Yakima County WA Archives News.....Infanticide Is Cleared September 25, 1904
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Morning Oregonian September 25, 1904
Defense Of Insanity Made For North Yakima Woman
Spokane,Wash.,Sept.24- The jury in the case of Mrs.Jeannette Harris,the North 
Yakima woman who killed the infant son of her unmarried daughter by strangling 
it in a thicket in an outskirt of Spokane,brought in a verdict of not guilty 
late tonight.A strong defense of insanity was made by Mrs. Harris' attorneys.
The woman brought the child here and tried to place it in one of the baby and 
orphan homes.Failing in that she went to a secluded place,tied a cord around 
the neck and strangle dit.Her queer actions led to her arrest before she could 
return to North Yakima.She confessed the deed and guided officers to the scene.

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