Beckham County, OK - Obits: Anderson Female, 1909
28 July 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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ANDERSON, Female
(19 Aug 1909, Thursday, Beckham County Democrat, Erick, Beckham Co, OK):
Elk City, Okla., Aug. 14. - Tightly clutching the throat of her new born
babe, Miss Alice Brown yesterday morning murdered her little daughter of
three days.  She gives no reason for her brutal act, but says she was
married to one John Anderson about ten months ago.  The verdict of the
coroner's jury, returned about noon, says that the child met its death at
the hands of its mother.
Miss Brown has lived here about six months, coming from the farm of her
father, about 20 miles north of town.  The beginning of the end of the
terrible tragedy began last Sunday night at the birth of the child, when
Miss Brown said:  "I would give a thousand dollars never to have seen that
child."  Concerning Mr. Anderson, she would only say: "Why, I was married
to him about a year ago."
On entering the room where Miss Brown was this morning, Mrs. Davidson,
with whom Miss Brown was staying, found the frenzied mother on her knees,
bending over the body of her prostate babe, tightly clutching its throat
with her hands and beating its body against the door.  Nearby was an open
suitcase which the woman undoubtedly intended to use in hiding her
atrocious crime.  Going back to bed, Miss Brown calmly watched the removal
of the childs body.
The inquest was held shortly before noon by Justice of the Peace Wisdom. 
The body of the babe was viewed, and after briefly questioning Mrs.
Davidson, the jury returned the opinion that the child had been murdered
by its mother.  The body was then turned over to the doctor and a post
mortem examination followed.