The sun., 1896-01-20
CHILD SLEPT IN A CELLAR.
NOTHING RUT RAGS TO SHIELD HER
FROM THE COLD.
Kitten by Rnts-Got Hcr Only Food from
Nrighbor- - Her Father. nn italian.
when Arrested for HIs Neglect. struck

u,,,. H.. g.. mat, .,
N.Iahn.r. ,,r En,,rr' ,n I,,,,.n
when Arrested for III. Neglect. strucL
Her In the Presence OF "a Policeman.
Policeman John J. Rryan of tho Mulberry
street station WIN formerly had No,t s,rec, for
n post, but has recently been detailed to do
nlain r,o,hrs du,y ,yos ,v,iuino ovor h,s o,1
most on saturday evening Mrs Noriaritv s,oppea
him and said.
"Say lack. thercs n case down IN tho corncr
that think shoull be rcnor,ed IN the Gerry so.
oiety. Its n l,ttle slip of n pir whose father
keeps her locked mn in II cold cellar an think
she must be staryin, Il, death bv IN, looks of
her.
where lie IT."
"lt's under that drug store on the corner"
sold VI rs. Nioriarity. pointing to the northeas,
-. , -. 49,, 49,. w 80, ,,
CORNER oi iies,er an" M"tt Streets where Dr.
Louis q. Cassella has drug shop. Bryan said
NV wv so uoMn % anu i'ok ,h' euso w, nnu
mrs, Moriari'y showed him the cellar After
doors and went down a shor, night ot stone
, =. - wv 80, =, -, W ,
prYnn shra sh, s fnr ', e ,eat S
,ould M, SEQ anvhoIv so =. f,,n, co,yt which
nn,,,a ,,,,,, ,,na ~ 80 ,,' a.' ..s ", .,'
came from pie or rags IN one corner or the
cellar made him start He struck another match
and went over tn ,b, nil, of RAGS Hrv.n.t,r,ed
neoin ,yhon he sn,v ,hs ,,hi,s wan faco ~ a
littleQirl whose big black eyes expressed terror.
"C,nsnr.. ybos,, Riu she,s a,,ve I" ,xc,.in.a
o's"t R"o''' n'''' S,e a''re' eAo'a''heu
brynh' addressing MS brother policeman.
PLEASE, Mister Policeman. don't take me.
s' '"s CIV ''s"'' '"A ''' '''''' s"' ="
ia,,, VOICE w
That's all right, little one. Where's your
fatberY,
III. m ,. T.,
little girl from the depths of the rag pile.
She wore n scnn,y white dr,ss which She said
she had made herself. and this was all the
clothing she had. While waiting for the little
girl to cover herself with what rags she could
a., y. 80, wv" .' .n. s"o .'. s"u.'.
hho' brSah examined the cellar. IL was ABOUT
twenty feet square and lad a cement floor
which the little I slrl Is slept PIT were piled alongside
range. which had not held fire for a long time.
had With
rags between tho trunk and the range. AS soon
as the little girl got all the rags she could
find around her. Bryan picked her UP and cur
and hc took her in there. where she pointed out
an unLersized, thick set Italian, with a heavy
black moustache and eyebrows. Bryan ques-
.Iannicheli and that the girl was his soven.yea
old daughter Emma. The policeman told him
that he would have m to % put on his Goat coat and @ has
talking to his daughter the Italian apparently
forgot the policeman was present and struck
and ant said: aid S' ''' '' "''D' '"' t''''eu MN
iii knock you blind if you touch that girl
again"
drug store, followed by Bryan. The Italian
lived with his wife in two comfortably fur
nshed rooms. one OF which Is used rs AZ, Office
by Dr. Cnssella In the daytime. He could not
eSplain why he had mad" the pirl sleep in the
cellar lie was locked up in the Mulberry 81 rect
station and Emma was taken to the rooms Of
IN. Gerry society
There She told Agent King that she had lived
in New Haven with her father up to a few weeks
ago. Wien he brought her to this city they at
first lived in a tenement at l.o Mott street A