The sun., 1900-04-27
CLUE IN THIS CITY
SOLVES new YORK
BAYB MYSTERY
Continued From Page ono.

NbulihllCO hbiaA
Hammond Is nj one and half hours
explaining huN lie found the baby
"And after ~ that" says Mr. Blair,
All after naking an affidavit, now
tia.i thai Nj Iammuna's statements
uiifer ye'l materia y from The state
n..nts ot IAun'as McD, nald, the cab
rRn who took hin, TO the New OH
| Fu1-dling II sNlal with ti'e baby"
Tie n4ny Mas named Frank Ferry by
Superintendent Stair, ard Was sent over
t, Randa Island to tine loundllng nos
Iiial ca ly in the dav.
Snn.,ll,trud.ll l. air continued d his in
vestisatlun. He selt TOR Thomas Nc
pnraid. driver Of the cab which Ham
m nd hiurd at the ferry. McDonald
made an affidavit in which lie said that
he was a coachman diving to and from
the PENNSYLVANIA Terry, at West twenty
third street, and that at 03 O'Clock on
Tuesday man and woman came out
oitue station and told him tn drive TO No
is Fast sixty eighth street. lie found
on arriving there that it was the New
York Founding Asylum.
a Took Woman To Il" station.
! There the man left the cab and enter
5 "a the asylum. after telling the woman
!. ~ pav him 81 % when she left the cab,
4 lie then drove the woman to the ~
station 81 the Third Avenue Rairoad AT
East S!Xty-seventh street.
The man. Mcdonald declared, was
!. carrying the child when he first saw the
couple. and they looked rs II they were
Is in tloube The woman was apparently
= about - wears old welldressed and
Il about five feet six inches tall. lie noticed
"A PARTICULARLY that she WAS dressed III
/. green skirt. :.
= The actions OF tie two did not excite
i any suspici n en- his part. 4
as l245 O'Clock ferry boat came in iron
= Jersey CITY and was crowded. The mex
ferrvboat came in at l O'Clock, and IL
cid not see any passengers allght. lhre
minutes aiterwald the couple EMERGE
III from the ferry and engaged him.
According to Mr.. Ham.nond's atli
dayit, lie was To have met cousin, Mis-
ew Carrie Brown, at the Jersey City side {
ow the ferry, but tHled.
his ON arriving AT lie New York side. h
TO SAYS, he noticed bundle proppe
against the ferry hous7, four ieet OF
IRON tie uhnr
He discovered it contained baby.
He waited trrt quarters OF an hou
e SAYS, hoping that sImebudy "ou
Ad. clAiu It.
did Took Child Away.
e of Not wishing to leave 1t to perish,
V /, hired n cab and took the child ~ q
New York Founding Hospital, in Sixt
eighth street, where they refused TO !
cept 1t.
He was directed from there to the o.
door Poor department..
Cabman Mcdonald, who insists Il
set the man he drove to the Founding II
link p,t
Cabman's Statement.
The man gave ne 81 10 drive to !
EAT Founding Hospital. remember h
very well.
There MAS woman with him.
.on "Ju-t before We got to the hosp
lslon they urieied me 10 stop the cab.
that The woman got ont, and thtl
y the drove the iuau and oaby on 10 the
iof pual,
Is OIL 'He g cut there, paid ne and
me needn't wait
Babes Clothes Costly.
Al. The baby's clothes were brand /
III vi expensive material. They
sisted Of a fine flannel nndershirt, W
lne overskirt with pleatings, woulen ST.
u ings and a cashmere outer gown, piei
any and with little tucks down the front
uo'"s on the sleeves.
ea u' The only mark on any OF the chi
iuaeh articles was q manufacturer $ mark c
: drop s,nalI s,r;n III linen sewed 10 the I'M
'r ne shirt. Here it it,