The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1894-11-24
THE BABES PARENTS FOUND.
THE CRIME or TWO OF FAYETTE
COUNTY TEACHERS.
Sparks L. Brooks, Now Principal Of
the West Newton schools and a I'M
iOntown Teacher Arrested by the
Humane Society.
Uniontown News Standard.

Agents Samuel O'Brien aud T. NJ.
Porter of the Humane society of
Pittsburg, and Detective A. c. Dun
can arrested Prof S L. Brooks, prin-
cipal of the West Newton public
schools, and Miss Bessie Metzgar,
formerly a teacher in the Uniontown
public schools, and they were both
taken to Pittshurg last night and AL
derman Toole held them in $500
bail for a hearing Saturday. Brooks
was arrested at West Newton and
Miss Metzgsr was arrested at her
home in Uniontown. They are
charged by Agent O'Brien of the
Humane society with being the par.
ents of the child abandoned q, the
Pennsylvania hotel, Pittsburg, on
November and both have confessed
their guilt
Shortly after the child was found
at the hotel it was turned over to
the Humane society and placed in
the Rosalia home Agent OBrien
started to find its parente, After q
long search be found woman who
gave her name as Mrs Jennie Holmes
who bad, on the 9th day of Oe-
tober, given birth to child at the
boarding house Of Mrs J. c. Haue1
in New Brighton, Pa. Mr. 0'Brien
went down and Investigated the
story. He found the woman had
only been there few days before
she became a mother. She claimed
when she came there her husband
was travelling man.
Mr. 0'Brien believed this was the
same woman who had left the child
at the Pennsylvania hotel, and be
followed up the clue. He learned
letters had been coming to the New
Brighton postoffiee addressed to
Mrs. Jennie Holmes for two or three
weeks before she arrived there, and
they had been forwarded TO her at
Mt Pleasant. lie went there and
learned Mrs. Jennie Holmes had
been stopping at a private house.
She had left there about the first of
October, and had LETT werd at the
posJofllce to have her mail forward
cd to New Brighton
Miss Metzgar made a full comics
sion of the affair when she was ar
rested. She says Brooks has been
calling upon her regularly for the
past three years She says she
loved and trusted him and after he
had betrayed her under promise of
marriage be tried every means in
his power to get rid of the child
without killing it. and wanted its
birth kept a profound secret She
admitted she was as anxious to con
ceal the truth as he was. and has all
along believed he would marry her.
Prof. Brooks admitted everything.
and offered to pay the fine The
Humane people refused to settle the
matter in that way, and want Brooks
to marry the girl. This he refuses
to do. Miss Metzgar is pretty
little dark completed woman about
25 years of age. She was one of the
best known teachers in Fayette conn
ty, and stood high in the profession.
Prof Brooks is about the same age
Last spring it was announced that
MI. Brooks and Miss Metzgar were
10 be married and she did not reap
ply for a school here in June. The
day was set but Brooks failed to out
in an appearance at the appointed
time and the wedding was declared
postponed. Brooks was interviewed
by a reporter at the time and he
wrote letter in explanation and
gave what was supposed to be good
reasons for his actions to the Young
lady and her friends.
Brooks is a Sprin field township
man, aud was once principal of the
Vanderbilt schools He later APP
piled for the principalship of the
Connellsvile schools. He then taught
at Sewiekley but came to Dunbar
last winter to teach out the unex
pired term Of o. O. Anderson re-
signed, and last summer conducted
a normal at Dunbar This last fall
he was elected principal at West
Newton.
Public sympathy here is wholly
with the young woman and citizens
are talking Of sending petition TO
West Newton asking the board to
dismiss him.