New-York tribune., 1903-03-05
TO WIN LOTE WITH BABY
That Declared To Be the MotiUc Of
Mrs. Martin.
WHEREABOUTS OF WOMAN NOT KNOWN

Assistant District Attorney Studn, after an
Investigation of the Martin baby case. said yes
terday that he was convinced that Mrs. Marun
was not moved by mercenary considerations in
getting a baby to palm of as her own Ine
motive" he asserted, was the love or this
woman for her husband. believe that the baby
was procured solely and simply in the hope that
child would reconcile DR. Martin. This is one
Of the strangest cases have ever seen. Money
certainly could not have played part in actu-
ating Mrs. Martin to go to the length to which
1t is now apparent that she did GO.
Mr. Studin said he would not take the case
he fore the grand Jury Immediately, but he had
applied for warrants for the arrest OF Mrs.
Martin If she could be found i'll The city. war
rant was served MIS-. Lena Riekert. mid
Wife at No 143 East Forty -fifth-st who is &C
cused of giving a false birth certificate for the
baby called Alextne Elizabeth Martin. but Mrs.
Riekert was i'll in bed and could not be moved.
lawyer representing her appeared in police
court and said he would arrange to give bail
for the woman, to prevent keeping policeman
on duty in her house. DR.. Martin. who was in
Mr. Studin's office yesterday with several other
witnesses. said he did not know where his wife
was, adding:
MY wife is wonderful woman. She has an
abnormal development of the brain. All the
time she had only one idea in her mind; that
the time that that would not be possible for
her."
Mr.. Studin said yesterday that the last in
formation he had about Mrs Martin was that
she selling drugs somewhere on Staten
Island. He gave out copies of two letters which
Mrs. Martin recently wrote to Mrs. Bailey, the
nurse who has charge Of the baby. The first
letter without date, and contained an order
for it's destrpction as read. for fear it
foil iofr, no hal Of (
read in part:
name and place in the world, am going to ask ash.
newspapers denying that The baby is held by you
for board. Such an impression will tel against
will say that have neglected her and that could
non not haTe e Oe 80 Gesand nov soebn Of the
pressure under which have been. and know also
agan to stand By US HOWE now and shall siand BY
you
Last night Louis H. Reynolds. who has acted
as counsel for Mrs. Martin. said:
l am much perpexed over this --latest latest t dcysl99p- 9p
Mrs. Martin without reward or hope Of reward. be
cause, from the very start. have had the utmost
confidence in her and unbounded faith in her con-
tention that the child is her own. Nor am | yet
ago that Lydia Mueller. the nurse. had said t"
VAS any money | around she wanted some of it, and
she was going to change her testimony If she she
she left Mrs Riekerts house while the family were
at dinner without any goodby expla nation. Mrs.
Martin afterward located her at No; 422 Fast
Seventy-seventh-st. nursing a patient. Mrs Martin
stated to me that when she reproaChed Miss Muel-
Ter for making the threat to sell out to the other
side she replied that she had no such intention:
that she had made that statement merely 10 annoy
Dr. Spier; that there only one story to toll,
and she had told 1t the witness stand As yet this
confession stands alone the statement of q
confessed perjurer I have not seen Mrs. Martin
since last Saturday. and told that she is on
business trip in New-Jersey Both Mr SNYDER
and I have had Interview to-day with the Dis
trict Attorney and with DIR. Martins counsel. Mr.
Andrews, and have done what We could to in
vestgate the matter. Speaking for myself. il !
am convinced that the nurses story is true shall
Immediately retire from the case. Ali ] can say
is that Mrs. Martin is consunrnate actress or she
Is the most abused woman in this whole State