Stamford, Vermont, USA
1900 - NEW BORN BABE FOUND. People of Stamford Again Shocked by Sensational Discovery.

(Special to The Messenger.)
Bennington, April 21. - The town of Stamford in this county furnishes another sensation. Thursday morning a young lad, while walking on the river bank found the body of a new born babe on its edge. It was entirely naked and from appearance had been thrown into the stream during the night. It was in a perfect condition. The officials have the matter in charge and are trying their best to find out the criminals. No one in town is suspected and it is thought that the child was brought from some nearby city. It has not been decided yet if the child was alive when born.

The discovery has caused quite a shock to Stamford people who, in view of the happenings of the past years, are beginning to be continually on the lookout for anythign that savors of the sensational.

St Albans Messenger
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April 21, 1900

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