Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1883-03-27
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKI.Y BY.
EDGAR SNOWDEN,
INTERESTING NARRATIVE.

lady named Mrs. Pardo, who desired to
adopt an infant, recently answered an ad
Vertisement of Mrs. Post in New York
who said she had one to dispose of. Some.
how after the former gained possession of
the baby it siekened and died, and the au-
thorities, being suspicious of foul play, in
! stituted an inquiry which revealed the fact
that the child died from natural causes,
Mrs. Pardo is about twenty-five years of
age, OF Spanish extraction, petite, with in. =.
tensely dark eyes and complexion. She
told her story to the proper officers with a
lack of hesitation and fuency which
spoke tavorably for its truth. Her state.
ment was as follows: Some eight months
ago she kept q cigar and candy store at No.
265 Spring street. She was a widow and
felt lonely. The idea came to her that she
would like TO have little child to bring up
and care for. She saw an advertisement Of
tering child for adoption and called at the
address given, and after seeing several per-
sons was finally brought face to face with
Mrs. Post, who questioned her as to what
kind of a child she wanted and afterward
engaged to procure such one. She saw
Mrs. Post several times and became some
what intimate with her. One day when she
was at Mrs. POSTS house the latter grew conf
dental, and told her she was very foolish to
merely adopt child. "If you are sensi.
BILE woman urged Mrs. Post, "you can
manage not only to get the child you want,
but also good round sum of money out of
It, Mrs. Post went on to say that a good
looking woman like Mrs. Pardo might read
lly form the acquaintance of man having
some property. This man was to be skilful-
~ encouraged until he had irretrieyably
committed himself. At the proper time
Mrs. Pardo was to announce that she was
about to become mother. Mrs Post
would manage all the details of the scheme
and see that suitable child was on hand at
the time of the alleged confinement. Bv
this means Mrs Pardo would not only pro
cure a child but could also ready extorta
round sum of money along with it. Mrs.
Pardo need not worry herself us to the sue
cess of such plan. She Mrs. Post) would
attend to the matter in all its details. She
had managed this kind of thing several
times before with great success In order to
impress Mrs. Pardo as to what smart bus
mess woman she was Mrs. Post grew con-
ildentlal as to the extent and nature of her
business. She went on to tell how she had
supplied chidless wives with children which
the husbands were led to believe were of
their own flesh and blood, and how, as she
had proposed in the case of Mrs. Pardo. she
had supplied alleged betrayed" women
with children for purposes of blackmail. In
narrating these schemes Mrs Post would
chuckle and remark that she had ''often
turned the deceiver into the deceived" In
urging upon Mrs. Pardo to resort to the plan
she had proposed she would contemptuously
exclaim THE men are such fools, nv
dear. They are so easily deceived Make
your money out of them now, while you are
Young and handsome" In spite of Mrs.
Posts urging Mrs. Pardo remained firm in
her refusal to enter into any scheme of the
kind. She had finally obtained the child
she sought. but until the time of it's death
Mrs: Post sought to obtain money from
her by threats of taking the child away.