Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-06-17
THE BABY FOUND.
How Mrs. Jennie Moore Regained Her Ii
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| How MRS. Jennie moore keghined Her Lit
tie One.
Yesterdays Pittsburg Leader contained
a long and very interesting account of the
recovery of Mrs. Jennie Moore's baby,
which was supposed to have been lost in
the Johnstown flood.
About two weeks ago some men in a skiil
at Verona, on the Allegheny Valley rail
road, rescued from a mf1s of driftwood
| pOooinE in the river - cradle containing a
living baby. The child had evidently
come from Johnstown, and this fact alone
was sufficient to secure it the undivided
sympathy of the entire population of We
roma After great deal of competition
for its possession, it was givCl TO the charge
of a Mr.. Cutcheon. Then began Mr.
CutcheOn's tribulatiOn. His mail
was an avalanche morning, noon
and night, of proposals from
museum managers for the public exhibi-
tion of the infant in consideration of fabu-
lous emoluments to be conferred upon the
lucky owner. To all of these written Of
fers Mr. CutcheOn was as impregnable as a
Gibraltar, but one day the train brought
to him Manager Flocker, and when this
inimitable and invincible parsonage came
back TO Pitsburg he brought the child
with him, crib and all, ana it was dis
played hourly in the curiO hall of his
museum.
Naturally enough, the publication of
the rescue and the subsequent proceedings
communicated the intelligence to a wide
circle of readers. Among those was a
John McClusky, Of Kansas City, who ar
rived in Pttsburg early the past week to
inquire what the flood had left of his rels-
tives He found that his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Jenny Moore, hal lost her husband
and two children. She herself had escap-
ed and was at present with friends in
Wheeling. When Mr.. McOlusky read the
item about the rescue, he realized the
possibility of its reference to his sister-in-
laws children, and he Immediately set
about to make an investigation. First he
ascertained enough TO Justify his con-
lectures; then he telegraphed Mrs. Moore
to come TO Pttsburg.
Az . u GlOtk tNNnihk AAAos
Moore went to Pittsburg. She was escort
ed to the museum by her brother-in law,
the baby was carried down in tender arms
from the curio hall to the Office of the
management and scene followed.
or course, it need hardly be ex-
planned that Mr.. McClusky's conjectures
were verified, that the handsome woman
WAS Mrs Moore, and the baby WAS none
other than her own.
Mrs. Moore Was naturally deeply Of.
fected. She is young, and the water car
ried awey all her family-as she thought
all but one, as it since is proven. How
the whole thing occurred she could not
tell.
81 can't imagine what the poor little
thing has undergone, she sobbed, slludiug
TO the baby. "All l can recollect is that
had put il in its cradle and was busying
myself abOut my work, Of which / had con-
siderable that day, when the water came,
and / think it must have swept the dar-
ling and its crib out of the front door. or
what happened 10 myself ! was uncon-
scious, and have not now the slightest re-
memherance. II is true that my husband
and fve.year-old boy were drowned"
Further than this the poor wOman's ut
terance would not 90.
For a few hours during the evening
Mrs. Moore allowed the museum manage
ment the privilege Of exhibiting the baby
with the view that the patrons who bad
been attracted by the advertisement should
not be disappointed. Yesterday she re-
turned with it to Wheeling.