The Washington times., 1920-06-28
WILL DO anything
TO GET HER BABY.
Mrs. Coughlin Says Money Is
Not Considered, and kidnap-
ers viii Be Spared.

W ~ SehS
certain that my baby Is alive, and IL
seems inhumsnly cruel for the person
who has him not to give him back to
me when my husband and i have
.i,S, shown We win do snythiX. Money
against our baby, and we renew our
promises to deal fairly with the per-
son who has little Blakeiy. IL only he
Is returned"
Mrs. George IL. Coughiin. mother
OF thirteen -months-old Blakely. who
was stolen from his crib in the nur-
sery at the Coughlin summer home
here on the night of June !. spoke
earnestly but tearfully today regard
ing her lost baby.
She had just returned from an au-
tomobile trip to Scranton, where she
went In hope that her baby had been
located In a hotel. As was the case
In a similar trip to the Pennsylvania
Hotel in New York. where a woman
and baby had been detained after be-
ing taken from a Hudson river boat.
the baby was not Blakely.
"The last month has been one long
nightmare" said Mrs. Coughlin. who
has lost fourteen pounds in weight
since the baby was stolen.
hAN ~ LIVED MODESILH.
"Some people do not seem'to un-
derstand that my baby was deliber-
atey stolen in the dead of night from
his crib. and that neither George ire
ferring to Mr.. CoughlinJ nor myself
have the slightest theory to explain
the crime. George has been success
full In business since being graduated
from Princeton. We. have a comfort
able home in De Kalb avenue, and
many have admired our suburban
home here in the hills. But we have
never lived like persons with great
wealth. We have only one automo'
bile. and never have kept more than
two servants, excepting when j need
ed extra help with the children.
Friends have suggested that
Blakely was stolen by some one who
had admired him and wanted baby.
| could understand that, as he Is as
handsome, good natured and lovable
as a baby can be but l cannot believe
that a person taking him through love
Of a baby would be so hard hearted
as to fail to have responded to our
appeals.
"Since Blakely was born / have
taken care OF >him almost entirely
myself. He has been the least trou-
BILE of any baby i know OF, and my
other two boys were good babies.
His body so perfect that when il be-
came necessary to give a detailed
description of Blakely there was moth
ing to say excepting that he Is alb
colutely without blemish. He cannot
walk, but he stands. and while stand
ing he points out his right foot. When
he cries. which is seldom, a little red
mark appears almost in the center
Of his forehead
THANKS FRIENDS.
"I cannot express enough thanks
to the good friends who have been
aiding us in our trouble. My husband
and his father know large num-
Der of men influential in govermen-
tai and railroad affairs and they have
been doing everything possible.
I'VE still have hopes that some
thing will develop. When the call
came to go to Scranton to try to
identify the baby noticed at a hotel
there, George was obliged to remain
at home as some matters were in
condition that might require his
immediate attention, so ] went with
friends. My hopes were not as
strong as the time the baby was
noticed on Hudson River boat.
Even my brother. after seeing the
baby believed he was Blakely. so
naturally Il was greatly excited.
when at first the woman having
the baby in Scranton refused to let
anyone see the child my expectations
began to rise, but am trying to keep
myself in hand and be a help and not
a hindrance in the search.
There is nothing more / can say.
All / can do Is to renew my appeal
to anyone who has my baby to let
me know at once. Some woman
must be caring for him, and IL she
will only let me know / can assure
her that her message will be treated
with strict confidence and that she
need not have any fear. / am willing
and ready to do anything to get the
baby"