The evening times., 1896-10-22

Tcdi-e Inc saA tifcuii.stdItes surrounding
Tie iesai IgiIt being Ihade for her pos
seso.uL- During her iioli4er 5 incarceraLiun
" ioossy" has been nln nae OF the NJ a. lsby
Ee,-or.al dome iur Little ULes. and she has
airraIy LeCuiI.c the pet Of that Institution
because Of her affectIoIate disposition ami
cute LaDy ways.
INTO THE POLICE COURT.
1oiLorrow she viii lie brought from the
HoiLe and taken To the noisonie precincts Of
the l.iIUe court by Agents Lewis and Park
nah. To await Juuge MnIer's solonlonic
o-o.siol. do 40 "he..ier she shall reii.ain
with ier iLanIna or lie reared under the
supervision or the board.
Mis-. Porter. the mother of ''Tootsy,'
was rot many years ago teau,iful, innocent
Mamie Elliott. Hers was the old. old
story. A-aE's duphciLy aud laisity led TO
her uowLIaii. ard size entered upon Iife
Of sin in the disreputablc quarter.
one night about i've years ago young
mau ia -I toward Phelps met Mamie
in the uidst OF her midnight orgies in
the Dousr oi d notorious woman. lie fell
in love with her anu induced her to move
wi-b in into IA respectable locality. After
"Tootsy's'' birth Howard and Mamie sepa-
!. tDt " DIIldD ft-uIHliiE 10 ibI ltTEGtT
evil life. The baby was placed In care
81 Mrs. j. T. NaGner. at No. 14l3 ID
street northwest. the father paying its
board and the erring motHer being allowed
To see her innocent little one as often as-
she chose.
About the middle of November. 1894,
Young Phelps called on Agent Lewis and
requeste that ris Child. born out of we'd
lock. be taken in charge by the Board
Of Children's Guardians and reared in a
moral atmosphere. The mother learned
thai the father was arranging to have the
child taken from her and quietly spirit I'd
"Tootsy" away. to some seciu,led place,
where the Guardians could not find her.
THE MOTHER DISAPPEARED.
The mother also disappeared about the
same tine. ana proceedings Tor posscssion
of the little girl came to a standsthl.
II was not until last January that the
authorities had Marion Phelps brought To-
their attention again. Policeman Evans,
OF the South Wash ngion precinct. mad nc
casion 10 arrest Porter. who, II APPEARS,
hadmarr ell Mamie Phelps. Thccouplc, with
lrtle Marion. were living in absect squalnI
and IN .sery over Il Chinese laundry at No.
drinking got Porter into trouble, and wbil-
he was locked up the police and agents of
the Board OF Guardians investigated the
child and its surroundings.
The room IN which the odd couple lived
was almost as tlrhy as a pigpen. There
were bat few pieces OF furniture in the
apartment. and they were broken, The
doors and w.ndo.ys OF the place were
dlapida1ed. window panes broken, not
w Instanuing tie cold weather, and th,
man. woman and child Lad but single
badly 50 led mattress on the floor on which
toIe
Tue appearance of the place made even
tile taruened Policeman recuil. The II. other,
Mamie Por,er, was found in a stupid con-
di ion, from the excessive use of liz Lor and
opium. She was lying on the mattress,
covered with rags. Beside her snuggled
Wee "Tooisy." nearly concealed beneath
the badly soiled articles which served as
bed Coverings, and ter little curly head
par,ly exposed to view.
sMUGGLED THE CHILD AWAY.
THIS time, too, the board failed to get
Possession of Marion, as the mother cum
ningiy smHggled the child away. Last
month, however, the Guardians, who had
been searching everywhere for the girl
baby, learned that the mother had been
arres ed by tie Georgetown police and sent
to Jail for tiiieving.
While she was behind the bars, Agent
Lewis lUca ed "Tootsy'' Phelps in n house
in rear of No. 1853 Market street, George
town, in place more seualid than that in
South Washington. The child was taken
at once to tie Children's Home, while the
mother, in Jail, gave notice that she in
tended to make fight for her baby, which
she says she sin loves with all the affec-
ton of her nature, Notwithstanding the
downward Path she has been treading at
such rapid pace.
Marion has grown to be quite n clever
little chatterboN. and her slender voice
Will no doubt be heard tomorrow in the
sinful precincts Of the police court, during
the nrh' f,- '-r o. SOS ION. ---i. II iii
reveal one OF the saGdest OF life's stories.
agent Lewis of the Poard OF Guardians,
having been called TO the Eastern Shore OF
Maryland on business. the Marion Phelps
case was today further Postponed until
Saturday.