New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-16
THE CLARK BABY IN COURT
~npNr1Frrp BY CARRIE JONEs-PRosE-
CLIFTON CLOSES, AND BARROW is
~ CALLED FOR DEFENCE

,<u.rx VAS continued yesterday IN the Ni'
pr.rch of the Supreme Court BEFORE 'u'''0o
vSr.uan The chief feature Of the DAY se'
sion was the presence in court OF MITE n''"'
w. Clark and the kidnapped oaov'
Carrie Jones the nurse GIRL VINO Wa' y"
stand at the time Of adjournment on "eu"e''
.,t.rroon and testified as witness ioi '"0
nrosecution as to the kidnapping conspiracy ~
.,,eated by Barrow. was again on 'he s'a"0
Yesterday for further direct examination ps A'
.,.tant District Attorney Mccain. barro" a'N
his wife who is allowed to sit beside MN III '"'
courtroom looked concerned ana hs'eheu "''.
t,veIv 10 every word uttered by the WITNESS WY
bad turned States evidence. Most OF Oaii''
Jones.s story about the kidnapping was 'oiu VII
wednesday, and her testimony yesterday i'o''
ing in answer TO Mr. McCanns ques''onS voc
s,unlv an addition Of details as 10 her nv
yents and the movements OF the barro"s WIN.
4he baby after the abduction. The real name y,
the witness is Bella Anderson out sne Is
Carrie Jones by the lawyers -,
The witness identified the letter written o'
r,a-row 70 Mr. Clark. in which Barrow anony-
,nously informed Mr.. Clark that ne hao i""Oe
,,,.,ate IN reporting the kidnapping to the po-
vi. q, Tho letter which was signed king
:, Tho American Malta" In 1t were ihciose'
r,,rsdav following the abduction the witness
..,-,od 70 this city with Barrow and wen. u
49, porrou fat in Varick Place. Meah'"e
a.. porrov, remained with the baby at Sioa's.
-. n, tho vav from Sloatsburg BaHo" 'o'u
- +hat the newspapers had got hoio Oh '"e
-, h,,t that they had no clew az 10 'ie
-.loraob outs Of the baby. and they stoou "'
harce ~ being caught. on SATURDAY Dario"
re,u,ned 10 Sloatsburg. on the foho"ihs mus
40, Rarrow came back TO the nat ana 'oiu ne
.ha. Addie Mrs Barrow had "queereo II all
1Ie said that Addie had been arrested
rr,.r ne told the witness that she mao oe'.ei
90, ont OF the way. He gave her GO on
-.ent n Short Hills. N J., where her au"' ~
r-he witness told about her suosequeh, a'ies'
ond ber being brought to this city by captain
McClusky's men.
CONVERSATION WITH BARRON
NJ Howe on cross examination ques'ioneu
,he witness closely about the conversation ''
nod said occurred between her ana nario"
Union she alleges the latter told her OF sc"e'''e
he had for making money by Kionapp"e
child Mr.. Howe did not succeed IN ge''ine III.
witness TO change her testimony IN any na'e' '''
ront in connection with this matter ohe III
sisted that Barrow first preached the suoJeo' %
steal,ng a child This was before she hau eo'
her Mace as nurse girl with the CiarhS 'l'
said. BARROW told me that was 10 get p0''
,,on IN some family nurse ana that INC"
80. % take q child and we could get money
ont ~ IT. told him l was afraid Oh se'''"e
into trouble and might be arrested
The witnesses story was not much siiaNeN'
CO.. adr,ittod that she had made confession
10 Captain McClusky :,
"you we're told the best thing you couiu w
,vould be TO tell the whole truth!
YES"
"You expected that your punishment "0O'0
he made lighter, did YOU?
.oNo such hope was held out TO me
7, ,,oe evident that the witness was on the
oroa NJ breaking down, and when Mr. HOWE
srod ber ~ she was sorry for her part IN the
affair she answered, Yes and burst INTO 'e"i .
A, 11.30 o'clock Mrs. Clark came INTO the
courtroom with the baby, Marion WHO ""'
tastefully dressed in white. Every one trled u
&c, a good look at the child. Captain McClus
Nv ufted Marion in his arms, and Carrie Jones
identified her as the baby they had klohappeu
Mr. Howe said that there was no question ANU
,bo identity Of the child Mr.. Clark. with his
wife and child then retired TO an aoJo'lhhs
I room.
Lizzie Madden, the woman In charge oi th
cottage AT the Arsenal in Central Park. testi
g., her care on the day the baby was kidnapped
Mrs Kate Cosgrif Of No. 231 Twenty sew
.nth-st South Brooklyn testified TO the fact
about Mrs Barrow hiring rooms in her mouse
and Of the visit OF Carrie Jones and the Ciarl
baby TO the house, in company with Mrs bar
row. Mrs Barrow told the witness when sh'
hired the rooms the day before the hdnal
ping that her name was Mrs Davis. Inc lol
lowing day, when she brought Carrie Jones an(
The baby she said Carrie Jones was her sister
and that her name was Grace Strong. Tit
baby. she said. was hers. Mrs. Cosgrif said tina
on the first Sunday night Mrs. Barrow and Car
RE Jones stayed at her house she heard Mrs
Barrow say to Carrie Jones, Il wonder how sh
feels now"
NO CROSS EXAMINATION.
Mr.. Howe did not cross-examine either Mrs
Maddern Mrs. Cosgriff.
Frederick Lang. the thirteen year old boy VIII
delivered the note to Mrs. Clark on the afternoo
Of Sunday. Nav q. signed Three" said that h
was at sixty-secOnd-st and First-ave. whe
Mrs Barrow came up and asked him TO delive
the note TO Mrs. Clark. The boy identified Mrs
Barrow.
Arthur B. Dahl, jantor OF Nos IL and i
yarick Place testified to the Barrows living a
that place. Barrow, ne salu, went uhoer III
name Of Beauregard. Mr.. Howe did not cross
examine this witness.
Peter B. Lispenesse. Of Spring Valley. ~ Y
real estate dealer. was next called. On May
he was in n Chambers-st. car on his way to Jel
sey City when Mrs. Barrow got into the car wit
q baby She spoke to him by name, but he sal
that he did not remember her. She told hi
that she knew him when she worked on pap'
up the State. He recalled her as Jennie Wilso
She had worked on The Suffern Independent
and he had known her as Mrs. Wilson Al u
Jersey City ferry Mrs. Barrow pointed out
him the defendant Barrow, and said that he WI
her husband. She Joined Barrow there. and u