The sun., 1905-12-04
ANY ONE LOOKING FOR TWINS?
cars HiIE SUPERFLUOIS ram
LIKEWISE A WIDOW.
GAY. She Found One or Else Little Kate
Gave II 10 Her Policeman Certainly
Found the other They're About u Days
OId, brown Eyed AMI Very Suually.

O,d, brown Eyed AMI Very Suuaily.
Mrs Barbara Neith, 3s years old, who
amid she was "A widow, was a prisoner III
,be Yorkvillc police court yesterday In
consequence Of baby puzzle that the
o,lice Of the Fifth street station are trying
10 untangle The woman walked into the
s,atIon house Saturday night carrying in
her arms a baby boy that 8ppeared to be
about nine days old. Walking up to the
desk she asked the sergeant to take charge
Of as she was unable to do 80.
rs it your baby? asked the sergeant.
NO. It's not mine
Where did you get it. them"
i found il lying near an ash can down
on First avenue Ii was crying and picked
nup" the woman replied.
The sergeant looked at the woman
sharply. He explained afterward that h"
thought it very strange that any one should
attempt to abandon Il baby on First avenue,
which is usually pretty well crowded with
people just then Policeman Smith, who
had been ont on post entered the station.
He had in his arms "A mite of baby. IL was
girl and about nine days old, in the opinion
Of the policeman. The baby was bawling
TO the full extent Of its small lungs.
Where did you get it, SMITH" asked
the sergeant. as the policeman tossed the
baby up and down in an effort TO stop its
crying
Found it in the hallway at 22i East Tenth
street replied the cop.
Where are all the babies coming from
tonight" commented the sergeant.
The policeman said he was passing the
Tenth street house when he heard the
waiIing of the baby in the hallway. He
entered and found the infant lying on the
floor near the foot Of the stairs. 1t had
on clothing of ordinary material. Smith
lacks practice in quietng crying babies,
and he was unable to soothe the one he was
bouncing up and down.
Don't be 80 rough with the little darling
Get it some milk; it's hungry suggested
the woman alongside of him.
The policeman looked at the woman, and
then at the baby in her arms, He looked
at his own little charge, and remarked
Say. Sarge. The two kids look as like
as two peas. They ought to be twins"
DO YOU know anything about this other
baby?' the sergeant asked the woman.
She said she did not She stuck to her
story that she had found the toJ baby
near an ash can, She gave her address as
20 Stone avenue; Brooklyn; She lived
there with her mother, she said
The sergeant called an ambulance from
Bellevue and had the two infants taken to
the hospital He thought the woman
ought to be detained until the mystery of
the double abandonment had been cleared
up She was taken to a cell, and Yesterday
morning was sent to court.
Agent Charles O'Connor Of the Chidren's
society was instructed by the Magistrate
TO investigate the case. He had a talk
with the woman, and she told him different
story from the one related in the police
station.
Il got the baby from a woman | know
as Little Kate she said to the agent, Il
don't know the womans last name. She
was introduced to me last summer on an
outing by an acquaintance | know as Big
Kate. | met Little Kate on First avenue
last night. She had the baby in her arms,
and said she couldn't care for it and didn't
know what to do with it, | said I'd take
it, and | took it and started for my home
in Brooklyn. But the baby cried so much
that couldn't stop it, and saw had made
mistake in taking it. | then went to the
station house"
The agent asked her what she knew about
the other baby. She replied that she knew
nothing about it. She said her husband
died nine years ago and that she had son
IS years old, who is in the United States
Navy. She had been employed as do
nestle in Arlington, n. j., up to three weeks
night she was at Thanksgiving ball with
friend by the name of Peter Meyer. The
ball came off in Schiellein's Hall on Atlantic
avenue, Brooklyn.
ne woman has blue eyes and her hair
is of light brown shade. What little
hair there is on the heads of the babies
appears to be black Their eyes are brown.
Policeman Smith made com plant against
the woman Of having abandoned baby, |
40 as to hold her in custody until the matter
was cleared up
When she was taken downstairs Miss
Alice Smith, the probation officer, had a
talk with her. The woman repeated the |
same story she told Agent O'Connor Miss |
Smith said the woman did not appear to be |
IN any way insane.
0'Connor will report the result Of his |
investigation to-day.
AT 70 Stone avenue East New York, |
Mrs, Vieth is not known, No one in the |
neghborhood could be found who knew
the woman.
The doctors at Bellevue Hospital de-
clined to render a decision as to whether |
the children are twins or not, but besides |
the physical resemblance there is strong
similarity in their clothes Their muslin |
dresses might have been made from the |
same piece of cloth. Their lace bonnets |
are just alike. The nurses at the hospital |
don't agree with the twin theory. They |
argue that no mother would have the cour- |
age to desert twins
There was some talk around the hospital |
Yesterday of suspending the usual rule |
about christening alternate children Protes-
tants and Catholics. IL these children |
turned out to he twins it might complicate
things. Finally the rule was observed,
however the boy was made n Catholic; |
and his sister, il such she be a Protestant.
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