Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-17
.BABys MYSTERY CLEARED
Dos Moines Woman confsssss TO
Abandonment Of Adopted 6abe--says
She Supposed Infant Would Be
Found Before u Died.

Found Before u Died.
Des lMoines. May 17.-The mystery
of the basket baby. whose body was
found April on the southeast street
dump was cleared up yesterday after
noon following the arrest and confess
sion Of Mrs Allie Haradon, South
East Ninth street and Section avenue.
The woman was arrested at her
home by Detectives Petit and Trimble.
who have been working on the case
ever since Ben Dudi and his wife, Mrs.
Anna Dudi, suspected Of having muir
dered their baby, were released from
Jail.
Mrs. Haradon made complete con-
fession, She told the police she was
responsible for the death Of the child.
whose body was kept for three weeks
In the coroner's office while a search
was being made for the parents.
Left Nursing Bottle.
The baby was adopted from the home
of Ernest and Emma Christmann. OF
Bagley, Iowa, March 6. Mrs. Haradon
said she brought it straight to her
home in Des Moines. w. w. Garadon,
I, her husband, said the baby remained
in his house only one day and night.
The, woman took the child away the
next day. She did not say anything
about what disposition she had made
Of it until after she was arrested,
u then took 1t to a shed near the
Salvation Army home. When left
it was nursing the bottle. ! supposed
the Salvation Army people would find
the baby and give it home. When
my husband came home from work
told him / had given the child away.
He asked me what name ] gave the
people. l told him l did not give any
name. I aban doned the baby March 7
and have not seen it since. H.
Woman Conscience Stricken =
About April my husband told me
that some man had found babylon the
dump. l made up my mind 1t was the
baby ! had abandoned. / read nearly
all the articles in the paper about Ben
Dudi and his wife being arrested for
killing this baby. / thought at the
time should give myself up and stand
punishment for what / had done, but on
laccount OF my husband, parents and
little boy / could not do it. want to
say. too. that since / abandoned the
child I have been able to sleep but
little. Ny husband had nothing to do
with the childs death.
Il want to say that the piece Of
goods ! saw in the detectives office
looks like the same which wrapped
the baby in when put it In the
basket"
Il supposed my wife had given the
baby away" said ". w. Haradon, land
dismissed the. matter from my mind
Not until today did l dream that she
had abandoned the child"
Tells Husband Of Confession.
Il have made a clean breast Of the
whole affair" Mrs. Haradon told her
husband when he called on her at the
city Jail last night. II killed the baby
and want to take my punishment"
Mrs. .Haradon advertised last Feb
rnarv for baby girl. A short while az
teTwards she received reply from AIRS.
Ernest Christman. Of Bagley, Offer
ing to give away her child. Mrs. Hara-
don called and took the child away
March s.. Haradon declared that he
and his wife decided after she had
brought the baby to their home tia I
they could not raise her conveniently
and 1t was decided TO give her away. 4