The Washington herald., 1916-09-18

he said. he went to % Grant place north
west early in the evening, and found the
woman sitting on the front steps, hold
ing her baby and surrounded by her lug
gage. She told him, Riley asserted, that
her husband had a tent in the woods and
rthat she was going out to meet him.
Riley took all the luggage he could
carry and the woman took up the rest,
still carrying the baby They boarded
car and rode to the northern terminal
| of the Mount Pleasant line. There they
left the car and struck through the woods.
As near as Riley could estimate, they
finally stopped at a point about one and
a half miles due north of the end Of
the Mount Pleasant car line in what is
known as Blagdon's woods.
Here the woman halted and sat down.
She paid Riley 40 cents and, according to
his statement, said: I'm going over here
a bit and kill the baby and then I'm 60
ing over to meet my husband" Riley
lost no time in getting back to the city
and went direct to police headuarters.
The woman told a story stranger in
! some respects than Riley's. She said she
! is COrinne Waring, 10 years old. and of
a wealthy Virginia family that once was
well known. She said she inherited for
tune and welded. Her husband died
and with the money not spent, she mar
ried again. She declared her second hus-
, band left her
I'm not married now" the woman
said
The woman said her baby is named
Dorothy. She gave the childs age as
eighteen months The baby was only
! thinly clad. After giving these facts, the
woman declined to talk more and said she
| wanted to go to bed. She was taken to
the House Of Detention, with the child.
The woman was charged with being
drunk and will be arraIgned in Police
| Court this morning The Board of Chill
! dren's Guardians will be asked to investi-
gate the case.
Big baggage Collection.
| The collection of baggage owned by the
woman was stacked in police headquar-
/ ters last night Among her effects was
an old Bible. with the name Cadet - L.
| Tunstall July, 1861" pressed in the cover.
/ On the fy-leaf was written:
! Never marry but for love, but see that
| thou-only which Is lovely
| The full list of baggage follows A
number of plates, a bundle of blankets,
some Bingham dresses. two market bas-
kets an umbrella, some canned corn. two
cups, an empty bottle, a tin of sardines,
a tin box containing bread coffet and the
Bible; another tin box with an alarm
clock in it; a wash basin mirror, a
DeASS . pau n N4llI, SOillS lOyS ana DOL
! tie of mustard.
One of the roomers at the Grant street
/ house said to a representative of The
! Washington Herald: The woman had
been living here for ABOUT a month under
! the name of Mrs. Brennan During this
time the only person who visited her was
man whom she called Mr. Brennan, and
whom she claimed was her husband.
While no one here knows anything of
her past, she claimed to have come from
Virginia originally and said she is a for
mer society belle. She claims she is an
accomplished musician, having been edu-
! Gated abroad. She also states that she
has inherited a fortune. all of which has
beer spent.
while it was known in the house that
she was addicted to drink her treatment
of the child was above criticism, and
no one has ever heard her make any
threats toward 1t. Honey Cakes was
the name she usually gave the child
when she went out yesterday evening
she left word that she was going to see
her husband"