The Washington times., 1922-10-17
BABIES NEVER
BORN, ACCUSED
WIFE ASSERTS
But Nurse Declares That She
Saw the Children, Twin
Boy and Girl.
BY SARAH r. LEWIS,
Copyright. 1879. by International
News Service.)

tSopytibht' ioSs. W
News Service.)
Reproduction Prohibited,
HAMMOND, Ind, Oct. H.
Mrs. Hazel Mentally, twenty-six-
year-old wife Of Frank McNally,
a forty-seven-year-old machinist,
who accuses her of the murder OF
their two children-twins, boy
and a girl-today denied that she
killed her babies.
81 have never had children"
she told me in an interview.
Nurse Says She Saw Babies.
Mrs. James Griffiths, q practical
nurse of Hammond, made this state
ment, however:
II saw the children when j at
tended Mrs. McNally for the eight
days following December g."
The husband of Mrs. Mentally says
he has never seen the faces OF his
children.
Gray-clad and with her blond hair
softly drawn back from her pale
face, Mrs. McNally sat in her cell at
the police station and told her story.
She Is hardly a woman-this thin,
almost frail girl.
I'm November, 1920, saw Mr..
McNally's advertisement in b Chicago
paper for a housekeeper," she sail.
II was Ill and decided that this was
a splendid opportunity to recuperate.
He was living at West Hammond at
that time. Five months after
entered his employ we were married
That was on April 23, 1921.
Sometime in December, the Sth
I think. I bought two dolls and told
Mr.. McNally that they were alive.
II wanted to be sure that he loved
children. 1t was only little while
after that I told him about the dolls
and that was all there was to 1t.
II have not borne twins. Since
May. 1als, when underwent
major operation. have been in
capable Of motherhood.
About September, 1921. we
moved to Hammond. Ind, and lived
at 16S Dearborn street.
Left Him in September.
This August we went to South
Bend. Ind, and on September 2.
that I coulf no longer bear hi!
ways.
ION October Z I returned t.
South Bend at the request OF Mr.
McNally's daughter, Mrs. Pete,
Krzyanowski. and visited her
Frank asked me to return to him
refused.
II was arrested on a charge o.
assault and battery and held II
$1,000 bail. I was released. ordered
held for Hammond. and brough
back here to face a charge OF mur
der.
when this 10 over. shall no
only sue for immediate divorce. bu
shall also sue Mr.. McNally 70
false arrest. am entirely inLo
cent"
Mary Griffiths, a nurse and tn
next door neighbor Of Mrs. MeNally
said today that she attended Mrs
McNally during her confinement,
She told Of the times she saw tn
babies. Of the mothers attitud
toward the children. and the subse
quent rumors she heard of doll
replacing the live infants.
Mrs. McNally and were neigh
bors." said the nurse. About nooi
on December s Mr.. McNally calle'
me and told me that they ha'
twins, and for me to come owe
soon, but not to hurry, that every
thing was all right.
IT was naturally anxious to Sc
them. but when l came there Mrs
Mentally would not let me toucl
the babies. saw their faces. Sh
told me that one was a boy weigh
ing four pounds and that the othe
was a girl weighing three pounds
Knew Babies Were Alive"
II saw the babies nursed, and
know that they were alive. Mrs
McNally told me that she was |
trained nurse. and I. therefore. di'
what she told me. did not bath
the infants. I did not touch then
at all.
when anyone came into the room
Mrs. McNally would cover thei
faces. She said they had weak eyes
I learned later that no one ATTENDED
her during the delivery. and tina
only Mr.. McNally was home whel
the babies arrived.
MRS. McNally was not happ.
over her children. And from tim
to time she told me that sh
thought the girl would not liv
long.
"One morning-the seventh
came in and found Mrs. McNall
wiping blood from the mouth an
nose OF the boy. The baby locke
sort of dead to me. ! did not Sc
his face after that at any time.
don't know whether she ever picke
up that bundle or not. She n
moved the bloody little dress an
put 1t into cold water to TAX
: the bloodstains out. Mrs. McNall
told me not to bother as she woul
send the little garment to the laur
dry.
, whether the baby was dead a
that time or not do not know.
do know that baby which ha
been suffocated will oftentime
bleed at the mouth and nose whe
. brought to the air again.
IT left the following day. / nav
, newer seen Mrs. McNally or tn
children since. I heard from di
ferent people that Mrs. McNall
. was wheeling around dolls In he
double baby buggy"
/ CTOPM WARNINGS POSTED