Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-10-16

by walking on stones; while the head and bod y
generally showed unmistakable marks of neg,
lect and i'll usage. The house from bottom "a
top appeared to be occupied by prostitutes and
oeggars Having seized the child and at length
reached the street, Brett placed both 1t and Mrs.
Andrews IN cab, and conveyed them to Mr..
Cookies Office. ft p-,5
Brett was afterward informed by Mrs.. An
orews tnat on one wet Saturday she was stand
|ing in Windmill street, Hay1srket, apparently
seiiing songs and stay laces, but in reality beg
glng with her two children, one in arms and the
other In the gutter by her side, when a man an
swering the description of the prisoner, passed
ner' ana In furtive manner slipped a shilling
into her hand. Having passed and repassed sew.
erai times be beckoned her to follow him to a
dark part OF the street. She did 90, and he then
asked II ehe would take child to nurse, telling
her that che need only treat it as her own, and
that che might, If able, dispose OF IL bv plac.
ing 1t in come wofkhouse or asylum. She
promised to procure the advice Of friend, and
made an appointment for the following night
in the same place. The man kept the appoint
ment, and at that meeting he agreed 10 give
her tlo year for taking charge of the child,
ana toid her to meet him at the same epot on
tne ioiioWng wednesday night, when he would
take her to place where che should receive
the child. The further appointment was also
kept; but Mrs. Andrews was ACCOMPANIED on
the occasion bya woman named Mrs. Scott,
at'ds Mary Ann Idle, who is at present undergo.
ing twelve months Imprisonment in Tothill
helds, Toe robbing gentleman in the street,
she added that all tLree went in a cab to the
Northwestern Railway station, in Euston square,
on the Wednesday night, where they receiv-
ed the child as stated by Cathrine Parsons.
Mrs, Andrews related the conversation she
had with the girl as to how the child had been
treated at Rugby, and stated that her friend
Scott, alias Idle, went with man to beer
shop near the station, and there received ELS
from him for them to take the child away. She
also stated that when she received the child il
was wrapped in a shawl, which che afterward
pledged. Brett had redeemed the shawl which
had been identified by Mrs. Hill. The officer
had also obtained possession from Mrs Andrews
OF box which Mrs. Hill also identified as be-
ing the one sent by her with the child, filled
with baby linen, and 1t twas worthy of mention
that the prisoner had, with the object OF still
further destroying identity, cut off all the marks
which had been inserted upon the infants cloth
Ing. Mrs. Andrews further stated that when
the man gave her the child he told her that tho
mother was dead, and that he was clerk going
to travel upon the continent, but be gave her
neither name nor address. She did not believe
"all was right" and ultimately had the child
registered in her maiden name, which WAS Fare
brother. Brett testified the truth Of that state
mept, and found an entry in tho book of the
registrar of 81 Giless, to the effect that on the
20th day Of February, 1859, child Eve weeks
old had been registered in the name Of Albert
Farebrother--the name given by the prisoner 10
the woman when she received the child.
To further prove the identity of the child.
Brett went to every house where Mrs Andrews
had lived in St. Giles from the time the child
left Rugby to the hour of its recovery, and he
found her statement true in every particular.
He ascertained that on one occasion, when Mrs
Andrews was sant TO prison for begging, the
child, with her own, was placed In Sc. Giles's
workhouse, where it remained until she regain
cd her liberty, when she used it, as before, for
the purpose of exciting the commiseration of
the pubic on her begging expeditions. Scott,
alias Idle, had been sent to prison, and corrobo
rated all the features of the case as detailed by
Andrews, alias Farebrother. Upon its recOve-
ry, the child was restored to its mother, who,
it is scarcely necessary to state received it with
unbounded expressions of Joy and affection.
Unfortunately, owing to the neglect from starva-
tion and cold, it had to be placed under the
care of eminent medical men, and its ultimate
recovery was by no means certain. -. ...
The facts being established, warrant was
iseued for Hills arrest He was absent from
England at the time, but his wife, feigning a
desire for reconciliation, appointed place in
London where he was to meet her. He came
in disguise and was arrested, and subsequently
held to answer for having caused to be made a
false registration of his cbild's birth. e,