The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-08-11
WHERE IS BUSTER
BROWNS" OWN MA?
South Chicago Officials Will
Make House to House
Canvass Today.
IS AN ABANDONED BABY BOY
Homeless Little Fellow Now at the
Harrison Street Police Station
Awaiting Identification.

furnish a clew to the whereabouts of
the parents of Buster Brown" the
abandoned baby. Chief of Police George
Shippy yesterday afternoon issued an
order to Captain John Halpin of the
South Chicago station, ordering the
captain to have his men make a house
to house canvass of South Chicago East
Side, Che1tenham and Windsor Park in
an effort to secure information that
might lead to the discovery of the
little boys parents. The officers trav-
cling out of the fifteenth and six
teenth precincts will begin their tedious
task this morning and it will be several
days before they have completed the
gigantic task. Captain Halpin this
morning stated that he would person
ally assist in the work and expected
to cover several blocks before evening.
At the Police Station.
Buster Brown" the abandoned baby,
has not yet been claimed. He is spend
ing most of his time at the Harrison
street police station, where he romps
about the matron's room, looking long
ingly out of the windows. waiting for
his mother to come and gather him to
her bosom and sing a song to him, as
| he says mamma does"
Chief Shippy has taken more than
| ordinary interest in the little fellow,
as has been shown by the manner in
which he has treated the lost boy.
The fact that Chief Shippy has ordered
house to house canvas to be made
| of South Chicago and adjacent terri
| tory shows the chief up as the big,
good hearted fellow that he is.
Chief Sympathizes with Him.
Poor little fellow, his heart hung
ers for his mothers love as much as
| that of any little fellow of his age"
said Chief Shippy, as he gathered the
| little youngster in his arms and tossed
him up IN the air. catching him as he
| came down. The finding of this de-
serted boy in Chicago puts me UP
against the greatest mystery that I
have ever COPIED with" continued the
| chief, "and I will not be contented I'M
til I have located his parents be they
dead or alive
Captain Halpin, commanding officer
of the sixth district, who is stationed
at the fifteenth precinct station, Eigh-
ty-ninth street and Exchange avenue
was down town yesterday afternoon
taking with him a description of every
boy lost during the last year in Soutl
Chicago, but none of them tailed will
the baby's measurements.
: Cluster" Plays in Station,
! At the Harrison street station tn
little abandoned baby has became
great favorite among the policemen an,
others, and the matron, Mrs. Murphy
! has had to stow away boxes of cand.
10 nd IN ia 1xy
made friends have given him. Con
gresham Martin B. Madden has signi
r fed his willingness to adopt Buster,
but if no one appeals to claim the chill
3 he will be turned over to the mercie
: of the Juvenile court
> The latest theory that has been ad
vanced is that gypsies stole the chill
g from some residence on the south sid
r and. fearing pursuit by the polio,
abandoned the baby in Chicago. Dur
ing the last three weeks four gyps
caravans have passed through Sout
Chicago and the police believe the
. they may have been connected wit
| the case.
= Says He Lives on South Side.
Buster" says he lives on South Par
n avenue and has little baby siste
: whose mamma is his mamma. TIL
police believe this to be purely the Iii
tie childs imagination. Chief Shipp
took Buster" from the beginning I
the end of South Park avenue, but /
failed to see his big white house
where he says he lives. While in
: reminiscent mood yesterday Buster
said that he was lost while his par
It and mamma We're carrying chair
This, according to the police, bears OF
i the theory that the father and moth,
were either moving or had broken I
housekeeping.
Whether or not the house to hou.
q canvass through the local district wi
result IN finding the lost childs pa
- ents remains to be seen. Anyway, 7
harm is DONE" said Captain Halpi
: and If we do find anything that Ieac
to the young boys identity, it wi
:. mean a big feather in our cap as we
as the officer who succeeds in gettiI
y the much desired information