Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-06-01

learn mourning ON us point De-
iond what he had heard already,
hat the girls father was in some way
with the National bank Of
Mexico. After leaving Mrs. Rackow
t was learned that an oath of secrecy
lad. been exacted from one Of the
who knew the name, and it is
probable that she was under a similar
The midwife in question was found
70 be Mrs. Emma Gabrillac who had
recently removed from 1920
Menard Street to a little frame house
on the Gravois road and Shenandoah
Facts obtained from her con-
irmed and
COMPLETED THE STORY.
The young lady, not apparently
over Is, black-eyed, black-haired,
tall, handsome and well dressed, had
called at her former residence, 1920
Menard Street, several weeks before
the child was born. She told the
midwife that she had left her home,
she said was in Sedalia, to
avoid disgrace, and had come to st.
Louis. She had friends on Washing
ton avenue, where she was supposed
to be visiting, but instead of going to
she had gone direct to the fe-
male hospital only to find that, being
stranger in the city, she could not
be admitted. Then she wandered
out on the street and seeing Mrs.
Gabrillae's sign had come in. She
had afterwards been compelled to
write to her relatives, but she was
very careful to conceal her identity
from Mrs. Gabrillac, always directing
her letters herself and posting them
with her own hand. "What differ
ence does it make to you who I am
she said, $50 you get your money"
Mrs. Gabrillac found her address, as
has been already related. The young
lady told her that her father was a
MARKET GARDENER
and not worth over 5000 if his debts
were paid.
"After her child was born," sale
Mrs. GabriIlac, "she talked more
freely, but she never gave me any
other name than Mary Reynolds
though she admitted she came from
Mexico. 1 never believed her story
about the market gardener, for sh,
was too well educated and one of tn,
smartest girls l ever saw. Her faith
er came to St. Louis afterwards
but 1 never saw him. She left my
house and took the baby with her
When she came back to get it from
Mrs. Rackow she told me that sh'
was going to put it on Mrs. Rackow''
steps, for she had heard that Mrs
Rackow was a good woman VIII,
wanted a nice baby, but before sh,
could get to the house some one blew
a police whistle which scared her s,
that she put the baby down and ran
At the corner she met a policeman
who stopped her and was going to ar
rest her, but he let her 60 when sh
told him that she had just seen anoth
er woman put a baby on the step
right up there. She was too smar
for the policeman and he then lie
her 60. When Mrs. Rackow cam
to me / went with her to her house t
see if it was the same baby andi it was
Then after Mrs. Rackow had been u
to Mexico the young lady came dow
to me and we got the baby. She toll
me that its father was a handsom
young villain who had gone off cas-
and that if she ever saw him sh
would kill him. Mrs. Rackow know
the whole story, name and all, for sh
told it to me, but I have forgotten il
She said the house they lived in {
Mexico was the finest in the place an
that it had a doctors sign in front
it."
The facts in the above case hay
been known to the editor of this papt
for some time, but for various an
good reasons we did not see fit
publish them. But now, since tt
matter has been made public, "
shall give the facts but withhold Il
name Of the young lady because, III
der the circumstances, she has acte
in a motherly manner and is doing 6
she can for her unfortunate bal
girl. The young lady referred to
not a Bankers daughter" and b
father has nothing to do with al
bank. He is a poor man and live
not in a 'sfne house," but in a We
lowly cottage in this city. He is, al
has been, at home sick for sometim
He, of course, appreciates the shan
brought on his only daughter, wi
has a good education and was co
sidered by her teacher and all wi
knew her as a most modest and big
minded girl.
Mrs. Rackow, of st. Louis, car
to Mexico on the 18th Of May, al
went to the Central livery stables, e
gagged a carriage and was driven
the residence Of the above party Al
stayed all night. The girl is now
Mexico and has her baby with he
The gentleman referred to as ''go
east it is said, was a marble cult
who used to work in Mexico, and
now not 100 miles from this city.
Such affairs are becoming hume
GUS. We are reliably informed tt
another Mexico girlreturned from
!. Louis last week when she had be
under the treatment Of q midwife.
These are very unfortunate affai
and we trust we will not soon aga
J be called on to chronicle an occr
renee in any way similar to the aboy
? Audrain Local Politics.. W. Dam
for Recorder.
From the Sturgeon Leader.
:, The campaign for local offices
Audrain is growing quite warm, a
: candidates r industriously int
viewing the voters. Quite q numb
!, !, Of them were in Sturgeon this we
|, !, shaking hands with citizens Of Sail