People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1895-05-30
A Deserted Baby.

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Late Saturday afternoon five little
boys found a strange little girl baby
in the cyclone cave attached to the
unOccupied residence formerly occu-
pied By the DObbins family just south
of the Fifth ward school. The baby
was in an exhausted condition and
had evidently been in the cave some
time.
During Friday ]. NJ. Claytor who
lives near by was out in his garden at
work and heard baby's cry but sup
posed that it was some one visiting at
a neighbours house. Others heard the
baby cry during Friday night, but
still thought the cries came from
some house.
When the baby was found it was
taken to Mr.. ClaytOr's house where it
was cared for by Mrs. Clayton and the
ladies of the neighborhoOd until the
authorities could be notified. When
found it was lying on a mans coat and
beside it was bundle of baby clothes.
Upon being notified of the facts
Commissioner d. A. ESpy took charge
of the 0aby and took it to the poor
house where it is receiving every at
tentiOn from the matron Mrs. T. S,
Richardson, good, motherly old lady.
Physicians who have examined it,
state positively that it is not older
than eight or ten days. 1t is bright
apparently healthy and all the pres
ent chances are in favor of it living.
Whose is it? Where did it come
from? These are the questions that
have been interesting everyone. City
Marshal c. c. Shaver has under
taken to answer these questions. AT
first it was thought to be the child OF
a girl named Ethel Wood from Oxford
who worked in Snyder's restaurant
until it closed and then took up hel
abode at the vinegar factory But
investigation seemed to convince the
officers that her child has not YET
been born; that she left Wellington
one cay last week for the purpose Of
being confined in a charitable institu
ton.
1t now appears that Fridays South
ern Kansas train from the east mac
aboard as passengers a woman about
40 or As years Of age and a baby a:
passengers. This woman did not gel
off the train when it came into the
depot, but remained aboard unit
after all the switching was done
Then she went into the depot and left
ner yaliSe and a bundle. She ther
went out carrying the baby and pill
low slip full of something. She pas
sed south on Washington avenue
was gone some time and then return
ed without the baby with the pillow
slip folded up, carrying it in her hand
She went to j. NJ. Purcell's and asked
Mrs. Purcell for permission to change
her clothing, but on account OF he
appearance was refused. She, how
ever. went to private house and Sc
cured permission to change her cloth
ing. In the meantime Agent 7. E
Purdy had placed her baggage In thu
baggage room. She went to him, OBJ
tanned it and disappeared from view
for the time being.
Her next appearance, so far as w
know, was at the Union depot Satur
day morning just before the Southern
Kansas train started west. She tol(
Mr.. Purdy that she was a book agen
and was about broke and inquired
what the amount Of the fare was II
several points. She finally bought
ticket for Argonia for sixty-two cents
Brakeman Frank D. Irland assisted
her off the train at Argonia and a
This writing that is the last known o
her, but Mr.. Shaver went to ArgOnii
this morning armed with a warran
and il that woman is still in this par
of the country he will find her.
While it seems almost certain tina
this woman left her baby In the cave
nothing whatever is known as yet o
her identity or Of the motives tina
limpelled her to desert her child il
such a manner. There are severa
reasons for believing that she slep
with her baby Friday night.
LATER-A telegram just receive,
from City Marshal c. c. Shaver a
ArgOnia says: 81 have the woman
and she acknowledges she left tn
baby there. She gives her name a
Eliza Jane Slayer; says she is widow
fourty-four years old and comes iron
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