New-York tribune., 1918-02-04
Lillian Rosner Discovered
in Brooklyn Board
ing House
Couple Released
After Examination
Accused Woman Breaks
Down During Long
Police Quiz

Lllllan Rosncr. the three and a. half
Sear-old girl who disappeared from
near her home, at 81 Lcnox Avenue. OF
tuesday last. and for whom detective,
nave been searching sewers, snow
banks and crooks dens, was found vcs.
tcrday. She was ia q BOARDING house
at 1ol Bergen Street, Brooklyn, living
with q woman who gave her name as
Mrs. Sophie Berg, and who is nov
under arrest. charged with kidnapping
Mrs. Sidney c. lIrsch, of 81 West
l12th Street. and her husband were
'aAcn TO Police Headquarters late last
n'ght 10 be questioned concerning
A''ll"ns supposed abduction. Mrs
Hirsch. a neighbor Of the Rosners. has
Deen solcitous in her proffers of SYM
pathy since the little girls disappear
ahce and has called at the house many
times.
At Headquarters. in Deputy Commits
sioner Lahey's office, Mrs. Hirsch was
confronted with Mrs. Berg, the alleged
a,,bductor. who fatty accused Mrs.
h'rsch OF being her accomplicc.
One Woman Accuses Another
II could swear you arc the woman
H, %no ,old me TO take the child" said
Mrs. Berg. "Your clothes are difrcrcnt
to-day but it is the same face. You
are the woman"
This Mrs. Hirsch vigorously denied
s She said she had not seen Lillian for
TOUR months and that the charges made
Dy Mrs. Berg were a "put-un ioh y
doubtless the work of a woman Win
whom Mrs. Hirsch had recently had a
violent quarrel No charge was made
against Mrs. Hirsch or hor husband
but at midnight they were still being
quzzed '''e
Mrs. Hirsch tok the examination Of
i,er accuser. who was covering in her
chair, a picture OF abjcct terror. com
pletely out OF the hands OF the police
IN her eagcrness for vindication. She
speedily reduced Mrs. Berg to hystcria.
ana when her stories had become so
involved that there was no longer the
n,ht or any wrongdoing lingering upon
the skirts of Mrs. Hirsch, turned to
the ponce with triumphant gaze. They
silently opened the door and Mrs.
Hlrsch and her husband walked out
o. the building and out of the case.
MRS. Berg, however, had sunk from
her chair to the floor and was gaspinc
and screaming. 1t was necessary to
carry her out.
Girl Welcomed by Throng
a little after midnight this morning
Ll!Ilan was brought home in a kind OF
trlumphal progress. More than ono
thousand persons who had heard the
rumor that the little girl had been
found had stood for hours in the snow.
banks opposite the house in the base
ment ment Of which Lillian lived. Peeking
from behind the basement shades wore
Ll!lian's brother and sister.
:, Lillian arrived in state. There were
three Police Department automobiles.
carrying Lillian, her father and moth
ef. e.. inspector Faurot, Acting Captain
Mchenna: NC, Lieutenant Grant Williams
and eight or ten detectives. The IA.
hent throng in front of the house went
ITO .'. frenzy at sight of them. Men
Threw up their hats and cheercd ana
women joined in the cry.
AZ pressed forward regardless Of tho
ponce guard; each apparently desirous
OF Kissing the recovered child They
nustled the party about, crowdng on
their heels, and q few even gained
admission to the basement rooms.
where Lillian's. father, mother, grand,
mother and other relatives were press
ing kisses upon the reluctant hands
and coat hens Of the policemen.
1t was in Deputy Commissioner La
hey's Office that Lillian and her mother
Ietta Rosncr, were united All the
way down on the subway from 10th
Street Mrs. Rosner had been in state
OF ecstasy. She continually nudgcd the
smiled unrcstrainedly when they
turned toward her.
Confides in Subway Crowd
Her eXuberance attracted the atten-
ton Of her fellow passengers. and Mrs.
Rosner eagerly took them all into her
confidence.
"l've got my baby back" she cried.
Shes been away SO long and | thought
snc was dead. But she isn't. I'm
going to see her now!"
The whole car smiled with Mrs. Ros-
nor. When the local to which the
party had changed at Fourteenth Street
stopped at the Spring Street station
every one punctiliously stood back un-
til the beamng mother and her escort
had reached the platform. Mrs. Rosner
did not wait For her encourage. With
the speed of an athlete she dashed up
the subway stairs and started headlonc
down Centre Street toward Headquar-
tS1s. IlcCO1cSS ~ VIC lTcdCHSTOuS OOuC
Of snow and mud that covered sidewalk
and pavement.
Mother Outraces Detectives
Those who started with her painted
into Headquartcrs several minutes
after the door had slammed behind
the frantic woman.
The patrolman on duty in the hall
had not the slightest doubt of the idcn-
tity Of Mrs. Rosmer as she sped up the
broad marble stairway as though she
had wings.
Right straight up the stairs" he
said. pointing; "thc door right at the
head Of the first flight"
He started to show her the way, but
the men selected for his post are not
picked for their sprnting ability and
the door of Commissioner Lahey's Of
flee slammed while he was still putting
below the first turn.
Mother and Child Reunited
A little figure whose golden curls
crept out from beneath brown velvet
tuque that Lillian had not worn when