The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1916-12-19

No Ono Paid Any Attention To
Us and I Gould Not Board
Baby" Says Mother
Abandoned on the coolest night Of
the year. in an apple box left on tho
back porch Of the George Will resi-.
dence, 3zl Third street, when thermo-
meters in the city were registering 80
below, was the fate OF three weeks
old infant boy last night. ~.
A sharp knock on the kitchen door
caused MI. Will to leave the sitting
room in his home. As he opened the
door q gurgle came from an infant
swathed In two large blankets, two
dresses, two hoods and other gar
ments to protect it from the coolest
wave Of the year.
Mother Sees Light Turned On.
Pausing outside Of the Will resi-
dence we're Mrs. Helen Ward, q years
old, mother of the infant, and Mrs.
Margaret Garman. IS years old, a sis
ter. A soft glow in the little hallway
Of the home caused them to abandon
the child at this particular place.
They waited outside until light was
turned on in the kitchen, and when
baby was taken inside, a dash was
made for the downtown district. The
child was safe.
Two hours after the desertion, in a
local hotel, Night Captain Chris Mar
tineson Of the police force. and Ohacer
John Huber made the arrest Of the
two women as they were about to re-
tire for the night. To tho night cap.
tain the confession was made. The
two women We're taken to the county
jail. ii,
Infant Taken to Hospital.
Night captain sMartines0n, notified
Of the desertion by Mr.. Will ordered
the infant taken to the Bismarck hos.
pital. Two hours were then spent 81
giving the city q combing for the
mother. It WIS not until midnight
that her room was located. When
she will be arraigned to answer to the
charge Of baby abandonment could not
be stated by, officials at the court
house this morniAg. ,es,,,s ,...,.,
Il couldn't, 80 to work and have .
baby to care for" was the explanation
the mother gave lin her cell in the
county Jail this, morning. 81 tried to
hoard him out, but, no one paid any at
tention to the baby or myself" As
she spoke she tried to stifle her tears
with a damp handkerchief but it was
to no avail. .-..
Sister Drops the Baby.
Helen didn't place the baby on the
doorstep" spoke up the sister. Il did
it. Helen said she just couldn't do
it," With that statement came a
story from Mrs. Margaret German.
how she has cared for her younger
sister since she was taken i'll. The
baby, 1 bright blue.eyed little boy who
has hts mama's eyes, will be four
weeks old this coming Sunday.
I'VE named him. Paul Raymond"
said the sister, 'but he has not been
christened." She told, that the child
was born in maternity home owned
by Mrs. H. Rice, 121 Thirteenth street
south, Fargo, on the 24th Of Novem.
Der. H.
Father Killed Near Dickinson.
According to the story told to on
Gals at the Jail, the father Of the child,
John Ward, was killed while riding a
br0nchO near Dickinson about six
months ago. He was employed as
foreman on 4 farm six miles north Of
that city.
Mrs. Helen Ward, the mother, was
taken to the maternity hospital in
Fargo about four weeks ago, the ex-
penses being paid by her sister, Mar.
garet, who for the past summer has
been working as q waitress in several
restaurants in Bismarck. Both ad'
nitted they were about penniless.
Came Here 4 Week Ago.
With the baby, the two sisters came
to Bismarck week ago tonight, at
midnight, and took rooms in one OF
the leading hotels. Efforts were made
to find some one to adopt the child.
A hospital was visited to learn the
cost of taking care Of the child but a
SIS deposit was asked and this was
more than the meagre earnings of the
two could afford. There was but one
alternative. That was to abandon the
infant.
Early last evening they snugly
wrapped the little one in the warmest
clothes they had, passed through the
brilliantly lighted lobby Of the hotel,
and stepped outside into the subzero
temperature. Back of grocery store
they found an apple box. Into this
cradle" the little one was placed.
Passed Np Many Houses.
According to the sister of the moth
er, they wandered through the resi-
dence district. A soft glow Of light
in a certain house on Third street
brought the idea to them that such
a place would make an ideal home for
- the tot. They didn't know who lived
there but the place looked home-like.
Mrs. Garman took the infant, hurried
to the back steps, and gave a sharp
rap on the screen door, which she said
was covered with tar paper. From
outside they watched. 1t was not long
until light was seen in the kitchen.
A man turned it on. Still they linger-
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