The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-08-13

bv the police. The affair promptly
came before the courts, ana as nirs'
Wemple chung to the basket story,
reTertiiCu ,a9 yluvIvu ~ i'u---" II
pomeroy TO find out which of the wo-
men had a claim to the child, when
Miss Evans told the story as above
given. =, v,.oa
mitted receiving an infant from Miss
Evans and the payment of s25 month;
but she maintained, nevertheless, that
the child in dispute did not belong to
Miss Evans.-She accounted for the
second child by saying that Miss Evans
child was sickly (Which was ADMITTEDLY,
and that some weeks after Mrs, Wemp'
lie took it TO nurse, some one lett pas
ket containing fine, heslthy child at
the door and ran away that Mrs. Wick
ems thereupon took Miss Evans child
to the Founding Hospital iu Washing
ton square, pulled the bell and ran
away and kept the more fortunate child
This course the old lady adopted be,
cause child of Mrs Wemple died
some time before, aud 1t was not desi.
rable for her sake to have another child
taken from her by death. The hight
to New J ersey was admitted, but Mrs
Wemple said She did it partly because
she had become greatly attached to thf
little stranger and partly because sh'
wanted Miss Evans to pay up arrears
An interesting link in this curious
story was supplied by two men who
testified in regard to the basket. Geo
Hedges testified that he knew Mrs
| Wickens, aud that at her request he pu
the child alleged to have been founc
at the door in a basket aud gave 1t II
an unknown man who for 81 left Tho
child at the door. This man-who, l
appears, is Henry Chase--testiies tina
he was the person who got the 81 AM
left the child as stated. All the wit
nesses remembered the peculiar mar
on the child's neck Mrs. Wicken
told again the story Of the finding o
the child stating that it was 10 Marcn
1871. The doctor who attended MIS-
Evans was examined, his testimony
being pretty clearly in favor OF tn
| identity Of The two children, and Mis-
, Evans herself, who saw the chlid Ire
quently, insisted that there had been n
, change of babies. 4 woman In Ne
, Jersey who saw Mrs. Wemple there
i testified that shesfrequently heard Ii
latter say the child was Mrs. Evans
, and that she would not give it up unle
= compelled 10 do 50.
. The referee in long report eA
pressed his disbelief in the basket stor.
> and stated that the testimony oil u
d two men and Mrs. Wickens was, IN Il
r opinion, rank perjury. Finally, he d
cided in favor Of Miss Evans. Inc a.
plicstion Tor the confirmation oil IN
report was made to Judge Pratt,
u chambers of the Supreme Court ia
t week, by John o. Mott urahVliie
HAYES opposing. Judge Pratt b
decided in favor OF Miss Evans claii
e The Roman Catholic Bishop OF No
:, hngham reproachcd a priest the 9th
:. day for walking with woman ~,
his arm and her hand in his II
l. priest asked the Bishop to whom
e was elm 81 am the Bishop
ir No,tinrbam " said His Lordship -
o we have no such bishop in the EngiI
i Church" replied the priest, "o9
- exclaimed the Bishop, then you D
3 lono 10 the English Church. ! am
n Tg6ted to hear it, and | beg your p'
0. don with all my life but ! do wish y
10 would not walk about in cur uniiorH