Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-21
HAS NEVER SEEN
BABE Of 4 MONTHS
Mrs. Helen Whiting Will Have the
First Sight of Her Boy
This Week
RELEASED FROM CITY JAIL
Kind Hearted ACquaintanCeS Sc
cure Court Order Allowing
Woman to Go Free
RELEASED FROM CITY JAIL

everything has turned out for the
best, after ALL" said pretty Mrs. Helen
Whiting yesterday, following her re-
lease from the city jail. "I am to have
my baby with me and shall stay at
home and care for it"
Mrs. Whiting never has seen the baby
boy which will be placed in her arms In
a few days, although he was born four
months ago. 1t is in the Children's
home, Pasadena, where it has been
since birth.
Mrs. Whiting was released after serv-
ing three days of a sentence of fifty
days for the theft of goods from a
Broadway department store in which
she was employed. Her release was
effected through the intervention of
kind-hearted women and with the con-
sent of Police Judge Williams, who
sentenced her after she pleaded guilty,
and the store officials who were VIC
tins of the thefts.
When the baby was born Mrs. J. P.
Enloe, believing her daughter, Mrs.
Whiting, too young properly to rear
the infant, exerted her influence to
have the babe taken to the Children's S
home, according to the young mother,
who is but 10 years of age. Mrs. Whit
ing was under the influence of an
anaesthetic at that time and she did
not see the boy before he was taken
away
Mrs. Whiting is still suffering from
the intense nervous strain of the past
few days. Her eyes were red with
weeping yesterday and her mouth
tremulous as she tried bravely to put
from her mind all thought of the
terror of her Imprisonment and Of her
release. She bravely declared that even
the suffering she had gone through was
more than worth while IT, in the end,
she was to have the privilege at last
of tending her baby, for which her
arms have ached and her heart hun
gered ever since it was taken from her.
RELEASE Is REQUESTED
Judge Williams released the young
woman at the request of managers of
the Fifth Street department store, the
wives of some of the members of Los
Angeles division, Order of Railway
Cnductors, and Mrs. Alitha Gilbert,
matron Of the city jail. Mrs. f. A.
Parr and Mrs. r. Carver, a committee
from the ladies' auxiliary of the Order
of Railroad Conductors, were chiefly
instrumental in securing the order from
the court, and assisted Mr.. Whiting in
escorting his wife to their home.
Mrs. Whiting, neatly attired, with a
trim, snowy white apron to protect her
frock, was going about her household
duties in her tidy little apartment in
the Winona yesterday afternoon. She
announced her intention of remaining
within her own home now with no
thought Of another situation, since she
may have the pleasure Of her baby's
company.
The apartment was neat and showed
an evident effort at establishing a
homelike atmosphere. Pictures cut
from magazines adorned the walls, and
the table showed few books and more
p1Z ZiTns x1rb4I rrYIV
the open door revealed an orderly,
clean little kitchen.
Mrs. Whiting admitted that she was
not compelled to go to work through
any need Of the necessities of life. Her
husband provided home for and sup
piled her with all the money he could
spare. But the long days in the lonely
roomsr with her babe where she could
not see it, impelled her to do some
thing to keep unpleasant thoughts out
of her mind.
ADMITS HER GUILT
She secured a position in the store.
Her arrest on a charge Of having taken
goods valued at $26.04 followed She
frankly admitted her guilt and was
sentenced to pay a fine of $50 or serve
fifty days in Jail. She could not nav.
and was sent to jail Monday
THE girl cried and cried when she
came IN here,' said MatrOn Gilbert of
the city Jail. "She told me her story
and 1 believed her. for she is a good
girl, and 1 made up my mind to help
her If 1 could. She would cry for her
baby hour after hour, and it almost
made by heart break to see the girl
suffer the way she did.
Several days ago she was visited by
women of the ladies' auxiliary of the
Order Of Railroad Conductors They
pledged themselves to give her their
support in attempting to secure her
freedom. Police Judge williams was
consulted in the matter and he told us
to investigate and If thought she was
deserving Of a chance he would grant
it,"
The girl was taken into court yester-
day morning. Pale and emaciated. she
leaned on the bar in the police court
with tear-stained eyes and wept bit
terly as the judge admonished her
never to appear In court again on a
similar charge.