The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-08-17

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| George, and several gentlemen Of the press,
proceeded in carriages to the house No. 4
Chestnut street, between st. Andrew and
| Josephine, which, proved to be the resi-
dence of Captain James Broadwel. The
bell was rung, but no one answered, and it
was soon ascertained from the neighbors
that no one was in. This was disappoint-
ment, but the party concluded to wait
some time in the hope that some one would
arrive.
It was soon noised around who the party
were, and Immediately large crowd of Ia
dies and children and servants assembled to
Ecatch peep at the "lost child" which was
lying fast asleep in its mothers arms, quite
overcome by the heat and hustle.
In about an hour Mrs. Broadwell return
ed, and admitted the superintendent Of po-
lice with three others to the house, inviting
them to take seats In the hall. The super
intendent courteously inquired whether
Mrs. Broadwell could give him any informa.
she could not tell anything; that the child
had been returned to its parents; that she
believed that one Of the stipulations was
that no questions would be asked.
One Of the gentlemen present remarked
that he thought there was some such stipu.
lation in an advertisement of Mr.. Digby's,
but that crime had been committed against
the State, and that Of course MIR. Digby
could only speak for himself, and could
not possibly interfere with the course Of
justice.
Mrs. Broadwell then said that she would
refer the gentlemen to her husband, who
would be home to dinner about O'Clock.
Captain Badger remarked that the case
would scarcely admit of such delay, and
suggested to Mrs. Broadwell that she might
be saved further annoyance by indicating
who the parties were from whom she OBJ
tained the child. That is was necessary
that the parties should be found out.
Mrs. Broadwell then said that the parties
lived in Jefferson City (Sixth district); that
they had not stolen the child themselves,
but that 1t had been left ut the gate of their
residence, and had been taken care OF by
them until turned over to herself and hus-
bnd on Monday night; that they had first
heard of it by receiving a message from the
parties to the effect that they had something
very particular to tell them. On going to
the house they found the child, which the
parties were anxious to get rid Of, as they
were afraid OF the responsibility of keeping
1t any longer that they had taken the little
girl with the express stipulation that if she
proved not to be Digby's child they would
return it Immediately.
She said further that the persons, though
COiOEtu5 were peTicCGly TclEtDlc, tiitl
capable of stealing child.
Just here Commissioner George asked if
the Woman's name was not Ellen Angelo,
and whether she did not live at the corner
Of Camp and BellccaStle streets. Mrs.
| Broadwell said : Sc Yes, that is the woman !;
but beg that you will not trouble her, is
she knows nothing of the abduction. /
have known her long time, and know her
to be above anything of the kind"
After some further unimportant conVer-
sation the party left the house. The next
: thing was to visit the residence of Ellen
Angelo, and thither Superintendent Badger
and a number Of others proceeded,
The house is u somewhat unpretcntlous
cottage, quite embowcrcd in vines and
shrubbcry, and looks like the residence OF
some wel-to-do retired family. The intcA
rior is, however, very handsomely fur
nished-one room especially having SUI
perb set of rosewood furniture, the armolr
door being one large mirror. The appoint
ments all indicate that the inmates did not
want for money. 49,,
The woman of the house, Ellen Angelo,
or Ellen Follin (she is better known by the
latter name), was quite surprised at the
visit, and repeated almost verbatim the
words of Mrs. Broadwell. She denied
!, knowing ANYTHING of the child, and insisted
that it had been left at her gate on Wednes-
day last by woman, who, though closely
yelled, she believed to be white.
She had only kept the child so long be-
cause she thou ght fhe woman would return
and claim 1t, but that she had finally turned
it over to Mr.. and Mrs. Broadwell. A
white lady who has been boarding in the
house some two weeks stated, however, that
the child was there when she arrived. A
very aged negro woman cook thought the
child had been there about three weeks,
and young son of Mrs. Follln'S (about
fifteen years old. known by the name of
George Blass) said the child had been there
about il month. These were all examined
separately, and their statements were SUI
ticiently contradictory to warrant the arrest
of the woman Ellen Follin and her son
George Blass as being accessories to the
kidnapping Of Mr.. Digby's child, and having
harbored and concealed the same
They were accordingly arrested, war.
rant having been issued upon an affidavit
made by Special Officer Malone, and taken
to jail to await appearance before RECORDER
Campbell. The house, it appears. is what
is known as n lying in hospital, and the wo-
man in charge is very bright looking,
light-colored mulatto, and is said to have
considerable property. She has sister IN
| Mobile named Louisa Murray, who keeps q
similar house to her own, and comes over
to New Orleans quite often. suspicion mas
attached to this woman in Mobile, and SUI
periutendent Badger has taken steps to
have her arrested.
i It is thought by some that the child was
stolen by Louisa, who left her with her SIS
ter here, though no reason IS assigned 1ol
the abduction. 80,
i A singular circumstance connected with
this case is the fact that, on Sunday last,
Captain George, with few officers, Went
up to the house where the child had been
secreted, acting on information oDtalned
questioned the inmates, and searched Inc
premises. che woman Ellen Follin denied
then that there was any strange child on the
:. premises, but it has since been ascertane1
that at that very time the child was secreted
in the ward. Special Officer Jourdan threa
tened her at the time with arrest, hut she
answered very coolly: every well, sir, as
| YOU please. / assure you, however, know
; nothing of the child you are looking for"
The white lady who is boarding in tht
house relates to the reporter that she haC
} noticed little child there, but being Q
stranger she had asked no questions. She
had frequently heard the newspaper ae
counts Of the "lost child" read III the
house; had read over the description care
i fully but it never occurred to her that the
little Girl in the house was the child in ques
tion, She saws, further, that when the per
sons came on Sunday night looking for the
child they at first addressed her, asking
very abruptly, /" "Where is the child?" Be
fore she could even reply, however, OF ask
them what child they meant, they passed
on and entered into conversation with FL
len Follin, she retiring to her room. by
+b;s n;ooa If inadyertence the officers faileC