The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-20
A CHILD LOST.
Little Maggie Taylor Fol-.
lowed a Hand Organ Yes
terday and Has Not
Returned.
JUST BEFORE THE SNOW STORM
4 Small Organ Manned By Two
Short Italians Thought To
Be the One.
JUST BEFORE THE SNOW STORM

Little Maggie Taylor. of No. IS Tuers
avenue, aged s years, was playing in the
street yesterday afternoon with several
OF her playmates. While they were
playing the music of a hand-organ was
heard on Jordan avenue Maggie left
her little friends and went to hear the
organ. Since that time nothing has
been seen or heard of her. Her absence
was reported at the Seventh precinct
station house. The police there at first
thought she had sought refuge from the
storm in the home of some neighbors
of the Taylors.
This afternoon News reporter
called at the Taylor home to enquire if
the little one had been found. Mrs.
Taylor, the mother of the child, is al
most heartbroken over her loss, but
managed to keep calm while she said
Just before the storm yesterday after
noon Maggie wanted to go out to play
did not want to let her CO. but she
pleaded SO did let her go. 1 put over
shoes on her and wanted to put her
coat and hat on but she did not want
them, saying she would only be out a
little while. She had been gone some
time when / went out to call her in
was told she had gone to Jordan ave-
nIe to listen to a hand-organ Thinking
she would return shortly | went back
into the house. When the storm com
menced I began to fear she would get
lost, as it was SO heavy. 1 sat by the
eoe eoor WAITING EIars fer fer. her but She did not
strain herself and broke into tears
Mr Taylor, the father of the child who
wa was ) sltaing ;4 near, SAID 'sMaggie is very
address N L
her" When asked if he thought the child
"a had taken ..1c refuge in neighbor's house.
have heard of it before this, as we are are
very well known in the neighborhood
ana everyone knows Maggie. think she
must have followed the hand organ''
case as there were SO many hand organs
N that neighborhood yesterday it would
lowed. Patrolman johnson Of the Seventh
Precinct, who patrols that post during
the day, says there were quite a number
Of hand organs around yesterday. He re-
membered one in particular, from the
fact that the organ was of smaller size
than thar the KIND IN that are usually seen in
borhood of Jordan and Tuers avenues
yesterday afternoon about the time it
was reported Maggie went around on
Jordan avenue. to listen to one. He was
attracted by its small size and noticed
that the two men who manipulated it
We're both short and stout. One had short
a
fun black beard. They were both fierce
looking customers.
The police supposition now is that Mag
gle followed the hand organ until she
got SO far away that when the storm
burst she could not find her way home
and that she either went into some house
or was taken away by the Italians.
Everything seems to point toward the
latter. Mr., and Mrs. Taylor will make
a personal search Of the neghborhood
IN the hopes OF finding her. while the
precincts to
be on the lookout for her. The Italians.
it is thought, came from New York, but
no hand organ, two men and a little girl
Of Maggie's description have been known
to cross either of the ferries
Chief Murphy will communicate with
the New York police authorities asking
them to keep a sharp lookout for little
Maggie When she left home she had on
a plaid dress, wore black stockings
black button shoes and wore neither hat
or coat. She is Of fair complexion. with
blue eyes and light hair. Up to two
o'clock this afternoon no word had been
received that would give the slightest
clue to her whereabouts