Baby

The body of a newly-born child was found in the River Tone on 3 April 1932.

The child was found by a platelayer who lived in Wedlands Terrace in Taunton as he was walking along the bank of the River Tone from Tangier towards French Weir Falls. He said that he saw two boys and two girls playing and looking at a parcel on the bank that was tied up in brown paper. He said that the children asked him to cut the parcel to see what was in it and so he borrowed a knife from one of the children and removed one piece of paper after which he saw some white cloth and some pink cloth. He said that he then opened one end and saw some toes and the legs of a baby. He said that he then sent for a policeman and waited there for them to arrive.