Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-16
ABANDONED BABY
FINDS A MOTHER.
HOW RABERo CAME TO ADOPT
THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR IN
FAINT FOUND IN CAR.

The story OF the finding and subso
quent adoption of the wee small mist
that Is to be reared by Mr.. and Mrs
w. #. Raber Of Pueblo, which wa
mentioned few days ago In the dis
patches, Is told more detailed In the
following from Denver paper:
Deserted by its parents, . tvo-weeks
old baby girl was found IN the real
coach Of passenger train No. 1e Of the
Denver & Rio Grande railroad, bring
ing the Pueblo knights to Denver,
shortly after the train left Colorado
Springs at 10 o'clock. Moved to pity
for the little one, MrA w. p. Raber,
OF Pueblo, wife Of tho general man
ager Of the Arkansas Valley Railway,
Light & Power Co.. passenger on the
train, took charge OF tho child. She
brought It to Denver and L. caring Sol
1t now.
II DR.. H. W. Corwin OF Pueblo, Mrs.
Raber's physician, pronounoss the
child in good health Mrs. Raber will
probably adopt her. Should the physt
clan find that the ch1ld's health ID NOT
the best, Mrs. Raber Will place her In
public institution and look after hei
education.
Board rratn at Colorado Syringe.
A man and a woman who boarded
the train at Colorado Springs art
known to have abandoned the child,
They were seen by Mrs. Raber and 1
number Of other passengers as they
were seated on a bench on the dep0,
platform and later a. they, the youna
woman carrying the baby In her arms,
entered the coach in which the baby
was found.
II noticed the man and woman par
ticularly," said Mrs. Raber. when
say woman, do not speak correctly,
for she was q mere slip Of girl. hard
~ more than 16 years old. She wore
short dress Of knee length. The
dress was Of lavender color and badly
faded. can hrdly believe tina. shl
was the baby's mother. The man
wore Norfolk suit Of gray material
His face was covered with q black
beard.
THE baby was found by a woman
who had occupied the rear seat in the
coach on the way from Pueblo. Shs
called my attention to the child and
asked me to care for 1t, because she
had two children of her own. I felt
sorry for the little one, and took 1t.
Il believe the little one was 'doped
by it's unnatural parents before it waa
put on the train. It lay most Of the
time as II in stupor. 1t hardly ever
been given some drug to keep 1t quiet
Note Pinned on 6aby's Clothes.
Pinned on the baby's clothes was Z
picture postal card, on the margin Of
which was written the following:
Name, Georgia Mabel J. II living al
age of 5, advertise In The Denver Post
$500 reward"
On the seat by the side of the baby
was found a small grip containing
some baby clothes and bottle Of
milk, and bottle of lime water put up
by A. c. johnson, a druggist Of Mt
Vernon, Ill. Fastened to the grip waa
a railroad check OF the Rock Island
railroad. From ithis it Is believed that
the child's parents came to Colorado
over the Rock Island, probably from
Mt. Vernon. The police Will make In
quiry In Mt Vernon In an effort ia
establish the baby's identity.
Mrs. Raber and the baby are at the
fremont hotel, Sixteenth and fremont
streets, and will remain there until
after the conclave. No matter what
the finding of the physician, the foster.
mother will take the child to Pueblo
with her and see that it gets the
proper care.
Mrs. Raber has no children Of her
own and says that nothing would
please her more than to take chargaI
Of the little one and rails her as FIJI
she were her own child.
concIave Baby Born In Illinois?
Mt. Vernon, H., Aug. 15.-The baby
found on knight Templar train in
Colorado, with no clew but a bottle Of
lime water with Mt Vernon drug
firm label to identify it, is believed to
be the baby born on Southern trainf
in Mt. Vernon on July 16. The womansi
to whom the child was born gave thes
name of Mrs. D. J. Jones, en- route
from North Carolina to Colorado, and
left here last Saturday for 1ndepend.
ence, Colo.