The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-22
Identity of Abandoned Baby
Kept From the Public.
Larimer Knows All Facts in the
Case Now.
MOTHER NOT A TOPEkAN
That Is Report in Circulation
at Court House Today.
Good People Give the Little
Founding Many Clothes.

In spite of the hundreds of inquir
les being made daily about the aban-
doned- baby found on the Silver Lake
road Wednesday afternoon, Hugh
Larimer. sheriff who says he knows
all the facts, maintains silence.
Not a thing new in the case" he
said today.
He saws he knows all the facts
which would mean that he knows the
identity of the mother. the identity of
the father, the identity of the person
or persons who left the child at the
side of the road, the reason for the
abandonment and the answer to any
other question that might be raised.
But he. isn't telling. Everyone at
the courthouse is specializing and
forming theories The visits to the
sheriffs residence by men and wo-
men who want to see the little girl
continue Mrs. Larimer. who has a
household to look after, requested to-
day that people be notified that they
will be able to see the baby only be-
tween the hours of two and four
o'clock.
Larimer has stated that he will give
UP none of the facts in his possession
until he has thoroughly investigated
the case and is ready to place every
fact before the probate judge at one
time.
Mother Not Topekan?
Three other people are said to know
the facts and gradually information.
said to be facts is leaking out. 1t
was stated at the courthouse today by
an official that the mother of the
! child is not a Topekan, that she is an
unmarried girl and that the father is
a married man, the father of several
| children.
Matrons who have examined the
baby girl say she is two weeks old,
| possibly two weeks and two days.
Contrary to the rule this little girl
| does not have merely a little mob of
| flesh for a nose. She has a perfectly
formed nose of shape any grown
woman would like to see in a mirror.
When final disposition is made of
the child it will have a wardrobe suf-
ficient to last for months. Motherly
women over Topeka have deluged
Mrs. Larimer with baby clothing,
ranging from bootees to lace caps
| Miss Kate King furnished a big
supply of clothing. Miss King also
stated that she stands ready at any
time to file complaint that will start
| legal proceedings.
| Just what county officers are go
ing to do has not been made clear
Child abandonment under one statute
is merely misdemeanor, but under
another, which Robert Carver says
will apply to this case, it is a felony
punishable by a term in the peni-
Tertiary.
Carver Makes Statement.
i Il don't know anything about the
| facts in the case. 1 haven't beer
told" said Carver, but the mere fac
that, the child was abandoned by the
side of the road makes those impli
Gated guilty of a felony, in my
opinion"
From somewhere has come tn,
story that the mother or a friend O.
the mother was never far from tn,
child from the moment it was placed
by the roadside until it was founC
by Mrs. William Roller. If that wer,
true there might be difficulty in prov
ing intent to abandon. Mr.. Lari
mer may know whether or not tina
is true.
, There is intense feeling over tn
matter in a lot of Topeka homes an,
unless something mitigating appears
in the apparent offense, it will be diff
ficult to avoid prosecution since i
| is admitted that all the facts an,
those guilty are known