“Coroner Dr. J W Daehler was called to a shantyboat at the foot of the county infirmary Friday to investigate the death of the four-day-old son of Mrs. Annie Wagner, aged 27 years.”
“The child died Thursday noon but as no physician had attended the mother either before or after the birth, John Bernt, clerk of the board of health, refused to issue death certificate when a friend of the woman applied for the same. Dr. Daehler found no marks of violence on the body or any evidence of foul play and returned a verdict that death was due to premature birth and lack of care.”
“Mrs. Wagner said she was a native of Mason county, Kentucky, and that she was married to Charles Wagner at Maysville last December but that she was unaware of his present whereabouts. the baby’s body will be buried in the county infirmary graveyard.”1
Infant Wagner Death Certificate
