The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-03

Of Frederick Debinsky on December 10
last. The marriage was made against his
will and he said that he refused to allow
his daughter to enter his house after she
had made her choice. She went with her
husband to live at 8S7 Amsterdam avenue,
Manhattan. A child was born to the couple
ON October II, said the father. and after
that his daughter and her husband moved
ava
The detectives followed this clue last
night until they learned that the child born
had been a girl. As the little waif in the
Morgue is a boy, they dismissed that lead.
Only one tenable theory to account for
the possible murder of a three-months-old
boy has presented itself, and that one arises
out OF the strange contrasts shown in the
nature Of the various wrappings found
about the body. Faded elegance and the
crudest poverty are reflected in the baby
clothes.
A mother, even an unwilling and an
ashamed mother, would set her fingers to
the making OF the delicate robe whlch
covered the baby's body. Though soiled
and bedraggled this little oounterpane Is
of the best silk, carefully wadded ana
trimmed with lace two inches broad. There
are knots in il where ribbons have been
tied. Four lows Of pink satin ribbon
were found in the bottom OF the carriage
and one large bow Of the same material
still held to the centre Of the spread. A
thin white baby ribbon Is woven through
the lace all about the seam.
About the babv's shoulders was a knit
silk baby's nubia about 0 by IL inches. The
making Of this must have necessitated many
DAYS Of labor. Such a thing is not offered
for sale with babies outfits.
A silk hood, carefully line with wadding
and trimmed with white baby ribbon bows
was loosely tied on the child's head. The
hood was soiled and worn through in the
inner lining.
In marked contrast TO these evidences OF
a mothers care were the rest OF the child's
clothes. Every garment was OF the cheapest
and most shoddy material. A cheap mus
lin outer skirt and shift covered the body.
A white woollen undershirt, thin and fimsy;
a shabby woollen shirt; q br Dad band OF
flannel, evidently part Of a blanket; cotton
stockings with woollen leggings drawnover
them, wooden mittens, red kid shoes and a
white cotton bib completed the little ones
stock Of garments.
The baby's cap and coverlet, rejuvenated,
would have marked him as Of the aristocracy
Oh III NtIbIdA u II Oh1ACos ANO
his wardrobe made him a child of the poor
of the black belt about the upper end Of
Third avenue, where he was found.
The child with the motley garb was
found living on a cheap muslin p~illowcase,
dirty and worn. Under this was a narrow
pillow Of red and brown ticking and bound
along the edge with heavy tape. Such a
pillow is seen in Pullman berths. IL is a
service pillow, well filled with feathers
of good grade and not such a one as is used
In private households or offered for sale in
furnishing stores.
The baby's body belied the indications
of one time luxury given by the ooverlet
and the quilted cap. The tiny limbs were
thin and puny. The chest was dished.
The lines about the infants old-young
mouth seemed to be those Of hunger.
These evidences, taken all together, have
given the detectives basis for a hypothetical
working scheme. II, IA the coverlet and
the delicate cap would seem to indicate,
the child was born of a mother who could
afford to buy the silks and who had time
for needlework, the baby could not have
stayed long with its parent. There are
secret infant creches about this city which
infants born into the world with
the guilt Of others on their innocent shout
ders. Such places receive children on the
hare rule Of 80 much for keep and the rest
profit.
The baby found at East Ninety-ninth
street and Third avenue might have been
sent there with a wardrobe that represented
the mother instincts Of the one that bore IL,
ever though the woman forgot afterward
what she felt toward her child. But once
under the care Of some midwife or keeper
of a creche the baby was put on a profit
basis; he was starved and poorly clad.
According to the word Of the negro girl.
Inez Rivero, it was a well dressed couple
that she saw STOPPING over the baby car
rage on Saturday night. -
The police connect this fact with the
noticeable advance Of decomposition dis
covered in the body of the child TO read
that the. keeper of the creche found a dead
baby on her hands several days before
Saturday. baby that had died either a
violent or a natural d~eath-and that she
notified the father and mother that they
would nave to dispose Of iJ.
The candle and the bits OF string found
In the baby carriage defy int erpret alton.
II is the accepted belief thai the presence
Of both Of these was accidental and Of no