New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-04
persuaded her. and after about three weeks of
thinking 1t over and talking It over with them she

po'ouaoeo ner, ana AFTER about three weeks of
thinking 1t over and talking 1t over with them she
consented to lend her aid.
Several answers to their advertisements were re-
ceived. and Bella Anderson who assumed the
alias Of Carrie Jones, first called on a family at
Eishty-sixth-st. and Central Park West They had
several children. but had Just employed nurse a
Few moments before the Anderson girl got there.
she then called at house in West One-hundred-
and-fourth-st.. but was not engaged. From there
she went to the Clarks. and was employed at once.
she found out that the Clarks were going to AL
oany soon, and on telling this to the Barrows they
urged her to steal Baby Marion without delay, al
though they had originally intended to wait until
Bella Anderson could gather some idea of how
much ransom the Clarks would be able TO pay.
Readers Of The Tribune are familiar with the
facts that Bella Anderson took the child in Its
baby carriage to Central Park, and there vanished.
leaving the empty baby Isarriage in bypath. The
girl says that Barrow and his wife both met her in
the Park. and with the baby they all boarded an
Eighthave surface car and rode down to South
Ferry There they took the Hamilton-ave. ferry TO
Brooklyn. In the washroom of the ferryhouse they
changed the baby's clothes. Then they went to
Mrs Cosgrifs house. in Twenty-seventh-st., where
rooms had been engaged beforehand. and there
Mrs Barrow and Bella Anderson exchanged cloth
Ing.
TALKED OF DISCUSSING THE BABY.
The girl says that they began to feel safe then.
and Mrs Barrow told her in the afternoon that she
had sent out the first Of the letters signed Three"
That night they discussed the ACCESSIBILITY OF dyeng
the baby's hair a different color. and they all went
10 bed feeling quite merry. but in the morning,
when they the whole story in the newspapers
and realized that the detectives were already look
ing for them, they got badly scared. and decided
TO go TO Sloatsburg at once.
The girl remained for several days with the
Barrows and the baby at sloatsburg, where all her
expenses were paid by Barrow. Then she wanted to
go back to NewYork, and Barrow gave her money
enough not only TO pay her railway fare and other
necessares but enough for luxuries also. II seems,
for she declares she bought bicycle. and for
three days she rode around on II and In spirit Of
sheer bravado. firted. tried to firt with every
policeman she met.
Some OF her former acQuantances who met her
regarded her with suspicion, and Of them,
whom she calls Bentley told her she tailed closely
with the descriptions Of Carrie Jones'" published
In all the papers. She cooy asked him not to talk
like that some persons might be foolish enough
to have her arrested suspicion Of being the mis-
sing nurse. If Bentley should put the idea into their
heads. On another occasion she caught up the
baby of an acquaintance and said Wouldn't Mrs.
Clark be happy now II she was holding her baby
She wrote TO Mrs. Barrow telling her of the fun
eT udaey to and
fa 70 s a her r 99 Of the s 6 she y % bs 9
that his wife had already been arrested She con ,
with which she went to Summit to the house Of her
aunt, where she was traced and arrested.
CONTEST FOR THE PRISONER
The Anderson girl was lodged In the county Jail
here this afternoon to await extradltion to New
York. The young woman spent last night at the
house of Edward B. Kelly. of Summit. who as a
State detective placed her under arrest. She
taken to Kelly's house from White Oak Ridge, in
Essex County where she was arrested Had she
been taken to the Newark jail as she should have
6oW pobab been be in m she would
Rfe cn fnd @ s this Of morning ahd
astonished Chief of Police Stewart by demanding
girl When 1t was discovered she in KeIlys
3 3o ch sewsr wen there ERE Nth the New
York men said The girl should be turned over 10
a hand and backed up the New:Yorkers to the ' ex,
tent of demanding the custody of the girl. declaring
Elective o Pce tried 10 slip r INTO the room we've
the woman was, but was prevented by Kelly. The
Of 10 b o Pso1 the obD
f BY s%s G s sne
rested. was in court, and greeted the girl afec
prisoner. who seemed to take her arrest as mat
Ter Of course. Mrs Henderson became, considerably
prisoner did not share her nervousness
When Kelly had made the formal charges against
rants brought from NeW-1ork. ard wanted the
girl to be instructed that she had right to go to
New-York. Mrs. Henderson wanted her admitted
to ball. and offered to give provide all the
curity needed, Judge Hughes seemed inclined to
accept Mrs. Hendersons proposition After some
argument c. n. Williams. the City Solicitor OF
Summit. was appea led to by Judge Hughes, and he
instructed the Court that as the girl declined to go
to New-York without requistion papers, IT was
the duty Of the Court to commit, her for ten days
to the county jail TO permit the NewYork authori
ties to proceed along the usual lines and obtain
regular reQuisition papers
Judge Hughes then made out the formal commit
Dpfa Kell hen he nra n a
hotel for a meal While she there Mr.. Clark
arrived from NewYork. When he entered the
dining the girl showed the first signs of agita
ton. Mr.. Clark looked steadily at her for a few
moments and then said:
well, Carrie, you led US a long chase"
The girl mumbled something which not
audible and held down her head Detective Price
led Mr.. Clark out Of the room.
Tie prisoner then taken to this city She
was taken at once before County Jailer Dodd who
took her pedigree She gave her name as Bella
a nderson. her age twenty-one years. She said
she was a Protestant born In Ireland; that her
mother was living and father dead. She had lived
in this country twelve years. her home being in
Mllburn Township. She was then taken TO a cell
in the Womens department OF the Jail, where she