13th July 1925.
The Argus, page 15

ANOTHER BODY POUND.

Discovery at Northcote.

     Wrapped in brown paper, the body of a newly born female child was found by a pedestrian at half-past 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon lying on the side of the footpath leading to the bridge over the Merri Creek, near Westgarth street, Northcote. The discovery was reported to the Northcote police. Senior-constable Martin found that the body was naked. Around the throat two pieces of tape were tightly drawn, one being fastened with a bow knot and the second with a running noose. In the brown paper parcel also were three pairs of silk stockings and two women's cotton singlets. The clothing, however, bore no marks to indicate the owner.

     From the fact that the paper of the parcel was dry, although rain had fallen only a short while previously, it was evident that the parcel had been placed by the path only a few minutes before it was found. Detectives have taken charge of the investigations.