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The Washington herald., 1922-11-19

Further. lfr. McNsny held
this thing over my bead. And
every time . few pieces Of the
household bric4-brac would come
his way and I would threaten 10
leave. he'd say. Now you'd bet
ter be carsful-Iu fix you n you
leave me. Don't forget that you
haven't doils. but babies. That's
what everybody thinkA anyway
and you'n get into trouble n yvu
leave me- 80
TWINS HARD TO FIND.
Twins were 20 hard to set
finally conceived the idea Of
adopting them one af q time.
thought that we could say that
one baby was sick. hide one doll
and then return with a real live
baby. And then DO the same
With the other doll.
But babies are mighty scarce
= when you want them most
"As to the noises people heard.
and my nursing them. and the
blood Mrs. Griffiths. the nurse.
saw-why that was all i1nasinar
tion. II I wanted 10 have my
babies cry guess I could DO bet
ter than make just sort Of = tin
whistle kind of noise
The idea Of the disease from
which the 'twfns' suffered was
given to me by Cleora McNsily.
my husbands daughter : in law.
One day. while visiting me. she
asked me what was the trouble
with the twins. I said did not
know. She said I think they
/ must be. suffering from heart
disease. Lloyd dher husband
had a touch Of Il when he was
young
From then on the twins suf-
fered from heart disease
-I did send Mr.. McNaiiy to the
drug store one day when Mrs.
Griffith was present to buy some
nipples and bottles. We thought
that that would be very impres-
sive and convincing.
''Mr. McNally was getting un-
bearable, and here ] had those
dolls on my hands and no
babies in sight.
I'VE moved TO South Bend dur
ing the Summer because Dolly.
Mr.. McNally's daughter. was III
and she had a young child to care
for. Also. Mr.-McSally had quar-
relied with his superintendent. So
we just packed up and went
1T wasn't because we wanted
to get away from the dolls Oh.
they went right with us.
But they broke I'm the top
bureau drawer.
Well. it's over. left Mr.. Nc
NaIly September %. I didn't know
what he was going TO do.
didn't care. I only wanted to get
away from him and from his dolls.
so I was arrested for assault
when lashed him over the head
with the mop. and after for
murder
But now I am free. and the
Joke is still on Mr.. Mc,Sally.
But. really. he got all sorts Of
fun out of IL. He rocked the
babies. wheeled them around in
the baby buggy and fondled them.
What more could a man OF his
age want than doll babies?"
The Washington herald., 1922-11-19

I'm April I found out that the
children in the house were dolls
and told father so. He said
that he had known it for some
time. Then Hazel told US that
the children she had were Ill and
The Washington herald., 1922-11-19

MIS-. McNally, who ls shown at
the table with her counsel, the
second woman from the left I'm
the front row.
was III and decided that this was n
splendid opportunity to recuper-
ate. He was living ar West Ham
mond at that time. Five months
after entered his employ we were
married. That was on April %.
1921.
You see. Mr.. McNally was jeai-
GUS of his divorced wife. She had
remarked. borne two darling lit
tie boys and Frank wanted babies
TO match hers.
I'VE decided to adopt a patr
and palm them off as our own.
But he wanted to play the idea
further. You may be sure that
he wasn't going to miss a chance
OF his former wife not knowing
that he was 10 be a father again.
So we played the idea to the limit.
THE HOAX PLANNED.
I'VE thought that we'd get some
dolls. dress them up and palm
them off as babies until such time
as we could adopt a boy and girl
from some children's home of a
hospital.
1--WE decided TO have twins be-
cause we concluded that our story
of their being weak would sound
more logical.
81 could hide their faces be-
cause their eyes were weak. and
our story that they were under
weight would sound more plausi-
bic. for twins are usually not
very large.
ANNOUNCEMENTS BOUGHT.
''Mr. McNally bought some an
nouncements OF the birth of
babies. and one day. during one
Of our frequent family squabbles.
I threw them in the fire. Mr..
McNally put his hand in the stove
and pulled them out.
About the last part OF Novem-
Der ] went down TO a store with
Mrs. Lloyd McNally and we looked
at dolls. I went back two days
later and bought two bisque heads
Il think they cost about 81 each
and brought them home.
THE following day Mr.. McNally
bought a cut-glass bowl, so that
we could use the excelsior in which
it was delivered to stuff the bodies
of the dellies.
"Mr. McNally would sit and
read the evening paper while ]
sewed on the dolls. He wasn't
particular about their having
pretty clothes. but / insisted that
II we dressed them at all we'd
dress them very nicely.
'I made the body of the dolls.
and Mr.. McNally stuffed the arms
and legs on the ironing board in
the dining room. II he didn't do
II right I threw a mirror at him.
The baby hair we got by cutting
off some Of Mr.. McNally's dark
hair and pasting it on a gauze
foundation. We had a hard time
picking the gray hairs out Of the
black.
About the sth Of December
everything was ready. My hus-
hand went to work. 1 called that
day and told the superintendent to
send Mr.. McNally home at once.
"Our hoax was all ready. Ny
babies were tiny and / couldn't
possibly let anyone see them. The
sirksome thing about 1t was that I
had to stay in bed.
"All this time we were franti-
cally trying to locate some babies
to adopt.
I'VE heard Of twins-a boy and
giri-which were out for adoption
at DR.. Brinsy's Hospital an Chi.
cago). but by the time we got
there they were gone,
THE babies were becoming q
terrible. bother, was living In a
neighborhood with a lot OF old
married women and they insisted
on advising me as to the care Of
my children to make them grow.
They couldn't understand why
they remained the same siza
The Washington herald., 1922-11-19

II examined her only once.
There was no doubt Of her con-
dition at that time"
To the physician's statement
was added that Of Catherine Crit.
fith. the ssventeen-year-old daugh-
The Washington herald., 1922-11-19

DhDILo.
This testimony from Mrs. Mary
Griffiths in court was the strong
est Offered I'm support Of the
double murder charge. Mrs Grf-
fiths. here shown on the witness
stand, said she had seen the
young wife wiping the face Of
one Of the children"
ter Of the volunteer nurse. who
said:
II went swimming with Mrs.
McNally in the summer OF 1921
and then 1 learned that she was to
become a mother"
Mrs. McNally is twenty-six years
old, she says. although she looks
nearer nineteen. Her husband
says he is forty-four years old,
but he looks older, and his wife
insists that fifty-five is his real
age. She asserts that at the bot
tom OF the entire mystery is the
mans ambition to have children.
partly to crafty the masculine
vanity and party to spite" his
former wife.
But against this must be set the
statement Of Mrs. Hills. mother OF
Mrs. McNally. who declares that
the young wife always was eager
for maternity-so eager that it al
most was a mania with her. The
elder woman insists that it was her
daughters yearning for children
that led TO the deception. Here is
Mrs. Hills's explanation Of the
problem:
This is only what might have
been expected of Hazel by any one
who knew her. She always was
unmanageable, always reticent, al
ways Oriental. When she was
eleven we placed her in St. Mary's
Academy in Nauvoo. Ill. We could
not control her.
"When she was graduated she
was eighteen or nineteen, and she
Immediately married Frank Allan.
We thought then she would settle
down. for Raymond. her baby. was
born a year later: but Hazel did
not change. She came to Chicago.
became graduate nurse and
finally her husband divorced her
for desertion.
"As to the twins. they were q
boy and a girl. Lauren and Lau.
rene. I went to Hammond the
day, after they were born. but I
did not see them. Hazel told me
that they were wrapped up in
cotton wool, because they were SO
delicate and that no one could dis
turb them.
After that, from time to time,
she told me that they were in a
hospital for special treatment.
You must understand that Hazel
always was evasive and never to
be taken at her word. It is a
dreadful thing Tor a mother TO
say about her daughter. but she
has torn something from my heart
that never can be replaced, and
she viii have, to get out Of this
.scrape' a. best she can"
STORY OF THE MOTHER"
Here Is Hazel McNally's star.
Ting explanation OF the entire
affair-the story on which. In the
absence Of proof Of the infants
death, she won acquittal:
"In November, 1890, ! saw Mr.
McNally's advertisement in a Chi
oaso paper for a housekespsr.
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though he told me that he would
take care Of them If Hazel proved
a good wife. He already was TAX.
ing care Of Raymond. her seven
year-old son by q previous mar.
riaga
The Washington herald., 1922-11-19
Mrs. Hazel McNally
Is Freed of Charge
of Double Murder
When the State
Failed to Present a
Corpus Delicti."
The Couple Had
Been Apart.
HAMMOND. Ind. Nov. Is.
\ OLLOWING the ac-
! quittal of Mrs. Hazel
McNally on the

M G N a lily on the
charge of infanticide, new
developments are pending in
the now famous Doll-Baby
mystery, which is considered
still unsolved despite the
result of the trial.
Mrs. McNally met the ac-
cusation of double murder
brought by her husband by
asserting that she had never
borne babies and that the
children she was charged
with killing were really
dolls. Three witnesses, in
cluding her husband, a nurse
and a neighbor, testified
that they had seen and
heard the children.
The young &oman was ac-
quilted on the technical
point that the prosecution
had not brought forth a
corpus delicti that is,
could not prove by the
presentation of a body or
even fragments of a body
that either of the alleged
children had been slain.
Justice Henry C. Cleave-
lands remarkable ruling
was that the murder charge
could not stand, not because
there were no children as
Mrs. McNally asserted, but
because it had not been
shown that the children she
was said to have borne are
not alive now.
Frank McNally, husband
of the young woman, de-
clares that the investigation
lis not yet finished. Mrs.
McNally responds that she
will bring suit against him
for absolute divorce and for
false arrest. In the mean
time detectives and private
investigators are checking
up in an effort to adjust the
many contradictions that
still puzzle all who have fol-
lowed the extraordinary
case.
The charge Of murder was made
by McNally after,he and his wife
had parted He asserted that on
December s last twins were born
to her. She took the infants to
Chicago with her. He said he saw
the babies and was certain that
they were alive. Wehn Mrs. Nc
NaIly returned from Chicago. the
husband said in filing the charge.
she brought two dolls with her and
succeeded in palmiEg them off on
him as real children until he dis
The Washington herald., 1922-11-19
MOTHER ARRESTED.

On this statement Mrs. McNally.
who is pretty and in her twenties.
was arrested and held without bail
for trial. She protested that she
had not killed the children, be-
cause there had never been any
children. She insisted that she
was incapable Of bearing children,
because Of an operation and that
her husband knew II. AS to the
dolls she admitted that she had
deceived the neighbOrs with home
made manikins. but hat, she ex-
planned, was merely in order to
crafty her husbands desire for
children as far as possible
But Prosecutor Todd and the
police from the first believed the
charge might be true. The wo-
mans defense was so weird, the
man protested that she was falsi-
flying throughout. and there was
the testimony of neighbors, all Of
whom believed that the couple
were the parents of twins.
With spades and shovels the po-
lice made several excavations in
vacant lots near the Mentally home
In the belief that the infants
might have been buried after the
double staying. No indication OF
anything of the kind was found
Searches were made in other
quarters Of the city. The woman
was grilled for hours. Then came
the trial.
Despite tthe gravity Of the
charge, Mrs. McNally giggled and
smiled throughout the proceedings.
Even when the most hostile wit
nesses were testifying against her.
she seemed to regard the whole
proceeding as in the nature Of a
practical joke. and II the fear of
the death penalty ever entered her
heart. she showed no sign Of dread.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-27
CAMPFIRE TALKS
ENGAGE VETERANS
Aged Soldiers Take Rest After
Participating in Annual
Parade
MRS. KITCHENER TO SPEAK
By Associated Press

D"S Mcires. Ia. Sent. 27.--After to-
days greet annual parade vctrrans of
fhe Grand Army of tho Republic, who
are holding their fifty sixth annual en-
compment here. planned to take advan-
tace of an afternoon with no scheduled
activities to rest from the weariness of
the march. and Of two preceding days
Of unwonted liveliness.
NJ tho veterans. however, expected
20 be restored by tho relaxation in time
Cor participation in the annual camp
fire, TO be held tonight. Fast com.
manders and present officers of the G.
A. r.. State officials and others will
address the veterans.
General Lewis s. Pitcher. Of Brook
lyn. y. Y. commander in chief of the
Grand Army. will deliver his only ad-
dress to his command. which will be
heard by the public at tonisht's meet
ing. Iin will be followed by IIanford
MacNider. national commander, Of the
American LEGION. who participated
with him in the morning review.
S2ecial music for the occasion will
he furnished by the Ladies' Colonial
Glee Club, who will wear period cos
tunes.
While the veterans rest ring the
afternoon the allied organizations will
begin their business activities. and rit-
ualistic exercises Will be held by sew
era Of the orders
The Woman's Relief Corps. which
rrened its activities today with
breakfast honorIng the present and
past national presidents at national
headquarters. was addressed later In
the day by Mrs. Agnes II. Parker, of
Boston, national president. following
which fag presentations and memorial
services were held.
Ladies ct the Grand Army will open
their business session at . o'clock with
Mrs Anna NJ. Nitchener. of Philadel-
phia. presiding National officers will
be elected tomorrow. The Sons Of Vet
Grams also start their encanpment
business today. \ memorial service and
n reception To Commander in Chief
( Clifford Ireland. Of Washington. is
scheduled for the Sons of Veterans pro.
gram for tonight.
! The Sons Of Veterans auxiliary also
went into business sessions today and
/ will unite with the parent organization
| in it's other activities today.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-27
RUSSIAN OPERA COMPANY
GIVES BORIS GODUNOFF'
Moussorssky's Opera Well Pre-.
ser.ed BY Strono Cast

The presentation Of the title role hy
NicoIai Kur'ash YVES the feature of last
evenings performance Of MoussorgSky's
orcra Boris Godunotf by the Russian
Opera Company at the Academy Of
Music. Mr.. Karlash made very
favorable impression in his work last
season. when the company made its
first appearance in his city, and this
impression was strengthened by his en-
rcllent performance Of difficult role
last evening.
The great moments Of the role and Of
the opera are in the second act. when
Boris is overcome with rpmor.e, and al
tho close ni the opern. and in both Of
these scenes. trying vocally and dra-
ma;icaly, Mr.. Karlash wns AT his best.
His voice is peculiarly rich and full.
with the peculiar timbro characteristic
of the Russian basso. ulthorgh the role
is very high throughout for bass voice.
Next to Mr.. kar,aSh in Importance
was tn" Marina Of Ina Boursknya. who
made her first appearance as gue,t
artist since joining I'll" Metropolitan
forces. As she has alwnvs done in TINS
citY. she sang and acted superbly,
although the role Cf.crs her no particu
/ lar onDOrtUnities for her great talents.
The Varlaam Cf Mr.. Tulchinoff and the
NlSSall OF Alr. kOzIOf were also exceed"
! iNGly finely performed, the comedy worl;
being strong relief 10 the general
atmosnhere Of tragedy which pervadcs
moet Of the Russian national operas
, and Of which particular element
Boris" is a notable example.
The cast throughout was effective and
the costumes and stage settings were
apparently accurat" historically and
certainly very beautiful 70 see The
audience was fairly large, but not 30
many were present as the excellence Of
the presentation meritcd. Tonight
Dargom,isky's : "RUssa!ka' will be sung.
with Mr.. Karlash, Miss Buzanowsky
and Miss Svetloff in the leading roles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-27
CHANGE IN OPERA BILL
Modern Comic Opera to Replace
RuhlnsteIn,s "pemon" on Erldau

Manager IIuroF. Of u" Russian Opera
Company, has docilcd TO replace Anton
Rubinsteln's opera. "The Demon, :;
scheduled for Friday evening. with a
modern comic opera, "a Night Of
Love" lNotch LGbyD. by Valentinoya
This opera made great hit in New
York when presented there for the first
time by the Russian Opera Company.
and Mr., Huroli thought that Phiiadel- :
phia audiences might Ike 10 see that
comparatively rare thing in opera. a
comic opera by a Russian COMPOSER.
as the national characteristic in art
runs largely to tragedy. An excellent
cast will give the work.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-27
Want Blue Laws Enforced

A campaign to induce speaking OF the
English language by the foreign born
who live in Philadelphia. and also for
more Observance Of the Sunday blue
laws, has been started by the Patriotic
| Order Sons of AmPmrica. Cards ad-
| vocating cooperation in this move
Inent are being circulated today In all
sections Of the city.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1922-12-27
Continued From Page One

the theory of the state
T. ]. Burnett, arrested last Sat
.urday is denied visitors except un-
der military surveillance. Today he
grew sullen and restless.
His battery of attorneys spent
several hours with him.
1t was recalled here tonight that
four murders have been charged to
hooded men since last May along
the Arkansas-Leuisiana border.
BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. 26.-Dr
B. M. McKoin, former mayor OF
Mer Rouge, La, who was arrested
here today in connection with the
Morehouse parish kidnapping and the
finding of two mutilated bodies in
Lake La Fourche, was locek VI
tonight TO await further action by
Louisiana authorities.
McKoin was arrested at the Johns
Hopkins-Brady institute, where he
is taking postgraduate course, al
the request of Governor Parker, Of
Louisiana. DR.. McKoin denied know
ledge of the killing of the two men
"All | know" he declared lis thai
both men who were killed were or
the bad side-the side of bootleggers
gunner and men who associated
with negro women
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1922-12-27
Reinstatement of
Arbuckle DeplOred
by L. A. Ministers

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26.-The min
isterial union of Los Angeles today
after a long debate adopted SER
les of resolutions deploring the res
toration to Roscoe Arbuckle by Will
Hays of permission to appear as a
motion picture actor and re-stating
its objections to Arbuckle.
The resolutions which originally
contained about 5000 words, were
referred to a committee to be re-
vised when some of the members ex-
cepted to language which they char
acteriz ed as extreme" Later in the
session shortened and modified reso-
buttons were adopted. In a preamble
the ministers said they wished TO
disclaim any desire to run" the
movies and that they sought only
to uphold moral standards.
The resolutions also suggested that
the city adopt an ordnance granting
the council authority to bar any pic
ture in which any person who is
known to have committed any
overt act of immortality" may APP
pear. This part of the resolutions
brought forth protest from Attorneys
representing the picture industry,
who said it was move toward GEN.
sorship. The ministers denied that
any censorship was intended or
sought.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1922-12-27
OPPOSITION To
BANKER khHN'S
DEBT SOLUTION
Proposal to Cancel Portion
of u. S. Loans Fails to Get
Approval of Congressman

WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-The sol
ution of Americas foreign debt pro-
blem proposed by Otto H. Kahn, the
New York banker, failed generally
to strike a responsive cord today in
official circles in Washington.
Members of the American debt
funding commission took note of Mr..
kahn's proposal that the United
States differentiate between the
seven and half billion dollars loan
ed TO European countries before the
armistice and TWO and half billion
dollars loaned after hostilities ceased
and arrange differing methods of re-
payment, but pointed out that the
act of congress creating the COM
mission would permit no such differ
entiation even if considered advisa-
BILE.
Members of congress generally ex-
pressed decided opposition. to the
New York bankers suggestion that
at least a portion of the debt be
cancelled, several leaders in both
the senate and house declaring that
the American people were in no
mood to approve any such action.
The views of Mr.. Kahn as pre-
scented in a letter to Senator Smoot
of Utah, member of the debt fund
ing commission drew particular fire
from representative Frear of Wiscon-
sin, a Republican member of the
house ways and means committee
who addressed a letter to Senator
Smoot asserting that "the commits
sion should apprise foreign govern
ments at an early date of the anoma-
lous position occupied by Mr.. Kahn
and that he does not speak for the
commission, for the congress or for
the American people.
Senator Smoot had not received
Mr.. Kahn's letter today and said that
he would not comment upon it until
he received it and studied the pro-
positions set forth in it. Other mem
hers of the commission, however
were quick TO declare that the com
mission could do nothing toward diff
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1922-12-27
Fuel Distributor
Will Resign Jan.

WASHINGTON. Dec 20 Conrad
L. Spens prepared his resignation
today as federal fuel distributor fer
transmission tomorrow to President
Harding, to become effective Jan
uary /.
Along with it will go a brief re-
port on the work of the emergency
office, which was established Sep
TENDER %, last, after the conclusion
of the coal strike. Mr.. Spens will
return to his former post as vice
president of the Chicago Burlington
and Quincy railroad with headquar-
tiers at Chicago.
1t is considered that the fuel
distribution office will be closed soon
after January 1. although an organ
ization will be. held together to care
for left over details. Under the law
creating it. President Harding may
terminate its activities at any time
by withdrawing a proclamation de
claring an emergency, under which
it has functioned.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1922-12-27
SECOND ARREST MADE
Continued from Page one)


more arrests will be made before
the opening hearing in connection
with the case which has been Set
for January here.
II is reported the number of ar
rests will be increased in the event
the Identities of the dynamiters are
established. Federal agents declare
they have the name of the RUG
leader and his arrest is imminent.
Citizens were gathering on the
street corners tonight discussing
the two arrests. The arrest of the
man who had been their mayor until
he resigned last August came as
complete surprise. DT. McKoin was
born and grew TO manhood at Mon
roe and later moved TO Mcr Rouge
where he was a practicing physician
On August two he reported that an
assassin had fired two loads of shot
into his automobile as he was an
swering sick call. He later receiy-
ed persistent writing TO leave the
community and he did. This event
led TO the tragedy of the oath, in