Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-15
CHILD TAKEN FROM HER
ELLA SCOTT DECLARED TO HAVE
NEGLECTED INFANT.
Board of Children's Guardians to Pro
vide for It|Hathetic Scene
in Court.


A sad scene was enacted in the Juvenile
Court today, whem Judge Scott directed
that Ella Scott, coiored, thirty-four years
old. be relieved of the further care Of her
three-year-old son. The child was placed
in the care Of the board Of childrens guar
dams permanently.
The little one was brought into court on
a petition filed by Prosecuting Attorney
Ralph Given, on the ground that the wo-
man was unable to take care of 1t in a
proper manner. During the hearing the
mother. with tears streaming down her
cheeks. held the little one clasped tightly
in her arms. frequently showering kisses
upon 1t as an evidence Of motherly affec-
ton.
1t was explained to the court that the
woman resides at 1924 Grace street, George
town, and is in the habit of leaving her
son in the house by himself while she went
out to work. T.
The case was called to the attention of
afternoon by Mary Taylor and Rachael
Locker, colored, who reported that they
had visited the house on Grace street Sun
day afternoon, with a view Of renting 1t, a
for rent sign appearing on the front door.
They said that when they entered a room
on the upper floor they saw what they sup
posed to be a bundle of rags on the floor
in a corner, but on closer inspection found
1t to be child, lily clad and shivering with
the cold There was no sign of a fire In
the room and several panes of glass were
broken out OF the window frames. There
was no one on the premises. The women
told the police that they returned to their
home nearby, and later decided to visit the
house again, and did so, carrying some
thing for the little one to eat in addition to
a covering
They returned to the house again Mon
day afternoon and found the same state
If OF foir icff 6a hot, oil hxy{ fco
in the house.
Left Alone in House.
Policemen Grove and Bloom went to the
dwelling and found the child as described
by the women. and it was brought to the
station house, after which the officers re-
turned and made inquiries in the neighbor-
hood, ascertaining that the mother. who
was employed in service went to work each
morning at 6 o'clock. returning at
o'clock in the evening, during which inter-
val the child was left alone in the house
without care and nothing to eat except
what the mother left beside it on the floor
when she left in the morning.
The woman was escorted to the station
house upon her return home and she ex-
planned to the officers that 1t was neces-
sary that she should leave the child alone
while she was at work because she was
unable to get anyone to take care OF 1t
for her. =
During the hearing in court today Annie
Cooper, colored, who resides In the ad-
joining house, testified that she frequently
heard the boy crying in fthe house and had
spoken to it's mother and she had prom
ised to place the little one In someone
charge while she was at work. The
Cooper woman said she had passed food
to the boy through5a broken window pane
on the end Of broom because she was
unable to gain admtttance to the house,
the doors being locked and the windows
nailed fast E5