The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-03

Halpin after it was taken from its mother at the
Buffalo hospital by DR.. James f. King. "On one
occasion" says Mrs. Kendall, DIR. King and his
wife came in hack and said they wanted to
take the baby down to its fathers office. l
rugged the child up and took it down with DR..
King, After we reached there a strange lady
came in, and running up, snatched the child out
of my arms without saying word to me. She
acted as though she was crazy, and was much
alarmed. She said: %, my baby, open your
eyes and let me see them Baby was asleep.
%, my precious baby, why don't you open your
eyes once moreP She held it some time, talking
that way. The lawyer said to her several times,
give up the child to Mrs Kendall and made
rough expression to her. She cried all the time
as though her heart would bread"
''Who was present at this timer
Myself, Maria Halpin, the baby, lawyer and
DR. King. 1t was in the forenoon that we went
there"
'Have you ever seen a picture of Grover
Cleveland"
II have, and should say, by the picture that
he the lawyer who was there. What they
took me and the child there for don't know,
unless it was to assure Maria Halpin that her
child was alive and we'll When they had com
Qleted some business we went home. just be
fore that the lawyer said to DR.. King nonchal
anty with sly wink, 1T is all right Doctor;
have chair, Doc He and the doctor were
laughing most of the time / said to the doctor,
after we got out How much the child looks
like its father The doctor took the veil from
the childs face, and said Yes, it does look like
its father
After this nursed and cared for the baby
for a long time. We were in Buffalo between
one and two years, and had previously lived on
farm in Kansas from 1870 to 1874 When the
child was first brought to we lived in East
Buffalo, near the stock yards, but were at this
time living at Buffalo proper, Union street.
"They came to me in hurry one day, APP
parenty alarmed, and told me to take the baby
and get its things all together quick and go in
hack and give it up TO its mother, but on no &C
count to 60 into the house where It's mother was,
as it was bad house They cautioned me on
this point over and over again, and | was also
not to tell them at the house where lived. The
hack driver drove a circuitous route, and when
we reached the house elderly lady came out
and told me to bring the baby in. lrephed, DIR.
King told me not to go in She then went back
and came out again, saying | must carry the
child in and place it in its mothers arms.
thought it all over and came to the conclusion
that it was best for me to carry it in. She was
the same Maria Halpn l had seen in Lawyer
Cleveland's Office, and when l asked her if she
the babys mother, she answered: Yes,
! am Maria Halpin, babys own mother
and kissed it. and seemed to be overjoyed to
have it restored to her. She was crying and
Aysterical, and much excited, which frightened
the baby, and / nursed it to quiet the little fell
low. She wanted to know where | lived, but
acting under instructions l refused to tell her.
She said DIR. King and that other man, the law
yer were villains and she called them very hard
names, yet she did not, with all her bitterness
utter NleNeldDQS NAME one JI4eu very udIu "
learn where l lived, and offered the hackman So
to go to my house and get babys cradle, think
ing that in some way she might find out my resi-
denee. but she did not find it out, AT the door
when we parted Maria gave me 81 for my Jrou
BILE She was quite a good-looking woman, tall
and slender, and very lady like in appearance.
When the hack-driver left me at home after
driving round AID round so that | could
not tell where we went, he said My God,
whose child is that that they are Emaking so
much fuss aboutF l did not reply. Some of
baby's things were left at my house which l did
not notice in the hurry of picking up and get
ting away when ordered to. Among them was a
little pair of cotton stockings which Maria Hal
pin knit and sent to me She sent me a note
with them, also. l had his little knit cap with
the picture of a man inside which looked just
like the picture of Cleveland. On the picture
being torn out the back of it showed the follow
ing written words: 'Babys papa Our house
was afterwards broken into and all of baby's
trinkets stolen, and all of my things were turned
topsy-turvy.
''As soon as we had let baby go, DIR. King was
very anxious to have us leave Buffalo. He
wanted my husband to go to work on the rail
road at Kingston, Ont, but we hnally came oack
to New England. He charged us over and over
again never to tell what we knew about Maria
Halpin's child, and used all manner of means to
tntimidate us and compel us to keep the matter
quiet DR.. Kings wife told to me Just before
We left Buffalo 'Haria Halpin has got that
child now but I will get him and then she will
never see him again Three years ago | was in
OllnantOn, ana saw a picture Oh Ille llIJle poy
in a checked suit. | said at once, That is my
Jack This being disputed, said 4 know it is;
You can't fool me, l declare it is the boy /
nursed-Maria Hapin's child. Dr. Dolan, of
Buffalo. knows l had the child and nursed it. ,"
As a further test of her memory, the woman
was shown a miniature picture of Hendricks and
asked if that was the lawyer she saw in Buffalo.
She replied it was not She was then shown
similar picture of Cleveland and she quickly said,
that is the man. He is the lawyer | saw in
Buffalo when took the child to his office" She
and her family are members and regular at
PENDANTS of the Methodist-Episcopal Church and
are well thought of by the members of that de-
nomination. Her maiden name was Amanda
Mills. though she has always been called Min
ME- She was born in Amherst Nova Scotia.
Her husband was present during the interview
and corroborated the statements in every par
ticular. Inquiry among the townspeople de-
veloped the fact that the family bears a good
reputation as honest, industrious people Mr..
Kendall is an empoye of the Norway Plains
Company, where Mrs. Kendall works in Wal
laces shoe factory such portion of the time as
she can spare from her household duties. From
threats that were made to them by friends of
Cleveland before they left Buffalo they feared to
talk about the case, and were induced to do so