The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-09-18
MOTHER WAS AMERICAN GIRL
Mrs. Luisa Giordano, italian Midwife,
Gives Police Complete Story of the
Young Mother Who Abandoned Babe
Two Hours After IL was Born.

The mystery of the missing young
mother, turned over to the police for
solution on Monday morning, is still
as deep as ever and although the po-
lice of the city spent all Monday af-
ternoon ard this morning continuing
the search for the young woman who
abandoned her new born babe, two
hours after it's birth, not single clew
to the identity of the young woman
has been secured and the police find
themselves baffled at every turn in an
effort to secure the solution of the
strange mystery. The young woman
seems to have gone as mysteriously as
she came and Chief O'Hare thinks
that it is possible that she managed to
get to the Northwestern depot and
left the city before The facts in the
case became known to any of the Of
fcials of the city. In the meantime
the little boy, nameless and forsaken,
by his natural parent, has found a
! temporary home with an italian family
on Jenne street where the mother is
sharing the nourishment intended for
her only little child only few days
older than the abandoned baby.
Mrs. Tulsa Giordano, the Italian
midwife, cleared her skirts of any
blame in the matter on Monday after
noon when she gave the visiting nurse
and the chief of police complete his
tory Of the case. Mrs. Giordano de-
clares that she sought to make re
port of the disappearance of the
mother Of the child within a few
minutes after she had disappeared and
this is entirely substituted by the
health department. office.
Just after five o'clock last Saturday
afternoon Mrs. Giordano called up the
health office and sought to tell the
visiting nurse about the baby and it's
missing mother. The visiting nurse did
not understand her fully but gathered
from what she said that the midwife
had a baby for adoption and she noti-
fed her thar she would look into the
matter on Monday morning. Mrs.
Giordano now declares that at the
time she sought to tell the officials that
the young mother of the child had dis
appeared Immediately after it's birth.
Her story is perfectly straight for
ward one. She declares that the
young woman who came to her home
to be confined was not an Italian
woman, but an American with slight
knowledge Of the Italian language.
She describes the woman as a blonde
seemingly twenty-five or three years
of age and decidedly pretty
The midwife stated to the police
that the young woman seemed to be
hysterical when she reached her house
and that she repeatedly refused to
divulge her name, insisting whenever
this question was put to her that she
was in too much pain to make any
statement. Mrs. Giordano declared to
Chief O'Hare that the young woman
left her home just after FIVE O'Clock
Saturday afternoon. At that time the
little baby had been washed and
dressed in suit Of baby clothes
furnished by the midwife and the
young mother had asked that it be
placed upon her arm. Mother and
babe both seemed to be sleeping and
Mrs. Giordano slipped out Of the house
and locked the door behind her and
went to nearby store to telephone to
the health department. She was not
absent from the house more than
fifteen minutes and when she return
ed the young mother had gone The
woman had carefully picked up all of
her clothing and other effects and
finding the door leading from the fat
locked she had made her way to the
basement Of the house and had gone
out through a basement door. She
left behind no message of any kind.
The baby was still sleeping peacefully
when Mrs. Giordano returned to her
rooms.
The midwife declared that she had
never seen the young woman before
and that no arrangement had been
made for her to come to the house.
She declared that she had been struck
by the beauty Of the young mother
and insisted that she would be able to
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