The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-16
WOMEN STOLE THE BABY.
Ramon sWEARs THAT HE WAS NOT
IN THE Plot AT dLL

Stnnd by His Wife-This Is the Wny He
DoesIt-Trippsd In His Tsstlmony-Stoien
Baby In Court-Identinedb by Carrie Jones.
The three kidnappers OF the Clark baby were
confronted in the Supreme Court yesterday
with the baby they had stolen The baby was
brought into court to be identified.
Bella Anderson. known as Carrie jones' the
nurse girl. went on at the opening OF court
with her narrative OF the kidnapping. From
the furnished room in Brooklyn to which she
and Mrs. Barrow first took the child they went
she said. to Jersey City where they met Bar
row in the Erie Railroad station. and accompa-
MED him on the train going to Sloatsburg
Rocklnud county, taking the child with them.
Barrow lett the train at Paterson. At Sloats-
bdrg the others stopped over night In q dwell
ing house, and next day they drove to Johns
town and went to Mrs. Opeman's Mrs. Barrow
introduced the witness as Miss Anderson and
said that the child was her cousins child On
the Thursday after the kidnapping Barrow
came up. He said he had written letter to
the Ciarks. sending back the medals the child
had worn. On Friday night Barrow and the
witness came to New York and went directly
to the Barrow fiat in Varick place. The next
morning Barrow read newspaper and said:
They haven't Rot clue yet and we're still
safe Then he said he was going to get some
money out OF the bank. go to sloatsburg and
take Mrs. Barrow and the baby to some other
place. That was Saturday. On Sunday
afternoon he came back and said the child was
all right. ON Monday morning he went away,
returning at night. The witness told him she
was getting scared. He said. It's all right
Mere safe yet They haven't got clue" On
"Wednesday he said he was going to Sloatsburg
back next day at O'Clock in the afternoon and
said, Aide hasIueered Il al she is arrested;
over ia "a few weeks" Then he gave her some
money and told her he was going up to the
h"ms at Short Hills SS thu" en ns In. and t6e
next night she was arrested,
the rail and held up before the witness. The
wHf.s s IS .HS dS SfT"Fs it apd said calmly
Mnrlon's father picked her up and carried
her OUT
The prosecution concluded its case by calling
witnesses who had seen the child in the pos
session session . Of the two T9men N under Indictment
the OF e9KHse Who IN Int f15 sTro Mrs
mistress q st; Johns. n. \. who caused the
barrow was then called for the defense. His
ap p sn w5Hoa as VIE His
fed that he had never known Bella Anderson
by the name OF Carrie Jones'. He hrst knew
her when she came to his house i'll. at his wife's
~ is t a fact that at any time you entered
Marc. Clark? A.-No. sir.
d S yo ,b {. Gy Bst talk no@ SUCH
,Snversation was ever held betwe cen US.
Ia s 9s IN h 5d!so4 cs IL a p5 Es
a o'clock on the morning OF Monday. May ~
h the Tsbb he Thsn E shs
a1 s 6 6sGy that the R sHpls wh9 had EN- IN
country. My wife said that she was going UP
to tho country with Bella. as the people who
An n ff fnr fraa nj In ha fol
loving day irst saw the pSubshedi story tG'
about the kidnapping case. and became sus-
CLARK 5%Cy; / decide, to 60 up e sloatsburS
When / got to the, house took the arls
With them ma and said that believed the child hid
they had was the one that had been, stolen.
the Whole it story tor n scarcely Knew What to do
to save % th we from "a sRd
the ss nS to do
to get my wife and Bella Anderson out Of the
c aaf hsp s Dg pSrsn sna S sss
came give ss the to 'h$ Fork Bella Andersen ON
Friday Tho neg, day; SATURDAY. / wen. t99
Ns% YorR nsG bn shsn AS ybs Sxs
"Wednesday WV I went to Vest Haverstraw, wheto
YORK wife sayng b bsSk to New
rested, was with her at the, time of her ar.
s SO S The O Rna And ssw s 70 9g
trio cab aud rode up to The CIarks, house and
IN the afternoon. Two o ladies came to the door;
They told me the baby had been found. told
who was on the stoop said Clark Would be back
in half an hour. | told him was In hurry y
Haverstraw, went to the home Of Justice Her
bert and asked him i t G91 Id see the lady who
band and he permitted mo to soc her.
AZ this point LAWYER Howe questioned the
iioFG ~p in pieces in the baFs0" Hat which Is
q named G. brought baby same night to our
$40 in four nve-dollar bills. Wife know girl in De-
Mo- Mp ", ssd %snt saef to to
she lives. Wife went to town and became
Sas A dSwn tor @p When
stopped us. Last sundAyIhusband was out at time
The witness said he had written it. but did
not write 1t for any particular purpose, II
%ai the Grain eomns down after his wes a r
rest. and he had no intention of deceiving any
@ Hs had ana al s s nss Of the
the matter was done for the purpose OF saving
vertentiy referred to Bel Ia Anderson as, Car
rio" When asked why he called her that he
fallen into the habit because he had heard the
girl called Carrie by various persons in the
The District, Ktt9rney handed to the witness
an envelope that had been sent to the Clarks
and also the two medals and the Ag1ps Del;
The District Attorney asked Barrow II he had
sent tho note with the medals and Agnus Del
to Clark. Barrow denied all knowledge OF the
matter He denied writing the letter signed
king OF the American Malta"
The District Attorney then produced the
torn-up note.
O.-Paid four fve-doar pills ? What do you
mean by that, Al don't know;
.O-You said that you made this memoran-
dun on the train coming to New York. You
have given us TO understand that it was a
mcmorandum OF money you paid to Carrie
this MEMORANDUM on thte, train when you DID
not draw the money until after you reached
New York? Al cannot explain. | do not
know | was too much excited at the time.
Justice Fursman asked the witness several
questions for the purpose OF getting him to eX-
plain how it was that he had called the girl
Carrie" once instead Of Bell when all
through his testimony he had referred to her
as Bella Anderson. The explanation given by
Barrow did not seem to make much OF an i'm