The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-10-05
DESERTED
BABY BOY
Al the Home of Mrs. Thomp-
son on East Tenth Street.
WAS TAKEN TO BOARD
While Mother Worked, but
Mother Has Not Shown Up.a

A little two-weeks-old baby boy was
deserted by its mother in this city almost
two weeks ago last Monday. a woman
giving her name as a hrs. Laurenson
came to the home Of Nj and Mrs.
Thompson, an aged colored couple living
On East Tenth street. She carried in
her arms a wee little mite of a boy. She
told the colored people that she was
poor woman and had come to ich;ta 70
secure employment. She had found a po-
sition and as she had often heard that the
Thomnsons kept babies for their mothers
at 50 much per week. she asked If they
would not keep her child until it was cid
enough thar constant care would not be
necessary or she could secure employment
where she could keep the baby with her.
This Mrs Laurenson" was a white wo-
man OF good appearance. neatly dressed,
and seemed very solicitous about her lit
tie boy Mrs. Thompson promised 10
keep the child at s. per week. This col
o,ed woman has raise many d child, and
she knows exactly what is TO be done
when the youngster tries to knock hole
in the daylight with mis- feet and 10 get
his hand in his mouth and then cries
becauSe he cannot get The moon 10 play
with She was next TO al the baby
wiles and knew every ailment IN the in
FAINT category and the cures for the same.
She had raised enough babies TO popu-
late a small city. and knew just how it
was done.
She Of course consented 10 take the
baby. The mother stated that at that
tine she was staying at the Bell hotel,
and here she could be found. But she
had but three dollars in her pocket to
pay the baby board She gave this up
readily however, and would return the
next week and pay the balance of the
months board bill.
She went away and the baby was hav-
ing the best kind of time on a pillow in
Mrs. Thompsons lap. When Mr.. Thomp-
son returned he was told Of the new baby
and became interested. He was told all
of the circumstances of the case, and be-
gan 10 think that the womans actions
we're rather peculiar. and told his wife
so, but they decided to wait.
They waited a week. and on into the
Eext week but no mother came, and they
sent FOR Mrs. Shields, police matron, who
began an investigation. she went 10 the
Bell hotel and no woman Of the descrip
ton had ever been there. Mrs. Lauren
son told Mrs. Thompson that the mana
ger of the Bell hotel had sent her to them
with the baby. The manager of the
Bell hotel had never heard Of the Thomp.
sons.
Mrs Shields continued in her search
hut has found nothing OF the woman, not
a person in this city ever saw her before.
The police have been given the descrip-
ton. but not an offer knows the woman
The description IS as follows:
She is tail and slender. and fair, with
rather dark hair and eyes She claimed
that she was working woman. but Mrs
Thompson saws that her hands were soft
and white. ard showed no evidence Of
hard work. The one peculiar thing that
will identify the woman anywhere is her
neck. This is very large. it being almost
impossible to tell where the neck and
head join. The sidelines OF the neck are
even with the jaw bones, thus making the
neck almost as wide as the face. When
she called at the Thompson home she
were blue serge dress with a blue rib
bon around her neck. She was about SO
years OF age.
Mrs. Shields has decided not to take the
child and place it II the hands of the
Kansas Chndrens Home society for
week or more. She has sent descriptions
of the mother to many points and thinks
that she possibly can find her and compel
her to take back the child. who in the
meantime is getting fatter every day