New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-08-10


Superintendent Badger at once took his
measures, and he was ably assisted therein
by Specials Jourdain and Malone. Kept
apart and so watched that they could not
| communicate with one another, little by
little the astute and searching examination
u of Colonel Badger brought things to light.
1t soon became evident that if there were
any thing wrong about the matter, Ellen
| Angelo and her son, George, were in cahOot.
1t was not 40 that the grandmother (very
dark cOlOred) was participant. She an
swered all questions with the infantile can
| dor and childlike simplify of truth that be-
long to three-score years. After receiving an
answer, the questioner knew less than before,
The story she first told, about colored
| woman bringing the child to her house last
| Wednesday, was soon disposed of. She at
| tempted different story with no better
| success At length the matter became mar
| rowed down to the facts that the child had
| been in her house a considerable time, and
! that its presence there had not been ac-
| counted for. Among other evidence that
| the child had been in the house a number of
! weeks, was that of the neighbors, who de-
| clared to the chief of police that they had
| circumstances, too, leading to the inference
| that this had been neither the first nor the
| only innocent inmate Of that Doubling
| Castle. The strongest evidence against the
| truth of Ellen's statement, and presumptive
| of her guilt, was internal-that extracted
| from members of the household: and this
was both positive and negative.
| There is residing in the house of Ellen
| Angelo at the present time young woman
| of singularly prepossessing appearance. OF
! her story little is known, and that little was
| learned from her own statements. Her ap-
| pearance shadows forth with unmistakable
| distinctness the purpose for which she is IL
! temporary inmate of that house. In the
| course of conversation she said that she had
| been a resident in the house two weeks
| from last Friday; that she had never known
| Ellen Angelo until she had come to stay
| there; that she had been brought there by
| Ellen's sister, Louise; that Louise resided
| in Mobile: that she had been temporary
| inmate of Louises house in Mobile; that
| she had never known Louise before she be-
came a temporary inmate: that LOuises
| house having to be repaired, it was an I'M
| suitable place to facilitate sccretive ac-
cOuchement; therefore Louise had brought
| her from Mobile to her sister. and here she
! remained abiding her time. This is all that
| is known Of her history.
In answering the superintendent, she
stated that she had been in the house three
weeks next Friday, and the child now
| known to be Mr. Digby's was there when
she came. She knew nothing about the
child's history. and supposed it to be one of
the family. This statement which COM
pletely upsets Ellen's story about the child
having been brought there only a few days
ago, was made by the young woman, in the
presence of George, Ellen's oldest son. The
name of this young woman is not here
given for the good reason that it is not
known. She seems to have non, damOur
though. which suggests the idea of a rerdant
fish
Up to this time, the young aspirant after
truth had been persistently denying that
he knew anything about the child, or at
least not before last Wednesday; as if
person living in a small house, and con-
stantly going through it. could be ignorant
of the presence of a puny, tretting, crying
child. However, when the rerrfaHt fish
made her statemAt. George owned that he
knew of the child being in the house last
Wednesday two weeks-that is, exactly
three weeks to-day. Several other points
were elected, pointing out, beyond perad-
venture. the guilty parties. The extensive
ignorance of the child affected by the whole
family, and the evident air of understand
ing with each other that pervaded the
whole household all show that there is
something that they are very anxious to
conceal. There is no doubt that our police
have pOunced on the right quarry. Whether
these are the only parties involved in the
there are more behind the curtain, the in
vestigation now going forward will not fail.
at length, to show. There are many reasons
for thinking that the latter is the most
feasible suppOstion. The nature of the
business followed in this house, place of
obstetric facilities for females, whose loss of
virtue is not accompanied by loss of shame,
will certainly have its weight. Besides,
cOlOred woman, the mother of several
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crafty her own longing, for the maternal
instincts are already satisfied The in
ference. then, is irresistible, that Ellen
Angelo is, either in person or by means of
accomplices. the abductress of Digby's
child and that she must have had an in
stigatOr to the crime, for there has been
under the circumstances, no temptation to
steal the child to adopt it as her own.
Although Digby's child is found, still the
most important part of the work is still
to do In public point of view, the great
matter is not so much the finding of the
lost child, as the punishment Ofits abductors:
for the finding of the child affects the hap
piness of but single family, while condign
punishment of the criminals is the only
safeguard for the peace Of thousands of
families, who would never feel safe in the
sacred surroundings of home, were not this
crime pursued to the uttermost, and the
We now state a circumstance corrOborat-
ing all that is here advanced: On Sunday
Captain George being at Jefferson City, OBJ
tained some information, in consequence OF
which the Captain,I Special Jourdain and
other officials visited the abode OF Ellen
Angelo. but no child was to be seen. The
confession of George, the oldest son of Ellen,
which was, made yesterday 1.-THE con
fession, not the SOM shows that as soon as
they entered the yard he spirited the Digby
infant away into the garden, and there lay
hid behind the cistern until the officers had
departed. In reply to question, George
said that he took the infant away because
aros crying! Can any thing be more con-
elusive than this!
At about four o'clock yesterday afternoon
Superintendent Badger brought his exam
nations and conclusions to the desired
point. Sergeant Malone was then dis
patched for the purpose of making the neces-
sary affidavit against Ellen Angelo and her
eldest son George, in which he charged them
with the offense of kidnapping. He speed
ily returned withan officer armed with the
requisite warrant, and Ellen and her son
were forthwith arrested and incarcerated.
durance, with no prospect of immediate
release.
There have since transpired circumstances
which show that the police are on the right
track: and there remains no doubt that suf-
ficient information will speedily be obtained.
fixing the full weight ON all concerned with
the crime in which Ellen Angelo is impi-
Gated.
It is proper that the members of the
Police Department, who have pursued this
matter so successfully, should have full
credit for their conduct therein.
Superintendent Badger, in the measures
he took SO successfully, showed an acute
and shrewd aptitude and faculty of combi
nation that proves him eminently fitted for