The New York herald., 1922-10-02
KIDNAPPED VOTH BABY
IS FOUND IN HALLWAY
Mother Grabs Child, Gone
Since Wednesday, and Finds
1t Unharmed.
NO CLUE TO THE THIEF
Police Believe a Woman Took
Little One and Then Got
Frightened.
NO CLUE TO THE THIEF

Mildred Noth, the three months old
baby who was stolen Wednesday after
noon from in front of a store in West
125th street. was found last night on
the ground floor OF the five story tene-
ment house at IS West Tooth street,
between Central Park West and CO.
lumbus avenue. She was wearing the
same white dress she had on when
kidnapped, and she had not been in
Jured
George Burns, janitor of the build
ing. who had just come down stairs
after making his rounds to put out the
lights, heard baby crying and stopped
to pick it up. He did not recognize it
as belonging to any OF the tenants, and
he Immediately thought it might be
the Noth baby. He took the child to
Patrolman Percival Bolger, who was
standing at Central Park West, and
together they went to the West Tooth
street station, where identification was
made certain and the baby was re-
turned later to her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. julius voth of 3o7 West 11sth
street.
Detectives said last night that the
finding of the baby in good condition
confirmed their previous belief that she
was stolen by woman with an abnor-
mally developed maternal instinct. This
woman. they believe. kept the baby as
long as she dared, taking good care Of it,
and then either became frightened or
moved by the suffering Of the bsby's
parents, decided to abandon the child.
Csrrfnge Pound on Friday.
The carriage In which the child was
Kidnapped was found Friday night in
front of 16S5 Madison avenue, between
l0eth and 10th streets. Since then, al
though detectives had been running
down scores of tips, they had not had
any definite Information on which 10
work.
When Burns, the janitor. showed the
baby to Patrolmsn Bolser last night the
latter agreed that II fitted exactly the
description Of the missing Voth child.
Bolger took charge OF the baby, which
caught hold OF his right thumb and re-
fused to let go. Detective John Morrell
of the West Tooth street station COM
municated with the West 1880 street
station and Sergeant Lewis Hyams. with
Detectives Edward Gompers and John II.
Bent got into an automobile and started.
But the first they went by the home OF
e111 L. tr, 20 Cfta1f 1fro n
baby.
Don't tell my vile now" pleaded
Voth. "She is very III. and IL you told
her. and II turned out 10 be another
baby IL might Kill her
But as soon as Noth entered tho
back room of the West Tooth street sta
ton, where the baby was sitting on 9
table looking around at a circle OF
policemen. and holding tight TO Bolger's
thumb. he cried out: Good God, that's
my baby" He smothered her with
kisses and wanted TO drag her away at
once to his wife.
Catches Up Lost Baby.
Then they all went back TO the Notli
home in West 109th street TO get Mrs
Minnie Voth. They did not tell her
that they had found her baby. merely
tlsat they wanted neT 10 lOOh AT VIZ
but when che got to the station she
caught the child up in her arms and
refused to let 20 OF IL.
The baby was tsksn back TO the West
123d street station 10 clear ND the
records and then was returned 10 the
Voth home Detectives Immediately be
gan a search of the neighborhood for a
woman who might have stolen and
abandoned the child. Burns, the jsnitor
said that whoever left II in the hallway
must have deposited It and departed
quickly. for he had gone upstairs onlS
about ten minutes.
Mrs. voth. with the baby safely home
again, said
II can't tell you how thankful ] an
TO the policemen and newspapers Tor
helping me get my baby back. Police
men and newspapers are alike In that
respective don't know how valuable
they are until we need them. And I'm
go glad to get little Mildred back that
II doesn't matter much TO me whether
they find the woman who stole her.
YES, il must have been n woman
The dress is the same the baby wore
last Wednesday, and she has been cared
for perfectly so far as ! can tell 80
II probably was some poor woman VINO
was lonely or something and wanted a
babv TO play with for a few days.
"But think. now. that III never leave
her alone in a baby carriage, even for
minute