iliitilling it would-not be discovered there. Her reason For so doing was because the family inf ended to move away. .She implicated rirr person except a young ntan of Shenandoah, and he, she stales, is responsible for her down fail. The girl slated her parents were, always sd.ri«t with her, arid she feared the result should they team of tier condition. The sip was too much for her to bear, and knowing that the child linrl been fon rut and evidence wa* being sec 11 rm I, *die elt; »n teased 0 r?r \ o her \ »a rcn i»and later to the nilteers.
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Hull Index
Hull, Iowa, US
Fri, Apr 16, 1897
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