The Washington times., 1919-12-17

| ran away from her side and fell over
| board. Her mind is blank on the exact
! happenings of the half hour between,
the time she left the trolley car and 5
O'Clock, when she fell across the door
sill at the home of Benjamin Fox, on
South Cambridge avenue" said DR.
Souder when asked if he thought the
murder charge would stand.
The official statement followed a
long interview he had with the woman
in the hospital.
'Mrs. Blake brought up the kidnap-
Ing story again today" he said. "but
/ told her I would not discuss it with
her because 1t was untrue. She asked
me ii I thought II was a delusion and
when / replied in the affirmative she
replied, II guess 1t was. have had
them before II you say 1t is not
true, doctor, it must have been de-
1usion.'
Has Not Asked Fer Drug.
Asked whether he, believed Mrs.
Blake was drug addict, DR.. Souder
answered:
"Mrs. Blake has shown no symp-
toms OF being a confirmed user Of
drugs since she has been under OBJ
servation at the hospital. She has
regular user OF any form of narcotics
there would have been ready proof
In her actions"
DR.. Thomas Youngman, OF Ventnor,
who was called to attend the woman
when she was found at the Fox home
Friday night, said she was under the
influence of some drug, but he could
not say whether this might have been
from an overdose of medicine or not.
still Denies killing.
Continuing on his conversation with
Mrs. Blake. DR.. Souder said:
"She still denies she killed the boy
or was in any way responsible for his
Sdeath. Her new version Of the affair
is that she slipped on a board pave
ment and in falling struck her head.
Mrs. Blake is unable to say how long
she remained unconscious but that,
when she did revive she was panic
stricken because her child was miss
ing and that she ran to the nearest
house, the home Of Mr.. Fox.
Mrs. Blake told me that the board
pavement was slippery, but she could
not remember whether she was on
the boardwalk or one of fhe ap-
Noaches leading up from the side
walk All she appears to remember
il that when she fell the boy ran
away from her toward the Ventnor
pier She told me that he had habit
of running of impulsively. Mrs.
Blake related how he had slipped
away from her side recently white
they were on the steel pier here and
that he got out under the railing and
was caught just in time to prevent
him from falling overheard"
Ts Ask Abeut Lengpe-t Trip.
Police Chief Sprague has two
points that he wants Mrs. Blake to
explain. He has checked her move
ments just before the boys disap-
pearance and found that she. rode to
EonsTvri, uesolate section at this
time of the year. and tried to hire
rowboat. When none was available,
she then asked the trolley car con-
ductor to put her OF at the Steel Pier
street. Mr.. Sprague sees something
significant in this. To his mind 1t
shows that she either contemplated
taking the boy out in the inlet on
Longport and dropping him over
board, and when she found no boat
was to be had figured on throwing
him OF the Steel Pier. or that she In
tended to commit suicide. taking the
child with her. The police head can
ascribe no other reasons for her move
ments
DR.. Souder was accompanied in his
examination of the woman by DR..
John T. Beckwith, police surgeon
here, and DR.. Samuel Barbass, the
physician in charge Of the hospital
ward where Mrs. Blake is under po-
lice guard. They support his dag
nosis. DR.. Souder states that he has
made an investigation Of the woman's
history, discovered she has undergone
several severe operations, and that
her mental lapses were features of
her life for the past fifteen years.
The body Of the child will be taken
| to Baltimore today for burial.