The evening world., 1909-02-04
One Abandoned on Stoop at
Home of Wealthy Broker,
Near Fifth Avenue,
LAD IN A PAPER PARCEL.
Left in Vestibule of Paulist
Fathers Church Woman
Arrested for Abandonment.

Two OF the patients In bellevue Hos.
ptil to-day are cheerful and healthy,
but they can't tell their names. One Is
a boy, lett in brown paper bundle In
the ves,ibule OF the Paulst Fathers
church In Columbus avenue. and the
other lusty girl baby found on the
steps OF the brownstone home Of How
ard Lapsley. wealthy broker. No. u
West Thirty-seventh street, a short Dis
lance from Fifth avenue.
The girl founding was fret seen by
katherine Monahan, employed In A
house across the street. When sho saw
white bundle on tho Lapsley stoop
move She ran down and found three
weeks old girl. well clad and cooinE.
ExpensiveIy Dressed.
There was nothing about the babe to
indicate to whom It belonged. 1t wore
a white s!lken cap trimmed in expensive
lace, a long white corduroy cloak fast
ened with satin rlbbosn. with pearl but
tons below. the finest underwear. with
woollen bootees tied with silk ribbons
At Bellevue they have christened her
Dorothy.
Now for tho boy. He didn't mind be-
Ing left in a brown paper package . bit
Mrs. John Finn. OF No. los West Sixty
first street, and Julia Mccarthy, Of No.
IL West One Hundred and Seventh
street, saw woman with tho bundle
as they were on their way 10 tho Paulist
Church at Ftfty-ninth street. She en-
tered the church Just before they got
there and was coming out as they were
going In.
They noticed she was In q hurry and
that she no longer had the bundle. AS
soon 40 they got inside they heard a
child cry and told Policeman Cavanaush
and no overlook the o,her woman. The
three women with the policeman wen,
back to the church.
Boy In Paper Package.
There In the vestibuls they found a
came mufrled cries. The policeman
opened II and found baby boy about
two days old The little one was fully
dressed, the clothes being Of fine ma
terial. Pinned to the baby's blue flannel
coat was this note, written In u feminine
hand:
please have this boy baptized a Cath
ole. Call him John Bynne. God bless
and God forgive all connected with this.
II possible have him sent to a Catholic
institution"
The woman was taken to the West
Forty-seventh street police station,
where she said she was Mrs. Ellen
Murphy, fifty years old. of No. "a East
One Hundred and Tenth street. She
refused to say anything else.
In the West Side Court to-day Magis.
trate Kernochan held Mrs. Murphy in
bonds Of $1,000 for the Grand Jury on
the charge Of abandonment. She wen,
to the Tombs. While In court Mrs.
Murphy, who is motherly looking
woman. only spoke once,
Tried to Shield Girl.
Judge" she said, Il did this to save
somebody l love from an everlasting
disgrace. I didn't mean to do away
with the baby. AS God lives l meant
he should be cared for. But can't
say another word II 80 to prison for
the rest Of my life. can stand the
shame better than any one else"
Mrs Murphy told Detective Eavns
privately that the mother Of the baby
was a relative Of hers young girl,
who had been led astray. The detective
Investigated and found that her story
was true. The mother girl OF nine
fathers house. Magistrate Kernoehan
decided not to issue q warrant for the
girl or to bring her into the case.