Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-23
RESULT OF INQUEST.
Charge Against Adeline Ellis Declared
to Be Not Sustained.

The coroner at the morgue yesterday held
an inquest to fix the responsibility for-the
death of Alice Daish, the infant G lighter
of Rose Brown OF 1913 ID street south
west, the death occurring at the house or
Maggie TueI in Clark's court southwest
Wednesday evening. The inquiry developed
nothing sensational regarding baby
FARMS, as it was supposed might be the
case. All the evidence pointed to the fact
that the child died of disease not at all
uncommon among children, and the jury
returned verdict of death from natural
causes" after but a few minutes of de-
liberation.
The old colored woman, Adeline Ellis.
who lived In Union court and who was
suspected of being responsible for the death
of the child was released from custody, and
left the morgue in company with relatives.
The hearing began in the morgue shortly
after 10 o'clock this morning and was con-
Quoted by Deputy Coroner Giazebrook in
the absence of Coroner hewitt Rose
Brown, a nurse girl employed in the Ire
mont Hotel and residing at 333 D street
southwest, the mother of the child, Alice
Dash told the jury of the birth of the
child and of her getting Mrs. Ellis to take
care of it. About ten days before it died
she had the child removed to the house OF
Maggie TueI, 357 Clarks court, because there
had been complaint made that the crying
of the child was annoying a son of Mrs.
Ellis. She made no charges in her testi-
Ellis
E. w. Pickett, the placing officer of the
board of childrens guardians. tod of the
complaint made to the board regarding the
crying Of the child and Of the ,nvestiga-
lions made by the society. June he visited
the Ellis woman's home and found it a
very poor place. He found four other
children there In addition to the Daish
child, but they were the grandchildren of
Mrs. Ellis. He had ordered the removal of
the Daish baby; why, his evidence did not
plainly disclose, except that the crying of
the child annoyed a son of Mrs. Ellis.
Lieut. Byrne of the sixth precinct, the next
witness, knew nothing to the detriment of
Mrs. Ellis, and In the investigation made
by Precinct Detective Vermillion only one.
witness was found that had anything TO
say against her. Alice Brown, the woman
who was supposed to know facts damaging
to Mrs. Ellis, was next called. Her testi-
mony was favorable to the defendant and
as far as she knew the Child always re-
reived good care, as did her four grand
children. She believed Mrs. Ellis to be
good, kind-hearted woman
Maggie Tuell, to whose home the child
was brought, found it suffering from sum-
mer complaint and in a bad condition. She
treated it with home remedies, which
seemed to be doing the child good. The
mother, she said, had no money TO pay for
physicians service. Finally, on the day it
died, Mrs. Tuell took the child to the pub
lie dispensary, and was there told 1t was
In dying condition. She was advised to
carry it to the Childrens Hospital, and
this she did at once. At the hospital the
attendants refused to receive the baby, as
it was under eighteen months OF age. Sne
took It back to her home. and that night
1t died. In her opinion the child had not
had proper care before 1t came to her.
DR.. Baker. acting coroner. who made the
autopsy ON the child, testified that 1t died
of malnutritfon. Adeline Euis then took
the stand and stated ia positive terms that
when the child left her house 1t was welt,
and she believed its illness was caused BY
change In diet from cows milk to con-
densed milk.
AT the conclusion OF Mrs. Ellisr testimony