The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-11-14
MYSTERY ENVELOPES
FINDING OF Child
Girl Baby Found in Negro Home by
Detectives Thought TO be a White
ChIld-OctorOOn Claims Her.
RICH MONn VA Cuoc;

Il Y IL MONO, NAs-Speclal.-
Considerable mystery seems TO
surround the finding OF a little
yellow-haired girl baby living
with "A negro family on Elm Street
in Fulton, and, though the police
have begun a searching investiga-
lion OF the case, they have not
been able TO positively learn
whether the child Is white or an
unusually light-coIored negro.
Detective Sergeant Jack Wilt
shire looked into the matter some-
time ago. He was told by negroes
in the house that the child was
colored.
Thursd0y morning Detective Ser.
geant Louis kellaIn was assigned
10 the case by Captain of Detec-
yves Mcmahon and Immediately
went TO Elm Street TO personally
interview the negroes who claim
the child
The negroes live at los North
Kim Street. Their house Is little
more than a shack. An elderly
negro woman and her three grown
daughters live there. The child
In question Is claimed by one of
theSe daughters, who saws IL As
her own child.
Maria Siade is the name given
- 'C ny ttic Oluer woman.
she Is a dark muIattO. She de-
ciares that the father of her
three daughters was "A white man.
now dead She refused tO ~
Vulge his name.
One of these daughters. Edna
Shade, nineteen years old, a quad
room, Is very light and has
straight, coarse hair. She claims
10 De the mother of the Yellow
Fne Ntw II,
years old, and who il called Jua-
nita,
1h1S Child has almost every In.
dicatlon of being of pure white
Diood, and If 1t can be shown that
the child Il white. IL will. OF
course, be taken from the me-
grces and placed in some home
where IL can be raised I'm the
proper surroundings.
ire child has long yellow hair.
OctoroonS not infrequentIy have
red hair. The hair of this habv
however, Is golden yellow. very
hne and with slight wave The
nose while not yet PERFECTLY
formed, the child being so youn@
does not seem TO have the broad
hatheSS Characteristic of the negro
race. The eyes are hazel. The
skin is much whittier than that of
cIiIIureh known 20 be of white
parentage.
IL appears, however, that tho
cartilage at the tip of the nose of
white preSon Is split, and this
can De felt with the finger. The
nose OF the little girl was ex-
zlIn1ned. 1t was seen that the
carthage was split, though the
spit was not very noticeable. II
!, child Is OF white parentage
II Is possible that the nose, being
Yet not entirely formed. and The
cartilage being still very soft
would not show the divided tin as
IN older thiidren or grown neonIa
Edna SIade declared to the defec-
i've that white man was fhe
, ,a or the child: The woman
ind says the child was born fben
Doctor, according TO the wOma1'
the father of the child.
Inc tIe Stri seemed TO be per-
Getty happy I'm her SurrOundInns
ne was dressed In a ragged blue
neehed dress. and wore Whit
oeks and shoes, which when new.
ne was Very dirty, and when fIse
etSsaINe Ient the house was lying
~ she noor of slOyenIy room
s asnn'nE corn yyhiskey teddy
er mother had given her.
~ Yet all the eVidenee the police
ave - the statemcNt OF Edna
snde' which IA substn,ffiated by the
.cman'n mother. BcNh seem TO be
cry proud OF the b&by's fair skIn
nd golden hnir.
ress.h sslS;s.ely sssstIoned by
t1a SHADE and Her mofher--nosI-
teiy refuaeG TO &fre the nnn,e Of
- .Httf Nirl's fatr er, and because
t.<,r W9steriY Teticence some
white ana a. o. Salged nv an
tkroes becansf .nfs Do ros
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