Unknown Baby Boy
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On Tuesday, May 2, 1916, the dead body of a baby boy was found wrapped in newspaper in the toilet of the Pennsylvania Railroad Station. The skin of the baby was dark but not damaged in any way. The coroner from Canton was summoned to determine whether the baby had been born alive or stillborn. The mother was never found. People from the community came together to bury the child. Each year in the spring, an unknown person places flowers on the grave.
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On Tuesday, May 2, 1916, the dead body of a baby boy was found wrapped in newspaper in the toilet of the Pennsylvania Railroad Station. The skin of the baby was dark but not damaged in any way. The coroner from Canton was summoned to determine whether the baby had been born alive or stillborn. The mother was never found. People from the community came together to bury the child. Each year in the spring, an unknown person places flowers on the grave.
Sources
"Baby Wrapped in Newspaper is Discovered." The Alliance Review (Alliance) May 3rd 1916. .1.
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