The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-19
TRUTH ABOUT BOY AND BABY.
HADN'T CARRIED IT AROUND THE
STREETS FOUR DAYS.
II Belonged to His Sister and Her Illus.
band. VINO Had Left II with Her Father
D to Care For Temp0rarily--Boy Insists
That He Is No Piugged Dime. 1t That.

band, VINO Had Left II with Her Father
TO Care For Temporarily--Boy Insists
That He Is No Plugged Dime. at That.
But amt no plugged dime at that.
Sarge, am ~ said ffteen-year-old Henry
Krista yesterday at the Vernon avenue
police station In williamsburg. when he
finished confession that ended all con-
lecture about what the police at first thought
was a remarkable abandonment case.
Krista had walked into the police station
on Friday night. He had q four-months-
old baby with him and he told Sergt Moyni-
han that the police could care for the in
FAINT better than he could. Sergt. Moyni-
han wanted to know all about It.
well. me name Is Hen Krista.' said the
boy. Il sell papers down at de Atlantic
ferry. On Monday night swell loidy and
a gent as looks like her husband came
along. De loidy she gives me de wink an
asks me do ! want to earn a quarter. !
says I did an she says to bring along a
bundle what she had.
Den we went to de Gran Central sta
ton an after dey had bought some tickets
she hands me de kid an says for me to
hold II while she an de gent went to de
train moment.
BY an by I begins to wonder when
she was comm back, an about dat time a
cop comes in an sees dey was gettin'
ready to shut up shop. 30 pulls out with
de kid not KNOWN what else.
Nov, l can't take care Of no kid. Be-
sides, de kids got sonnet ing de matter with
its stummick, guess, like babies do
Henry also said his father, Henry Krista,
o. ~ 81 nat
Darlington went there, and the elder
Krista told the story Of the baby The boy
also told 1t later. when asked to confess the
truth.
.Well.' said he, Il was stringin' youse a
little. Cuttin' out all pipes, de kid belongs
e %' TO s'ss M sc Some ma TINE all s sSc
was out walkin' an one Of dem big long
shores what had his pots on come out Of
gin mill and gives her de eye. Den he tried
to take her by de arm. Nothin' doip' there,
b., he Tas tTy to give her FrI kI S. when
Patsy No? On de levelF
well, Patsy Is a young guy what amt
got his real growt' yet, but he's a real prize
fighter, all right. He comes from de same
an he looks somet'ing like Terry. at dat,
PATSY, he gives de longshore q punch
dat sent him asleep, an den he walks home
wild me sister. Nothin was dom then
but they had to get married. Dat was
skinch. De old man, he was az inst il, but
you know that doesn't mean nothin'. De
first pill out Of de box dey has de kid. l
took a shine to de kid, an de kid thinks l
am a winner an ives pals-dat's all dere
was to II.
by an by Patsy he gets bid to 60
to Buffalo an work in a boiler shop an
take his chanst in a mill, so he tells Mary
10 come along. He didn't want de
along until dey got settled. an he leave.
it for de old man to take care OF. DE old
man gets up on his ear at dat, an dunno
as I t'ink he's away OF at dat, but l seen
de kid was goin' to DO up aglnst 1t an
l wanted to put her in one of dem homes
where kids have good times.
Den l shoves a queer nickel over to
de old loidy dat sells candy down next
to de ferry an / gets ome red sticks to
keep de kid from worryin' an starts out
wild her. Say. she acted like little queen
for fair an I never had no trouble gettin'
here, only folks was ppm me of all de
time In de cars. Are youse goin' to jug
me for dis?'
Capt. vesor said Magistrate O'Reilly
would have to decide that question at the
Lee Avenue police court. But when they
got there Mrs. Krista, who became Henry's
stepmother two weeks ago, said she'd care
for tho child. The Magistrate had the baby
turned over to her, and Henry was re-
leased In time TO do business with the Sec
ond editions Of the evening papers.