The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-29
BABY CASE ST|RS
BASEBALL |: | CIRCLES
Wife Of Trainer Of Highland
erso Held for Grand Jury
Investigation.
Fl E.RFE.L.D ON BOND
Mrs. Hal Chase, Wife Of First
Baseillan, Also to Be Tried
iii Connection With Affair.
T [ B Err ED ON B0NI

SuFFERN. n. T.. July 2s-Accused
OF having disposed OF the body of an
Infant unlawfully. Mrs. Michael Mar
TIN. wife of the trainer OF the New
York American League Baseball Club,
and Mrs Hal Chase, wife Of the
first baseman OF that club. have been
held In $500 bail each for the grand
jury BY Justice OF the Peace suther-
land. OF this town after hearing in
which they waived examination. Nor
man t:Kid'D Elberfeld, shortstop Of
the club, and Mrs. Elberfeld went on
the bail bonds OF the two women, and
they We're Nreleas ed.
The child, it is said. was that OF Mrs.
Martin, but no allegation is made that
it was not dead before It's body was
disposed of. Observation-Disclosures Gasan.
OF Haverstraw, who had charg Of the
hearing before Justice of the Peace
Sutherland. Is making an investiga-
Ition.
LIT is said that after the child had
been born it's body was placed In the
lack yard OF the Martin home III
Orange Avenue, and that while It wa
there It was torn by a stray log which
entered the yard. Afterward 1t was
thrown into sink BY some one. and
there i s was found by Chief OF Police
Smith and Patrolman Jones. They
acted on information supplied by
neighbors. The Martins were married,
Iit Is said. on July Sd last The find
ling OF the body on the premises has
York several kilograms having been
ireceived from prominent baseball
hackers there EFF
Question II Baby Lived.
After the body Of the child had been
found Chief Of Police Smith Informed
| Coroner Van Orden, who made further
investigation. He decided that Dis
trict ATTORNEY Gasana should be called
into the case. and a teleph one mes :
so sc was sent to him in Haverstraw.
He came to Suffern and took mn ac-
Tive interest in the case. He now is
/ endeayoring to ascertain whether the
child was alive or dead when 1T was
born. That will be exceedingly diff
Fcult. it Is said, because there was
| neither nurse nor doctor.
4 Mrs. !:1artin and Mrs, Chase are close
1 personal friends. and 1t Is admitted
by the officials that even assuming
they had at hand In disposlng OF the
body OF the child, Mrs. Chase's par
lticipation was merely ito assist Mrs
Martin 1t is rumored here that be.
,lfore the body was placed In the yard
4 by whomever did It, an attempt was
i made to get rid of 1t by fire. but that
lit was not persisted In.
| Until a few weeks ago Mrs. Martir
was Miss Ethel Monroe,5n popular
young girl who was a clerk III Stork'!
store, In Lafayette Avenue, this town
Her father died several years go, ant
i recently her mother went to Phila
delphia for a visit. For many month!
priorto the wedding, early4tllis month
! Martin, the trainer OF the New Yorl
! American League Club, had beer
Icourting the young saleswoman. Al
ter they wer married thay went tt
housekeeping in Orange Avenue. Mrs
4 Monroe making her home there Will
j Them Martin Went out on the roat
/ with his club after the wedding, ant
i he was away from home when III
.twife was arrested