Republican farmer., 1909-04-02


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 LITTLE OCCUPANT OF | BABY FARM REMOVED Upon the promise of Mrs. William ! Russell and Mrs. Charles Baker that the misera ble, littie skin and bones
 morsel of humanity found in charge of the former at 696 Main street, where conditions of miserable poverty abound, will be returned to it's rela- lives, it is not likely that the authoi- either of the women under the statute which says that when more than two 1 infants are placed in the same house to be boarded, their names and the names of their parents shall be regis tered with the Registrar of Vital Sta tfstics.
 The Russell woman is very poor, not Intellectually strong and it is very doubtful # she had amy purpose to violate any law, even though. accord ing to her story told to Investigator Alexander MorrAssey of the Charities department, she boarded at one time the four babiee which she alleged were furntehed her by Mrs. Baker.
 Neither are the authorities of the be- lief that Mrs. Russell would purposely maltreat any child entrusted to her charge But the conditions that pre- vail in her home are not such as would give little baby the best chance for life. One of the babies that she boarded actually did die, although in its illness it was taken to a hospital and received every care.
 Mrs. Baker responded to a call to report to Supt. Birmingham and ex- plain her connection with the affair. MT. and Mrs Baker both called at the Police and Charities building at 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Baker appeared to be much excited and was ready to adopt any measures suggested by the superintendent She was taken before 6upt. Birmingham of the police department and made a statement in which she dsnied that she had brought four children to Mrs. Rus sell.
 She acknowledged that she had taken two babies there, and told of the bargain between herself and Mrs. Russell. She diSclaimed any connec- ton with a general system of obtain ing babies in Boston and bringing them to this city. She promised the police, and also Supt. Brennan, to remove the baby from this city at once.
 Mrs. Russell, in an interview this morning with a Farmer representative, reiterated her former statement that Mrs. Baker had brought four infants for. She said: When Mrs. Baker brought the first infant here she lived in the old stone house in Broad street. Then she moved to 567 Main street and afterwards to the house in Gilbert cfr xnIo ~ho ia Hxyino ready to swear that she brought the four children here. She took one away herself and took it to the Bridgeport hospital. It died there. Mrs. Baker came here last night at half-past nine. and took the child which was found here yesterday away with her. She said she was going to take it back to the people who sent it here"
 The gtrl Grace Russell, raised her hand in solemn observation that every thing her mother had told was true She said that she herself had gone to New Haven on one occasion and had brought back a baby with her. Mrs. Russell asserted that she had receiv- ed only 75 cents for the last two weeks board of the infant taken away
 Health Officer Lynch made a visit to the Russell home this morning and gave instructions to have the place aired and cleaned up. The plum ping in the house Is out of order and the owner of the building will be notified to repair it. Mrs. Russell accounted for the condition of the place by the fact of the defective plumbing and al so that both her daughter and herself had been i'll and the care of the two infants had been all that they could attend to. The baby belonging in the family is well neurished and healthy. It is in much better condition than the one removed by Mrs. Baker last night, which in all probability will not live.
 When asked to make a statement this morning at her rooms, 25s Gilbert street, Mrs. Baker said: "I don't know what I should say. I took only one baby to Mrs. Russell and that belong ed to a friend of mine. I took the the hands of a. friend of mine. That is the only baby ever brought to the city,
 Mrs. Baker denied positively that ent parts of the city, or that she made a business of advertising for babies | and acting as a go-between in secur- ing places to care for them.
 Mrs Baker has lived with her hus- band at 258 Gilbert street for a month. | Neither she nor her husband seem to | have any business. They have been | well supplied with money and have | is supposed to be a decorator waiting | for business to open in the spring. Mrs Baker is the spokesman of the | family. The husband has nothing to say.
 The general statutes of the State of Connecticut forbid the placing of more than two infants in the same house to be boarded, without notifying the se- ectmen of the town, or other officers, and that the names of the infants with their percentage shall be registered with the Registrar of Vital Statistics. The houses where such infants are boarded are subject to the inspection ,f authorized persons at all times be- lore o'clock in the evening,
 An investigation is now in progress O ascertain if other babies have been brought to Bridgeport and distributed lmong families willing to take them.