The Detroit times., 1908-08-10
WOMAN, ARRESTED,
ADMITS DROWNED
BABY IS HERS
DECLARES INFANT ROLLED FROM
BRIDGE RAIL AND SIGHT PAR
AlYZED HER-AllEGEO GO.
BETWEEN is HELD.
REMoRsE. OR ANGUISH.


walked to the bridge and laid
baby on the rail of the bridge
to rest myself. Then the baby
suddenly awakened and rolled off
Into tina water.
remember hearing a splash
and there flashed across my brain
the terrible truth that may baby
had fallen into the water and
would be drowned II was quite
. distance down to the water from
where il fell and realized that
! must hurry to save the baby.
tried to arise, but was paralyzed
with an awful fear. @snd as
CROPPED my way to the edge OF the
bridge. could hear a piaintiVe
cry below. slight eurgling In the
water, and then all was quiet.
And then that fearful night!
I undresed and went to bed.
could not slep. ! could not even
close my eyes. The terrible pic
ture of my baby falling from my
arms into the water stood out be-
fore me. could almost feel its
presence in the room. u aemed
as though the baby was drown.
ing there before my eyes.
SAGINAW, Mich, Aug. 10.-Miss
Mabel Lennon, aged % and JOSEPH
Duffy are under arrest in connection
with the drowned infant case which
has been the talk of the city. The
young woman has admitted that the
baby was hers. Duffy is held as ar
alleged intermediary between the I'm
known father OF the child and Miss
Lennon.
The mother. who lives with hei
widowed parent at S73 NORTH
Fourth-st. made her admission
only after two nurses from the Won
ans hospital who had attended hel
there as Mrs. J. c. Osten, positive
~ identified her at police headquar
ters as the mother OF the infant who
had taken IL away in couple the
night il was drowned Miss Lennon
then broke down and gave her yer
sion OF the tragedy 10 the police.
She Historically denied that she
had murdered the babe; declared the
drowning was purely accidental anc
related her alleged doing on tue IA
tai night when she carried the in
fant from the hospital.
This is part of the woman's re
markable story:
The night was dark and after the
cab left walked with the baby. which
had awakened and was crying. | was
afraid some one ould hear il crying
and carried It UP and down the street
as | had seen the nurses do at the
hospital To quiel it..
After I had succeeded in quiet
ing the baby walked to the bridge
and laid baby on the rail OF the bridge
To rest myself Then the baby sud
denly awakened and rolled off into
the water.
Heard a Splash.
81 remember hearing splash and
there flashed across my brain the
terrible truth that my baby had fall
ento the water and would be drown
ed. 1t was quite distance down to
de water from where IL fell and real
lied that | must hurry to save the
badly. tried to arise, but as par
alyzed with an wful fear. and as
CROPPED my way to the edge OF the
bridge, could hear plaintive cry
below, slight gurging in the water
and then all was quiet.
Il tried 10 get down to the brink
and to the child, but stumbled
again and again and believing that
| could not reach the baby, | gave
IL I'D. | was dazed and my brain
was all in a terrible whirl. | felt
for a few moments that | was dying
nyself under the awful realization
that my boy was drowning In the
water hut a few feet from me and
| was powerless to rescue him. The