The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-03-27
LITTLE OCCUPANT OF BABY
 FARM REMOVED BY MRS. BAKER
Woman Denies That She Furnished FOur In,
 fants for Mrs. RuSSelI's Home.
Admits to Police that She Brought Two Children But Denies that She Is In Business of Finding Boarding Places for nlegitmate Babies - Investigation in Progress

Upon the promise of Mrs William Russell and Mrs Charles Baker that the miserable, little, skin and bones nlorse1 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-- tives, it is not likely that the authoTi- ties will take any steps to prosecute either of the women under the statute which says that when more than two 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 tistics.
 The Russell woman is very poor, not intellectually strong. and it is very doubtful if she had any purpose to violate any law, even though, accord Alexander Morrissey of the Charities department, she boarded at one time the four babies which she alleged were furnished her by Mrs. Baker.
 Neither gre the authorities of the be- lief that Mrs. Russell would purposely nIaltTeat any child entrusted to her charge. But the conditions that pre- vail in her home are not such as would give a 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 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Baker appeared to be much excited suggested by the superintendent. She was taken before Supt. Birmingham of the police department and made a statement in which she denied 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 with $ Farmer representative, reiterated her former statement that Mrs. Baker had brought four infants to her at different times to be cared for. She said: When Mrs. Baker in the old stone house in Broad street. Then she moved to 5S7 Main street and afterwards to the house in Gilbert street, where she is now living. I am 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 girl. 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 last night.