Post by Mr Hood on Sept 1, 2016 20:19:16 GMT
What an odd thing for two people to do. I can understand how one person might be unbalanced enough but two?
Baby in the Pasteboard Box: Murder of a Newborn Girl 1881
''On Wednesday March 30, 1881, 56-year-old Appanoose County Treasurer John Addison Pierson stopped by the Centerville train station to see if there was mail for himself or the County.
The rail agent said a postage-due package arrived on the express train from Camden that was addressed to Pierson and handed over a pasteboard box about 10 inches wide, 14 inches long, and 6 inches deep.
Pierson took the package back to his office. When he unfolded an attached piece of paper bearing his name and address, he was shocked to read instructions telling him to bury the box’s contents on the north side of the cemetery.
Pierson quickly opened the box and found a dead newborn girl wrapped in an old skirt. In horror, he notified authorities of the gruesome contents.''
''Investigators were baffled by the actions of the couple, who did nothing to conceal the murder but instead made it very obvious.''
www.iowaunsolvedmurders.com/the-murders/baby-in-the-pasteboard-box-murder-of-a-newborn-girl-1881/
Baby in the Pasteboard Box: Murder of a Newborn Girl 1881
''On Wednesday March 30, 1881, 56-year-old Appanoose County Treasurer John Addison Pierson stopped by the Centerville train station to see if there was mail for himself or the County.
The rail agent said a postage-due package arrived on the express train from Camden that was addressed to Pierson and handed over a pasteboard box about 10 inches wide, 14 inches long, and 6 inches deep.
Pierson took the package back to his office. When he unfolded an attached piece of paper bearing his name and address, he was shocked to read instructions telling him to bury the box’s contents on the north side of the cemetery.
Pierson quickly opened the box and found a dead newborn girl wrapped in an old skirt. In horror, he notified authorities of the gruesome contents.''
''Investigators were baffled by the actions of the couple, who did nothing to conceal the murder but instead made it very obvious.''
www.iowaunsolvedmurders.com/the-murders/baby-in-the-pasteboard-box-murder-of-a-newborn-girl-1881/