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WHY MEN ARE HANGED
clothes, was found under a railway bridge over a big river. Evidently, it had been thrown out by s e one from a running train the night before. Now, who could have done that ? Certainly no passenger travelling in an ordinary third or interclass carriage. He would be cauglit forth with redhanded, because he would never be alone. To do the deed ncatly, without the danger of deteciion, the perpetrator must travel second or perhaps first class ; and since even then he could not be sure of being alone, very probably he travelled in a reserved compartment. In short, all the facts of the case went to prove clearly that people concerad with the incident were well-to-do.
There could be no question about the body being that of a murdered child. Circumstantial evidence all pointed to that conclusion. From the sort of clothes, in which the body was wrappel, it could be inferred that the child did not belong to the lower class of people. On the other hand, the kind of people, to which the deal chili evidently belonged, woulii not leave the boily in the condition it was found, had the child died naturally. In that case, it would be properly cremated. Besides, it was not necessary to depend only on circumstantial evidence. Direct evidence could be easily found in an autopsy of the body. Even a careful examination for extraordinary symptoms would do. Unwanted new-born babes are usually
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