The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-13
Six-fear-O!d Deaf-Mute Girl
Found Locked in a Room
UOWntOwn.
PLACED IN MISSION HOME.
L. Nj. r. Pollard, an Attorney,
Says She Is His Adopt
ed Child.

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mute. VII" was i"Hnd hy superintendent
John n. Holmes of th,. Humane Society of
| lIi.sn.Ir. lnck.d i,, 9, room on :hs fourth
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'''Ntu 'At proper car" IRON IN" person
Wn"s" duty il WAS so look after h"r, has
! hgeu placed in the Messiah Mission Home
on West Chsstnr. street.
Tn, cas-. 49,. ir,,,,..bt .. tho attention
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'H"''i'H ~ 3'''i"'l a. '''!''''"' d" ~
Hi'i''r' WIN Offices IN tn" hn'ldIns super
int'nient Holmes went 7" Mr.. Srannard's
Office and Nj SSt.uuprd took him upstairs
g. the fourth ;,oor Of tho building where
49,, ..hid va. Io,s.,i "a, tho .oo,, ,,c,.IpIed
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81 ia' s'a!is I" IN" ionf'h H"nf, 'h'g
heard 4 child CRYING pitifGlly. They quick
~ maGo their way 10 the door Of the room
from which, ih. cries eran,ted and found
- NJ >, III,
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~ SO "i'' "'N 'I' "i"'''F win H. "".
Mr. Si,hnsfa told him that Tire child "ouit
rot hclr or sIeal; and could only shrek in
;.n iaartir:l.t" manner
Thomas Cochran. tho ili:tor OF the build
irc. WAS hunted Up and requested 80 un-
! lock :hc door. hut h,. said tina; h. lii not
I have the key. ami that Nr. Pollard had il
in his pocket. H., also said that Nh Pol
lard had been in III" habit of l"ckii" The
child IN she room in his ahsenc" and !"av-
ing II there until b. returned: from ms
| business.
Forced the Door
Mr.. Holmes without further hesitation
| forced III" door open and entered the room.
| where he found the lntI, girl whose APP
! rearhuce hor., mus. evidence that she had
! no: been Wei cared for. She was 81
! glad tn $40 the door opened that she ran
! 40 TO hoy iibe.aror. threw her arms about
! his n. k and kissed him After the little
.lri had been washed l,y tie, ianitor's wife
/ she vas takc,, away bv MIR Holmes and
| NJ Pollard was ,-n;i-iaI -n cou ~ he Of
| fee nf tho Humane Su,.i.ty ana explain
! vh,. h-. had locked tho child III, In tn. room
| ara l.ft hr: ;h.r. :,!orr. Mrs. Cochran
! said that t.,, little etrl seemed 10 IL, de-
! lighted nj The prospect of being taken
! away from III. building where she had
! been so frequently imprisoned
Alr Pollard called M the Office of Tho
Humane Society and toll Mr. HoIr,e, that
! h. had a,ori.d the child when yh. was Z
| months old He said that s.,, was 6 wears
old last October
Pollard ,old me- said MIR. Holmes.
that the little girls name is Bertha La
Niolette, and that h. adopted it from .t<
! mother when his wife and family were
livina, AZ M. t;Ss llail,,ar boulevard His
wife is now dead he said and his dauch-
tcrs have moved to Tex.is, and for that
reason he claims to hav. given III his
house and to hav. moved downtown 10 the
room at Third and Pine streets He also |
said that ne vas too old 10 make the trip |
' out 80 his former residence every iay
/ found tn. child in u filthy condition in a |
room which showed plainly tn. lack OF |
wouanly care. Tho people in the building |
claim that she had been locked in the |
room for two days. The cries OF the child
that reached my ears | assembled to the |
fourth ho"r of the building We're heart
r,nGiEg. Pollard has l:veI in The build
ing. he says. for three months. and during |
that time he confessed that the child had |
known no car" bu' his.
Why ~" Lacked tier In.
Il asked him why he imprisoned nor when
h. Went to MS business and he repli.,, that
hr d!i 50 because the people on The i'oor
complained that the litti. girl made too
much noise in the halls. He also said that
some OF the people yav,. her l,.or and tbt |
he did not Ike that.
.;..., - si' y on" OF 'he most beau
uiti tfliui.h nav" ever seen, and were
IL not for her attl!cton the society wou;d
hav" no trouble il finding a home for h.r
=, 80, - L. ., -. - '1'
~ - NJ :" an - !"'ii' bs'd'Se sue
"ouId De hafli''ai'l''i bt her afficiion. and
probably would not hc happy with the
other children.
.Th, iatIirs IN, tbo h,Iildin, ,cro,..d ,,. |
-br ,bi1s IA, ,,, -, - " ''
- '."'i!'i properly, |
%'''t WIZ. ! '"iu MT. fViaru what th.y said
II" drought bNi.il: "i c!cth". to my Of
fee to rrfut- their statements II seems |
that he had cluthc. for the child b,,, Iit !
rrt i.l.- them rf, h.r |
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t''t H''t stiI med 10 BE- very fond of |
hiEi, ana Ii he VIII take Proper care Of he.
The Human" So"icty VIII not separate them
Nj. Polar! told me thar h. had uau.r. :, |
show that !lr had a.icr,.t I,ar,h, .,,,, b |
,ro-b., .,,,- ,ii 90. ;.,,,,i,. 49,. ~
80, ,,r..h 49,, ',i'" me MAJ
- ~ 20" 20 -" ttd' rhc child VIII |
pe "'i' taken care ~ III the future.
a lady has promised to take care of IN. |
little girl II Pollard vii nav her ho,r1 |
This he has promised tn do Ho Sow, ,t
h.. has 3. zoo; ,,r,,.,. - ~ '.'h'
-. e. - "'''i 'i|' ne owns |
i'iN-'' ''t - A1'utS N""htS. maze no |
attempt 10 vrrf: his statements but /
Will see that h. lives up To his promise .o
pa, III. little .,i-'e hoard IL 10 Ell .,
k..c,, his prnriisr no .,1iatr vii ,n
Cniil from him
' A"e"''"n 'or Him.
4 Rcpubii, rruori.- caIi.d ,o CO. NJ Do, |
lard last night hut r,.f,e.tnd ipo,l, -. .L, |
door m.t with no r.Sli,r.sa NJ. ,",,.s,,,'
the. wife If an. iauii,,r s,iI tb,t ~ - |
lard was I'm mis- room nm, ~. 80. VIZ |
RESPONDED Ia a kr,rl - .,i. -, '' '@i'''i''