Republican farmer., 1909-04-02
OTHER INFANTS
 BOARDED OUT BY MRS. BAKER

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baker left their lodgings at 2ss Gilbert street suddenly, Saturday afternoon, after the woman had been subjected to some disagree the Evening Farmer. Mrs. Baker b the woman who has figured under sev- eral aliases in obtaining board for in fas1ts brought from different parts of Massachusetts and whom Mrs. William Russell of 696 Main street. accuses of neglecting to pay board for an infant taken away last Friday night.
 Saturday afternoon MT. and Mrs. Russell left the house, 258 Gilbert street. where they had been rooming for several weeks. Although the time for which they had paid for the room had expired they neglected to notify Mrs. Mills. their landlady. that they would not return. They took the keys with them. and Mrs. Mills was obliged to employ a 1ocksmith to get into the rooms. They took with them two suit cases and left a quantity of worthless material behind.
 Investigator Alexander Morrissey, of the Board of Charities has been fol- lowing clues since the case was re- ported to him Friday. He has traced the last of the four infants left with Mrs. Russell to a family in the East End where Mrs. Baker took the baby Friday night, after nine o'clock Sev- era1 weeks ago Mrs. Baker left an in fant with family living on Hewitt street. Mrs. Baker was known to the family as Mrs. Smith. The baby is still there. She was anxious to fine other families who would take infants to board and asserted that she could supply as many as she could find faIni- lies to take them. In every case It was said that Mrs. Baker obtained the infants through advertisements in the Boston newspapers.
 To a Farmer representative Satur- day afternoon. Mrs. Baker denied that she had ever received or placed other infants besides the one found at Mrs Russell's. She denied positively that she had ever taken an infant to the family on Hewitt street. It is believed by the Charities authorities that Mrs. Baker has done a land office business here. She evidently became alarmed when her operations were discovered to be extensive.
 Three months ago a Warren street physician was called to attend a young woman by Mrs. Baker. The cond tton al to the Bridgeport hospital. While there she gave birth to a still born child. She recovered aud was dis charged from the hospital. Later sEe called on the physician and paid him s15 for his services. At the hospital the woman told of the circumstances connected with her arrival in this city. She had answered an advertisement Tn a Boston paper and came to this city for her accouchment. She sad she paid Mrs. Baker $60 which was to cov- CT all the expenses of her confinement including board and medical attend ance. Mrs. Baker did not pay the and the victim afterwards sent the money to this city and squared her account. The young wom- eh would gladly give her testimony against Mrs. Baker were it not for the publicity which she hoped to avoid and for which purpose she came to this 2ty.
 A young woman now engaged as in this city obtained her position through Mrs. Baker, to whom she gave $10 to get her job.
 The authorities believe that Mrs. Baker did a general brokerage busi- ness in infants. She is believed to have made an easy living through this channel.