Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1910-04-01

According to tho story of Win1eld
Colweu. conductor on the Providence
4 Danielson line, the woman who left
the baby on the lawn where 1T was
found was q passenger on the car that
had come up through Rhode Island
from Providence when the crew OF the
Connecticut company took charge at
East Killingly for the run into Daniel
son.
Conductor Colwell describes the
mysterious passenger as a woman not
She was Of light complexion. If he re-
members correctly. were brown skirt
and coat, and a black fur hat OF the
mushroom type.
The car was due in Danleison at $3.50
and the last that comes through from
Providence at night. Just above where
the baby was later found, near the
home of Conductor Frank Preston, the
woman sig sisnalled Go1d n dia :. coi wen
hitting her to alight. That was the
last he saw of her.
1t was learned Thursday that after
the car had passed on the woman
hesitating what to do or which way
to go. She was observed by one Of
the women who live In the neighbor-
hood Circumstances would indicate
that those moments held : terrible or
deal for her and that while she had
fully decided to abandon the little in
nocent she was not prepared to leave
and given care and shelter. II she
had not taken those details into con-
sideration she might have left the
child at q hundred different places
ielson read. without fear of the child
being found for days, and likewise
freeing herself from the liability of
being connected with the crime, a cruel
satisfaction that she may not long be
FINALLY. however, the woman must
have steeled herself for her course OF
action, for 1t was not many minutes
after the car had pa shd s sha. tnS
the attention of Mrs.. Short When
| picked I'D there was . bottle OF milk
| beside the baby. The milk was still
| warm and this Is believed to INDICATE
great distance. probably from some,
where just across the Rhode Island
| line. The baby had not suffered any
during the few minutes that It re-
wide world. and was soon comfortably
| located in its present home.
! The clothing THAI was intended "a
protect It's little body was barely SUI
| such texture a. t. indicate that the
parents are not blessed with IN abun-
dance Of the worlds goods: Neither
were the garments decently made
said, with basting stitches instead Of
| the pretty sewing that mothers detaghA
| to show on children's garments.
All Of the garments were OF plain
coarse materials, the petticoats being
4 new. The uttle dress had evidently
been washed once A mchaar-l1 k>
cloth that had evidently seen previou!
service had bean crudely fashioned
into q sleeveless garment basted to.
gether into the semblancs Of q cloak
The little bonnet OF white cloth wal
also q homemade affair. the strings
being attached to 1t with common pins
Plump and good looking though ths
baby ID, and seemingly quite content
ed. it did not take much nourishmeA'
during Thursday
i Where the woman, who was proba-
bly, the child's mother, went to, WA
4 the matter that chiefly concerned the
town onleials Thursday She could mo-
have returned in the direction from
(which she came Wednesday nigh
l without walking for miles. for sh'
reached here on the last car over tn
line. Selectnan Aicott D. Say1es wen
over into Rhode Island Thursday
morning in an endeavor to locate her
but was unsuccessful. To stimulate
interest in the search Selectman Johr
A. Gilbert. acting for the board. au'
thorixed the Offering Of q reward OF
THURSDAY of $50 for information a.
to the woman's- identity. The baby will
remain at the town farm for the pres
1 ant