Dallas Morning News
April 15, 1899 ALLEGED INFANTICIDE Breckenridge, Tex., April 11 - A Mrs. Vick, a widow lady, and her brother, Mr. Dillingham, lately from Grayson county, living on Caddo creek in the eastern portion of this county, were jailed here today, charged with infanticide. It appears that ugly rumors have been in circulation for some time in the neighborhood to the effect that an unmarried daughter of Mrs. Vick's, aged 17, had some time in December given birth to a child, which had mysteriously disappeared, and foul play was suspected. A search of the premises by Sheriff Douglass and Dr. Salmon, under the direction of Justice Pearle, results, it is alleged, in finding the body of an infant buried near the house in the orchard, which bore evidence, it is said, of having received a blow on the back part of the head, which Dr. Salmon thinks caused its demise. The above comprise the substance of the evidence obtained from the coroner's inquest. The affair creates quite a sensation. Temple Weekly Times Friday, April 19. 1899 pg 3 Mrs. Vick and her brother, Mr. Dillingham, of Brackenridge, Texas, are under arrect for infanticide. Mrs. Vick's daughter has had ugly rumors about her for sometime and a search revealed the dead body of an infant buried in the orchard. The Galveston Daily News Thursday March 26, 1891 pg 1 A petition to Governor Hogg is being circulated for the release of Mrs. Alice Vick, convicted at the last term of the district court for infanticide. Convict Record, Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville, Walker County, Texas
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