The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-02
Captain vogeI Prefers a
Charge Of Murder Against
Lentz Woman.
CONFESSED Her GUILT
Found Wandering Ainlessly in
East Orange..Sobs While Re.
veaIing Story but Refuses
to Implicate Accomplice.
Pin Leads to Arrest.

Jennie Lentz. 80 years old. also known
as Lynch, willett and Schmitz, who
confessed to Captain Oscar Vogel. Of
the Fourth Precinct police station, last
night that she was the mother of the
2-weeks-old child who was found frozen
to death in vacant lot in Fourteenth
avenue. near the Irvington line, yester-
day morning, was arraigned before
Judge Herr in the Fourth Precinct Po-
lice Court today ON charge of MUIR
der. preferred by Captain yogel and
held without bail to await the action
of the Grand Jury.
Since her arrest the woman has been
detained in witness room under guard
for fear that she would take her own
life
When the police learned of the case
after the body had been found bg
Mrs. Annie Eoehhoffer. of 35 Dassing
avenue. wh.eh is in the Manhattan
Park section of tne city. Piainclothes-
men Kaas and sebold were assigned 10
investigate, and they cleared the case
up last night by arresting the Lentz
woman on Arlington avenue East Or
ange, where she was aimlessly wander
ing.
The woman is by no means attrac-
tive, either in looks or figure. but She
was neatly dressed. She wore a white
shirt waist ana white ruching, blue
skirt and a tight-fltting black cloth
coat
The womana confession to e.aptas0
Eogcf Ia his OFF last RiQs1 rsas~ss<-r-
in the presence of Kaas and 6abold,
who brought about her arrest She
withheld the name of her companion.
and gave as a reason that he was mar
ried and had a family, and that she
would not be party TO breaking II up
At times she admitted that she was
single, but when the birth certificate
of the child was produced she was uri-
able to give any details. To the cap
tain she told a narrowing tale, sobbing
as she spoke. She practically admitted
That she had taken the child to the
lot on New Years eve and left 1t there
to die
The mothers love, once aroused
caused the woman to weep bitterly at
tho contemplation of her infants fate.
The fact that the child was dead
seemed to be surprise to the woman
The tiny corpse was found yester-
day morning at o'clock by Mrs. Rich
ard TSoellhoffer, of 80 Dassing avenue
this city, who saw bundle in the lot.
while she was going from her honae
to a grocery store. Shocked at her
gruesome find. she hurried to the store
of Gustave Tittell, Of 65 Fourteenth
avenue, and told her story TO the grocer.
He and others in the neighhorhood in
yestigated and then notified the police.
Fearing to remove the body, Tittell
and the others left 1t where 1t was
found. While they were away notify
ing the authorities and the county
physician, the prowling dogs of the
neighborhood congregated and shifted
the tiny corpse. They were there when
Plainclothesman Sebold, of the Fourth
Precinct, took charge of the body.
A rough canvas sack was thrown
over the little one to shield the sight
from the prying eyes of the curious.
County Physician Elliott arrived on
the scene, and. after making an au-
topsy, declared that the baby had
frozen to death. 1t was removed to .,
nearby morgue.
The baby, when found. was wrapped
in the folds of a large blanket, neat
and clean. A large black cape was
tied around the blanket. and a bottle
half filed with milk was pressed to the
little lips.
The woman stated that she had been
employed as domestic by an East Or
ange family until recently, and that last
summer she worked at a seashore re
sort After she was arraigned In court
she was led upstairs to witness room
and one Of the reserve men placed by
her side. Later she was sent TO The
county jail.
The arrest of the woman was brought
about in a singular manner. Attached
to the cap which was worn by the child
was a miniature stiskpin with por~
trait of young man. recognized by the
plainclothesmen. IT was about the size
Of a cent, but they were sure II was q
young man who is a member OF the
Magnolia A. C. baseball team. 1t was
an old one and somewhat faded, They
inally located the young man, who
lives on the Hill section and he was
taken to the office Of Captain Nogel,
He admitted his identity. but knew
nothing whatever about the case, he !
said. He stated that he was aware 8
that Mrs. Barbara Kraft. of 47s South
Eighteenth street, who Is related to him y
and a midwife mad been taking care OF
a child for about two weeks and that
the child was taken away by it's mother
Saturday night TO be placed with a
well-to-do family This clue satisfied
the sleuths and they started at once g
the home of the midwife and securef
the date of the child's birth, which wa
on the morning Of December Is last
RI further stated that the mother nancy
WAS Jennie Willetts, age O., and the fathely
Frank schnitz age q, and paillter by
occupation. The name Of the infant which
was bautlzed week ago, was given
Jtrnie SchmitE
Opposite the line Number Of children