Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-11-27
PRETTY BABY BOY,
OF TWO MONTHS,
LEFT ON DOORSTEP
Found, Abandoned BY Its Mother
Near Midnight, At East
port Home
LEFT ON GROUND;
NEARLY FROZEN
Footprints OF Woman And Man
Traced Some Distance From
The House

What promises 10 furnlSn unusudi
work for some detective mind in find
ing the man and woman who deserted
an infant at an hour near midnight,
has developed from the finding OF
deserted baby at Eastport at quarter
of eleven last night.
The S. p. c. A. might get in some
good work in tracing the people whose
cruelty to an infant is wanton. A lit
tie two and half months old beauti-
ful blue-eyed baby boy was left on the
hard, frozen ground, outside the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Hambruch,
near the Primrose estate, off the Bay
Ridge Road from Eastport. The child
was clad in a Teddy bear blanket. A
milk bottle, empty, when the infant
was discovered, was a part of this lit
tie package.
Mrs. Hambruch had gone on the
back porch to hang up towel, when
she heard a cry Then she heard it
again and noticed a white bundle on
the ground at the foot of the porch
steps at the side of the house. She
saw little hand come out of the
white bundle and. called to her hus-
band to come down stairs, that baby
was on the ground there. He doubted
her at first. but was persuaded and
came, picking up the bundle and bring
ing it into the house. The baby was
nearly frozen. 1t was given warm
milk and cared for and later the Ma
ternity Nurse of Eastport, Mrs. Stew
art, was summoned and told of the oc-
currence.
Mrs. Stewart came over to the Ham
bruchs and has charge of the baby to-
day, as Mrs. Hambruch is obliged to
come to Annapolis and assist her hus-
band in the flower store on Main
street.
Mrs. Stewart says the child is well
developed and has no marks about its
body 1t seems in perfect health. She
gave it a bath and found some of its
clothing quite soiled. AS Mrs. Stewart
is familiar with the Eastport babies,
being a maternity nurse and attending
most of the mothers there, she says
she feels confident this is not an East
port baby She does not believe it is
an Annapolis baby, but that it was
brought here by some woman and man,
either from Baltimore or Washington.
The tracks of footprints of man and
woman, were traced some distance
from the house. The woman wore a
pointed shoe and had a small foot.
The footprints led from the Griscom
residence, nearby, to the estate of the
late Judge Brashears, then they were
lost They indicated the woman had
turned several times as though to see
if she were watched.
1t is positively known that the baby
could not have been placed there
longer than twenty minutes before be-
ing discovered, as Mrs Hambruch
went to the porch door twice in that
time. She had been dressing a sore
arm Of her husband and went to throw
out the water the first time, and the
last to hang up the towel
1t is supposed that the light in the
Hambruch home was the only one
about at that hour as they were up
late on account of baking, and prepar-
ing for Thanksgiving for they had to
come to town today with flowers, Mr..
Hambruch being a florist
Mr. and Mrs. Hambruch have two
children of their own and they say
they cannot take this one, although
they will care for it until a home can
be found or it can be placed in an in
stitution. The matter has been pre-
sented to the County Health officer
and the police authorities for investi-
cation.