BODY IN A BASKET.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15563, 21 March 1914, Page 7

BODY IN A BASKET.

BABY'S TRAGIC DEATH. SIGNS OF STRANGULATION. DISCOVERY IN THE HARBOUR * i.r; esomi discovery was made in the hirU'i'.. yesterday morning, the dead tody „{ ; i newly 1..--H female child being found j,i » picket. The body was that (f a liraltliv ..liiid. whirl) had been alive when horn. !teat had apparently been caused lv singulation, a piece of tape biing „' UIIK | tied liirhtly round the infant's nek. The basket was noticed Hosting on the wat< • In -• :iic of the men working on a v |,i,r beside the steamer Westnlia. There vi as nothing in the external appearance of the basket to arouse sus-pi.-i..n. It "i.- strapped tip in .be ordinary «,,\ uitii no label or adcress. The h.i'i-.it. having been recovered from the at. : hv "tic of the men, was opened in 11,,. et.ition o| finding some clothes. >>u li indeed was the case, but beneath ilic clot hex the men were horrified to Hud the '"'dy of the child. The discovery wis ji on r reported to tlie police. A W'-dical examination revealed the flit thai the child i id been botn only a few hours [nor to the discovery of the i-a'ket. 'I he basket, which is just o\er a loot Ion,; and not quite as broad, contained ■■ number of clothes- The el ild's h.il\ '"..id h-en ciushed with conside-able, tone into the basket. The tape mind the lie. V was tied in a knot very tightly, the ends being then tied in a bow. No weight or stone was attached to make lhe ha-ki 1 fink. The garments found in the basket, inrludnig a bla> k skirt and a dressing-gown, will, it is expected, provide a cltn for the poil.e. Tie inquest will he opened at ball past eleven this morning before the co-oner I.Mr K i' (iittm. S.M.) at the mortuary. Only evidence of finding wll be taken in order that the body mar le bun. I.