The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-05-24
THOUGHT TO Be THE CHILD
LITTLE BAKER BOY WHO DIsAp.
FEARED NEAR SEATTLE MAY
BE AT PENNINGTON.
Little Lad Answering the Description
Lett in That Town by
Woman.

SEATTLE, May 24-Sheriff j. Cam
mutt OF Whitman county believes hs
has found the lost Baker boy.
a little lad answering in every par
ticular the description of Prewitt
Baker was left at Pennington a sta
| ton twenty three miles northeast Of
ColfaX under the most peculiar cir
cumstances. >
The child and it's present custodian
are now under the surveillance of
| special deputy sheriff. who has in
| structions to not allow them out Of
| his sight until definite word has been
| received from Prewitt Bakers pa
| rents in Seattle.
The child which is believed to be
! PreWtt Baker was in charge of
| heavily yelled woman on the Q. r. &
n. passenger train which left Spokane
| yesterday morning, and the little one
was heard to cry out repeatedly: Il
want my mammal" And it kept tho
yelled woman busy trying to hush it
and keep it from crying
| Leaves Train at Pennington.
| At Pennington the woman left the
train with the child. She was seen to
| turn it over to another woman without
| a word of explanation and re-enter the
train. The other woman took it to her
| home, where she now has it.
| The matter was reported to me
| last night by lady friend who was
on the train with the mysterious wo-
man and the child yesterday morning"
said Sheriff Canutt over the long dis
| lance phone
The lady who reported to me said
| she sat near the yelled woman and
child all the way down from Spokane.
Her attention was first attracted
| by the little boy, whom the woman
seemed to be afraid would get away
| from her. The little fellow was cry
| ing and every few minutes he would
Whimper, I want my mammal. in
most ptiful tone.
Second Woman Takes a Child.
Then when Pennington was reach
ed she noticed The woman get up and
leave the car with the child. She fol-
lowed her to the door and saw her
alght and greet another woman, who
had evidently came to meet her ac-
cOrding to prearranged agreement.
The second woman took the childs
hand and left the station. But very
few if any words passed between the
two women. The train was at the
station but a very few minutes and
the yelled woman barely had time to
transfer the child to its new custodian
and get back on to the train before it
pulled out
My informant was especially struck
with the apparent understanding be-
tween the two women, as if they had
met by previous arrangement. There
was scarcely a word of greeting spo-
ken. as would naturally be expected.
ana there was not thing done to indi-
cate that the women were friends.
AS soon as the matter was reported
to me | sent a special deputy sheriff
off post haste to Pennington with in
structions not to let the woman and
child get out of his sight. l also wired
the Seattle authorities, but have not
heard a word from them"
r. d. Baker, father of the missing
child, places absolutely no faith in the
sensational story that q tramp car
rying a child answering Prewitts de-
scription had been seen at Hartford.
Baker scouts the story. for the reason
that no one with kidnapped child In
his possession would go around In
broad daylight with the child in his
arms or make himself so conspicuous
as the alleged abductor did with the
baby he had.