New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-15
JESSIE MILLARD'S STORY.

Jessie Mlllard. .the young girl who was arrested
recently on a charge of perjury was III the oInpS
yesterday afternoon impatiently awaiting Tie ar
rival of the men whom she expected TO become heI
bondsInen. She received IN IauyllAe c way d
TRIBUNE reporter who called to see heT' She Was
dressed IN a heavy black silk. She was perfectly
willing 10 tell heI story, and dld SO In SUBSTANCE as
follows: Il had been living win Joseph
l. Levi as his wife. ! had enid ana nc
was lts father. The boy had never been DaptiLeu
ms Christian but had been clrcumclsed ana re-
garded jew. This hat been done al n.s l"IrI
REQUEST At length Joseph went 10 Europe IN I'IS
absence his brother. T.. :. Levi came 10 me ana eIu
that If | would get rid of my baby he would give
so nair # nv chiids head Then he proposed
10 me to substitute another baOy Ior nile' uno
tina; he had heard was very SICK IS Udo9 StiI
born IN July. My baby was born III August gun
that baby had been sic KY, and was snaileT lhau
mine My baby had dark balr; that one hau lieht
HAIR and brown eyes. l saw the woman VINO hau ne
MD She tod me that the baby would surely me.
II already had become black IN the face ana It's
hands had turned purple l do not WISH 10 give
this woman's name but she Will be suOpGuaeu ana
compelled 10 testify to the truth, Ii she only eau pe
found. she changed the babies. she LOOK my wei
child and lett her sick one. called Dr. feiIDeIg'
who was attending me- 10 prescribe Tor the Dany
! lid moi want the case TO get INTO the CoroneTS
hands The doctor SAID thal thls DapJ was VIZ
sick. and undoubtedly would die. 1t did die
that night. The doctor gave Certlncate Oh ueH'l,
using me name directed HIM 10 write mo ma!
document / told the doctor that uid
not know where the mother iiVed, out "hrIoo
iilr was born in +. gland. The 1athers pI'nPlhT0
was Germany. The child was named LOUIS III
the certjGcate OF death given by Dr. tenOeIg
II was stated that Louis Henelne Lew, age
tweuty-four days. died on October -, 1851 AZ 10
I 5S3 'Cbird-ayer The undertaken was ordered 10
hurry the child out of the house and mo lis grave
ON the very morning after II died. was anxious 10
gel The money promised by l.. :. Levi was aIIalu
that he might detect the imposition ana refuse 10
pay the money. AS soon as the undertaken returned
and told me that the enid Lad ben buried wrote
:. letter 10 Levi telling him that the enid was deau
and buried and offering the health Cer1hcdle as CYL
dence lie paid me patry 800. IeXpected al IeaeV
~ 900 Why that was not enough 10 pay loI NV
forior', bill Soon alteIWaId. got my own oaOy
hack and have kept him ever since. DO yOu sup,
nose for one moment that If that dead paOy had
been nv own child. 1 would not have had nm pap
tZed and kept his body IN the house dcceht ehBVu
of time after his dcathY l was suffering from an
ahscess bit would have gone 70 the cemetery 10
have seen my own baby buried. L could hot uo
that however for the child Of a stranger
dId have another baby to keep. That one was
nrovldcd for Inc by female doctor. Inc woman
Inserted an advertisement IN newspaper anu
,,usvercd n. The woman offered TO pay T0O uONH
aud more al the end OF the month Tor IIe care Oh tua
child | was to bling II TO her every TWO weeks ana
l,t her see how il getting along. tOoh thc
hony ana received the 500. tod her was iona Oh
babies and 50 / Bat found that me emu
was SICK ana cross and dld hOt ieel aoIo 70 I"ho
care of it, 50 found women who TOOK IL on my
hands for S3 a week. Before the end OF the month
that child dled ard told the temaie doctor Oh lle
fact must have had six babies ntrusted 10 ny
care if all they say of ne j. true Dui ~ l. not Wy
mother knows OF the case HAO aIlsll 'oiI III my
relatives If / am driven INTO a corner"
As the woman finished her story, messenger
came saying that her lawyer was ready TO see hei'
She is apparently not III her night mihd'