Evening star., 1909-08-21
DESERTED IN THE zoo
Mother Goes to Die; Babies
Watch the Animals.
HAPPY IN ELEPHANT HOUSE
But Darkness Makes Even Little
George Cry.
NOTE IS FOUND IN GO-CART
II Will Make a Finish of Myself"
Is Woman's Written
Message.

NEW YORK August 21.-When the
rain came down in torrents yesterday a
very little boy. terror written on his
chubby face, stood guard over his baby
sister as she sat in go-cart in front
OF the elephant house in Central Park
Mothers and nurse girls hurryng to shell
ter with their charges beckoned to the
child to follow when they saw him stand
motionless in the driving rain. his gaze
| fixed far up the path where not long be-
fore his mother had disappeared. Several
women braved the rain to wheel the go
cart indoors and drag the lad after them.
and then turned their attention from the
bedraggled children to their own. /.
An hour later when dusk began to fall
and the rain had ceased, the little boy
and the baby girl were alone in the
gloomy elephant house. forgotten by all
The lad had not cried while the other
children were playing with the elephants
and scampering about, but now it was
plants looked like goblins as they
swished their trunks in the hay and rat
tied their chains. And SO he dug his
knucles into his eyes and burst into
tears.
A keeper about to lock up for the
night found the little boy covering in a
far corner of the animal house, his head
bent over the baby girl. who cooed and
watched with wOnderment the big ele-
plants at their evening meal.
Il want me mOmmer.' the boy Sobbed
"Oh, please, mister, l want me mommer."
|, The keeper called Policeman Francis
Coy1e and for a long time they waited.
thinking the mother was near by. but
when darkness settled over the park and
she didn't return they took the boy and
the baby to the arsenal.
Note Says Mother Will End All.
And a long time afterward they found
this note tucked under the pillow of the
go-cart
Il left my husband three weeks ago.
He found me again and offered me money
for the support of my children. which ]
refused. But now / am sorry. as I have
no place to go to. I lived with my sis
ter, but she put me out of the house. AS
am not knowing where to go / have no
other choice than to abandon the chill
dren. ! myself will make finish of my
self. and may God bless the people who
will take care of the children. George and
Annie. God forgive me-"
The abandoned children--the baby about
two years old and the boy four-were
taken into the section room. where the
policemen We'd with one another to COM
fort the little outcastS.
and big brown eyes, cooed and smiled at
the fuss the bluecoats made over her,
but George was incOnsolable-he wanted
his "mommer." They sent for milk and
a nursing bottle for baby Annie, and she
| soon was happy as baby could be, while
George found goodies the like of which
he had never even dreamed. But when
his tummy was packed and they had lot
him play with big night sticks and billies
and rattle nippers he wanted his NOM
mer.
George Enjoys Patrol Ride.
Long after nightfall Lieut.. Arneth
sent the abandoned babes to the Chill
dren's Society. The ride in the patrol
wagon made Georgie forget for the
time the loss of his mother But when
the clerk at the society announced that
the baby was too young to be admitted
and would have to be sent to Bellevue
Hospital the boys grief was pitiable..
He didn't want to be separated from
his sister, and when the policeman took
her away he struggled like mad to fol-
low. and cried as If his heart would
break. They told him it was only for
q little while and soon he would have
Baby Annie and his mommer,e but as
surances didn't patify him.
thing that would shed light on his iden-
tity. He knew his name was George
GeOrgi, he pronounced 1t-and lived in
a big house. Mommer kissed him and
Baby Annie and cried awful in the park;
than she went away, up where the trees
is That's all they could get from him.
There was nothing that would afford
a clue as to the mother, and all night
the police momentarily expected re-
port Of an unidentified woman ending
her life.