The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-26
BABY LEFT in BAKE SHOP
MRS. KATE NEIDLINGER THE CUSTO-
DIAN FOR A TIME OF INFANT.
Later, However, the Bicycle Men Take
1t to the Orphans Home-A Proper
Name Suggested.

Mrs. Kate Neidlinger. the matronly pro-
prietor Of a bakery lunchroom at 1929 Mad
ison avenue. two doors south of Lincoln
lane, had occasion to stir up the Goals in
her kitchen fire about o'clock last night.
and I'm doing so soiled her hands. AS she
turned from her stove to wash them the tin
kle of the little bell over the door of her
lunchroom warned her of the entrance of
customers and the prospects for sale of
some of her cookery. She looked through
the curtains which divide the kitchen de-
partment from the lunchroom and saw two
women, dressed in black and equipped for
rainy weather, who had the appearance Of
her class of customers. She hurried with
her toilet. and in a few seconds was inside
her lunchroom smiling expectantly and pre-
pared to serve late lunch or to wrap up a
package of cakes on request.
She was disappointed in her expectations.
She had no customers, but was reassured
when she saw two packages-one a basket
neatly covered with white cloth and the
other little white bundle lying on a table,
where the two women had deposited them
AS she watched the bundles and kept her
eye on the door for the temperance of the
customers the little white bundle moved
and a plaintive wall that broadened into the
peremptory call OF an infant came from 1t.
Mrs. Neidlinger lost no time in Investigate
ing, and soon she was rocking in her arms
cute little six months old boy baby, with
brown hair in patches on his head and a
pink complexion. who Justify cried his dis
appointment and regret at the absence of
his mother, and showed in his crying a par
TALLY complete set of little white teeth Mrs
Neidlinger at last, with the aid of Jumps
of sugar and much cajoling, got the little
fellow into a good humor. and soon he was
sucking his thumb and viewing his sur
roundings from the comforting arms OF Mrs.
Neidlinger.
Mrs. Neidlinger became so interested in
watching the baby that she forgot the lapse
of time and the absence of the owners of the
baby for few minutes. When the baby
settled himself into peaceful sleep she rest
ed him on the table and looked out into the
rain for the mother. She didn't come. Mrs
Neidlinger waited another few minutes, and
then stepped out into the rain and looked
into the darkness, but couldn't see the
baby's mother coming to reclaim 1t.
She concluded that she had been made
the custodian OF a founding and called po-
lice headquarters TO inform the desk SER
Bicyclemen Duncan and Kiefer 10 help her
The police found Mrs. Neidinger and her
neishbors with the baby and busy in search
ing for clew to its name or antecedents.
In the basket which was left with ii they
found baby clothes. White dresses with
little ribbons decorating them, and baby
bibs. stockings and all the paraphernalia
OF a six-months-old baby. including its
nursing bottle, filled the basket to overflow
ing. and will provide the baby's wardrobe
for several months to come.
After being told by Mrs. Neidlinger that
she couldn't take care OF the little found
ling Kiefer and Duncan started for the In
dianapolis Orphans Home TO find a refuge
for IL. The rain made the night far from
agreeable. and the slippery streets. two BIZ
cycles and two baskets, of baby and
the other OF clothes, were a combination of
troubles for the two policemen until they
reached the Orphans Home. at College av-
enue and Fourteenth street. where they
turned the little fellow over 10 the matron
with the story of its finding.
The baby's name will be undiscovered for
some time. IL Is supposed, and IL Is thought
that. following the precedent set by the
Orphans Home officials when they named
a baby found In the same manner after
Bicyclemen Morgan and Alberts, the new
baby will be known to his friends as Frank
kiefcr Duncan.