Evening star., 1902-03-12
CHILD ABANDONED
WHITE MALE INFANT DEPOSITED
IN GARBAGE CAN.
Man With Flowing White Beard Seen
in the .Vicinity-Police
Investigating.

A boy baby, apparently white, was aban-
doned in Goat alley in the rear of No. 6l2
M street northwest, about noon today. Tho
child was apparently not an hour old when
it was lifted from garbage can by a
cc!ored woman named Lucy Stanton. A
white man with flowing gray beard was
seen In the. alley with a bundle. When he
went out he had no bundle.
The baby was In a small shoe box and
was wrapped only in a piece of newspaper.
About the box was a wrapping Of manila
paper. The infant was alive and able to
make an outcry. 1t was taken to the po-
lice station by William r. Downing and
was subsequently, hurried to the Homeo-
pathic Hospital. Because Of the extreme
youth Of the little one and the exposure
to which 1t had been subjected the doctors
and nurses were unable to make a careful
thought one leg Of the child was fractured
The legs had been turned back over the
body in order that the body might be
put into the small box and no care seemed
to have been taken to preserve life.
AS soon as the police became aware Of
the crime that had been committed they
went In search OF the man described by
several women in the alley who saw him.
Alice Winder, young colored woman who
lives at 613 Goat alley. noticed the alleged
suspicious movements Of the man with the
flowing beard.
The Girls Statement.
When she got home she told her mother,
Mrs. Stanton. of what she had noticed.
Il saw q man come in the alley with
bundle and go out without It," she said.
Her mother told her to go out and look
for the bundle. Alice and her mother both
went out. and the child's cries attracted
the attention Of the latter.
Its a child she said. and then the
shoe box was found in the garbage can.
Mrs. Stanton opened the package, and
seeing the child was naked, she put the
paper about it again. and Mr.. Downing ran
all the way to the police station Lieut..
Byrnes hurried the patrol wagon to the
hospital. The doctors and nurses heard
the statements Of the police and then pro-
ceeded to do what they, could to save the
life of the infant.
Policemen Roper and Railey were the
first officers to respond to the call for as
sistance. They reached Goat alley after
the Waif had been taken away. Precinct
Detective Evans was assigned to the case
by Lieutenant Byrnes, and Captain Board
man sent Detectives Helan and O'Brien
from headquarters to work on the case
The police regard the case as one of ex-
treme, cruelty. They could readily under
stand how a woman might do something
rash in order to save herself from disgrace,
but how a man who had time for reflection
could do 1t was beyond their comprehen-
sion.
The man was seen In the alley by several
colored women, and it was their belief that
he was physician.
A good description was given of him by
the women. He appeared to them to be
about fifty years old. was dressed In black
or dark clothes. and wore big soft hat.
The shoe box bore the name OF a proni-
nent shoe firm. It had contained a pair OF
enameled shoes, No. 4. lady's size, and had
been sold perhaps year or more ago The
f,o~y fo I~>ll txytg Y1nlin
be used as evidence Although the baby
was alive at late hour this afternoon. It
is thought, i6flat death will result from the
harsh treatment, neglect and exposure.
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