The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-07-12
ABANDONED CHILD !.
MYSTERY SOLVED
Mrs. Hazel (Thompson)
Stewart Pleads Guilty
Here Today
SENTENCE DEFERRED
TO NEXT MONDAY
Baby Born in Northampton Hospital
Brought Here Saturday and Taken
by Mother to Home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Baker Wednesday Night.

After returning from Guilford yester-
day States Attorney w. r. Daley and
Deputy Sheriff Fred Cressy continued
their investigation of the mystery of the
infant left on the front veranda at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jason L. Baker,
with the result that shortly after 6
o'clock last evening Deputy Sheriff
Cressy placed under arrest Mrs. Hazel
tThompsonl Stewart just as she passed
the Tucker livery stable ON Flat street.
Mrs. Stewart was taken to the home
of w. w. Blaisdell of Guilford, overseer
of the poor for that town, where the
baby is being kept until further arrange
ments are made. She there confessed
that the baby boy was hers, and to the
officers she confessed that she left him
on the veranda at the Baker home.
In the municipal court this morning
| Mrs. Stewart asked that counsel be as
signed her and Acting Judge Clarence NJ.
| Miller assigned Attorney John f. Gale
of Guilford to defend her.
Attorney Gale and States Attorney
Daley conferred with each other, also
with Mrs Stewart, and finally the re-
spondent was arraigned on the charge of
abandoning and exposing her son, Fran
| els Stewart, three weeks old, III manner
to endanger his life.
To this complaint Mrs. Stewart plead
ed guilty. States Attorney Daley then
made statement to the court, to the
effect that the baby was born in hospi-
| oil IN Mort hYs 4fkefs8 Mass Inn 81 that
he was brought to Brattleboro last Sat
urday and was taken Sunday to the
home of Mrs. Charles Laduke of Pros
pect street and that on Wednesday eve
ming about o'clock Mrs. Stewart hired a
team at fuckers stable and told Mrs
Laduke she was going with the baby to
IGreen River, whereupon she drove away
with the child.
Mr. Daley said the mother had not
told an entirely satisfactory story
whereupon Attorney Gale stated to Mr.
Daley that she had changed her story il
some particulars. which led to another
conference between them. After thai
Mr. Daley asked that the case be contin
ued for sentence to next Monday at II
o'clock and that bail be fixed at $500
which was agreeable to the court ant
was so ordered.
Mrs. Stewart was remanded to th
custody of Deputy Sheriff Cressy, whil
her brother started out to attempt Il
secure bail for her.
While the officials were working ol
the case yesterday it was learned a
fuckers stable that woman hired
team there to go to Green River. TIL
description answered that of Mrs. Stew
art, who has been employed, in a loca
= restaurant and whose home is in Wealth
2 erhead Hollow in Guilford.
; The trail led to the home of Mrs. La
> duke, who told of giving Mrs. Stewar
; some of the clothing found with tn
;, baby 1t was learned also that Mr.
J. Stewart had bought a ticket for Below
; Falls. The 6 o'clock train northboun
;, Twas watched and after it had gon
; Messrs. Daley and Cressy made an il
}, quiry at the ticket office While the
D were there young woman came to II
7 ticket window to redeem ticket to Be
y lows Falls, saying she had decided nj
to go.
Deputy Sheriff Cressy followed h,
and as she passed the stable Sheri
Frank Wellman, who knew her, pass,
. the word to Mr.. Cressy, who took h
~ into custody. On returning from Il
Blaisdell home in Guilford Mrs. Stewa
was taken to the village lookup, whe
to she remained over night.
Mrs Stewart is daughter of Mr.. al
Mrs Fred Thompson of Weatherhei
Hollow and is % years old. She secur
= divorce last year. She stated previo
II ha to the hearing that she had been fooli
~ and that if she ever got out of this afft
= she never would get into another one.
- The statute under which the complai
od was drawn provides for a prison term
10 years or fine of 81 900, or bo
!, Mitigating circumstances, howev
oL might lead to a suspension of prison tel