The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-01
BROKE DOWN
!. AND CONFESSED.
Salem Woman Abandoned That
Child at Alliance.
FINED BY MAYOR WALKER
Assessed 500 and Costs For the Inhuman
Act-Not Certain whether She
Was the Mother OF The
Little One.
Special to News-Democrat.

Special to News-Democrat.
Alliance, April 27.--For the past four
days the police force Of Alliance have
been doing every thing that could be
done to clear up the mystery surround
ing the abandonment of an infant chiid
which was left back Of the express Of
flee at the Union depot Sunday night
or Monday morning. p. d. Howell, VINO
was recently appointed chief Of police.
has displayed remarkable detective
ability in this case, and Thursday the
great mystery Of who the guilty parties
were in the case was solved by him.
The women who are accused OF the
crime came to Alliance Sunday evening
on the accommodation which arrives
here at 7:40 o'clock. After being seen
at the depot between and o'clock
Monday morning, one Of them boarded
No. s for the east and the other disap-
peared on Main street. Mr.. and Mrs.
John Terwilliger, of this city, boarded
the accommodation, Sunday evening"
at Atwater and came to Alliance
While on the train they noticed young
woman with a child in her arms to
Which she seemed to give but little at
tention. She also got off at Alliance
Since then officer Howell interviewed
Mr.. and Mrs. Terwilliger and got theii
description of the woman on the train
Sunday evening. Chief Howell suspi'
cioned Miss Frances Nichols, Of Salem
as being the person who deserted the
child here. So Thursday he took Mr.
Terwilliger with him to Salem and the
latter at once identified Miss Nichols
as being the same lady that he saw OF
the train Sunday evening. So ofhce'
Howell arrested her Immediately ant
brought her to Alliance on No. 3 Thurs
day evening and she was placed In tn
city jail.
Quite a crowd of Alliance people ha'
heard of her arrest and were at tn
depot when No. pulled in. Miss Mich
OILS is a light complexioned woman VIII
light red hair. She Is Of medium heigh
and is about 30 years Of age.
No little excitement and indignatio
is raging in Alliance over the sehsa
tional affair.
PLEADED IOlLl IL
Miss Nichols was arraigned befor
Mayor Walker Thursday evening at
O'Clock and at first endeavored to pu
on a bold face and pleaded not guilt!
But, suddenly she broke down and erie
h like a child.
She was then returned to the locku
= ard cried and sobbed continuously
After spending some time in this wa
she admitted that she was the guilt
person. So she was taken before II
mayor again and pleaded guilty. May'
Walker fined her 800, but as she ha
no money she was committed TO u
Jail again.
Miss Nichols has brother, DAME
at Delaware, O., and the officers WI
hold the prisoner until they hear FRO
tthis brother as to what he will do.
Miss Nichols admits that she left Il
child here but does not claim to be Il
mother of it.
II the fine is not paid soon she W
be taken to the workhouse. She seer
to be feeling very badly and positive
refuses to take any nourishment.
Her home Is in Cleveland and s.
came to Salem Monday to work. II
mother and sister, Mrs. Joseph Thor
as, reside in Cleveland, and are sa
to be very respectable people. MI
Nichols says she is engaged to be ma
ried in June to a conductor on the La
Shore railroad and she has sent Wo
to him to send money to pay her fine.
She refuses to tell who the mother
the child is but says she is Clevela
lady 21 years Of age, particular frie
of hers, who did her favor and
was trying to return 1t.