Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1907-12-19
TALKS ABOUT BABY
Fannie Carroll Subslanliates State
ment Of Mrs. Baker.
HER CHILD NOT THE ONE IN PARIS
Representative of The Evening
Journal Interviews Girl Who
Figures In Noted Contro-
versy Over Child.
versy Over Child.
(special Correspondence.l

Especial Correspondence
A newspaper man went to the home
of Fannie Virginia Carroll, the young
woman, who is alleged to be the mo-
Their of the child adopted as John
Cecil Fairfax by the Marquis and
sMarquise de Montferrier, wealthy
members of the French nobility, and
had a long and interesting talk with
her.
She lives at the home Of her uncle,
James ]. Littleton. about four miles
from Winchester. on the Buffiick road.
In appearance she is a very pretty
young woman of 81 She has we'll
rounded figure, with brown eyes and
auburn hair. and with good clothes
on is striking looking girl When
the newspaper man arrived at the
house, Mr.. Littleton, who is man
OF SO and has wife and large fam
lily, was engaged in butchering. He
had a long butcher knife in his hand
and was not cordial in his manner.
Don't you sign anything or say any
thing" he told Miss Carroll. The
girl, however, answered questions
very freely.
Are you the mother of a male
child, and when was your child born?'
was asked.
MY son was born on October. %,
1906, in Winchester 1t was boy
and had blue eyes and auburn hair.
1t was very healthy, pretty baby"
What happened to it after its
BIRTH"
1T was given to Mrs. Elizabeth F.
Baker, of Winchester, to be taken care
off, the girl replied. Il have never
seen it but once from the time 1t was
born. 1t was taken SICK on Tuesday,
but was up the following Monday,
being in bed less than a week. ! saw
my child then. When | got up Mrs.
Baker told me that she had sent my
son to Baltimore to be adopted by 4
lady who lived there at that time"
Miss Carroll, they are saying that
your child is the same child that was
taken to Paris last winter by Mrs. Ba-
ker and there adopted by the Mar
quis and Marquise de Montferrier,
who believed the child to be John Ce
Gil Fairfax, son of William Fairfax,
Of Virginia, and Elizabeth Carroll, Of
Maryland Do you know anything
about that?"
Il only know what Mrs. Baker told
me-" the girl replied. "She said that
my child had gone to Baltimore, and
that the lady who adopted it after
wards went south, where the child
died.
Ibid you ever tell Miss Johnson,
of Winchester and Miss Lowe. of Bal
timore, that you believed your child
was the child adopted by the French
nobleman?'
NO sir, never told them or anyone
else that / do not know that my 5aoy
is the one in Paris.
Miss Carroll admitted, rather re-
luctantly, that she had never leen
married. She said that her father,
Charles Lewis Carroll, is now living
in Berryville, Clarke county. Va, and
that her mother, who was Sarah CatG-
crime Littleton. was dead. Her faith
er, she said, was not a Marylarier,
but was born in West Virginia. Her
mother, she said was born in Lou
doun county, Va. Miss Carroll was
81 years old on April Sth, last. he
child born in October, 1906, is her
only child.
Can you tell me" was asked, "of
your own personal knowledge, wheth-
err the baby boy who is now heir to
the Marquis de Montferrier, IN Paris,
is your son?'
mo, / cannot tell you that" Miss
Carroll replied, ''for | do not know.
! saw my baby only for a shorS time
after ii was born, and always s.lpnos-
ed that 1t was sent to Baltimore. Mrs,
Baker told me that, and ! believed
her"
''Who is the father Of your chiid?'
Miss Carroll was asked
Il would rather not tell Yen that
she replied.
Following che statement made by