Evening star., 1945-07-28
Mother Of Boy, ;, Left
In Cab, Surrenders
To District Police

Mrs. Mabel Loring Grasser, 30
object of police search in the Dis
trict and nearby Maryland and Vir-
ginia since Tuesday, surrendered to
authorities at 10 am. today.
The mother of five children, she
had been sought after her 3-year-
old son, Tommy Summers, had been
left with taxicab driver Monday
night.
What will become of the boy was
not made clear Immediately. Yes
terday he was taken from the Dis
trict Receiving Home, where he had
been cared for, to the home of Mrs.
Mary B. Reid, 1928 Thirty first
street NV, after the child's aunts
had accepted Mrs. Reid's offer to
provide home for him.
Walked Into Headquarters.
Capt. Rhoda Milliken, head of the
Women's Bureau, said Mrs. eraser
walked into police headquarters "ot
her own accord" carrying her 20
month-old son, John.
''She was very nervous, tired and
diStraught," Capt. Milliken said
Capt. Milliken quoted Mrs. eraser
as saying she had not heard from
her husband. M/Sergt. John Gras-
Ser, stationed with the Army Air
Forces in the Philippines for more
than two months.
Tommy, Mrs. GraSser's youngest
son of 4 by her first marriage, was
put in taxicab by his mother
Monday night, Capt. Milliken said,
with instructions that he be taken
to nursing home in the 5000 block
of Livingston road, Hyattsville.
Forgot About Letter.
Capt. Milliken said Mrs. Grasser
told her she had forgotten to give
the cab driver a letter for the head
of the nursing home, Mrs Mar
garet Pallidino, thus preventing
Tommy from being placed even
temporarily" Tommy had stayed
for a short time at the HyattSville
home when he was 3 months old,
Capt. Millfken said.
The police captain said Mrs
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she put Tommy in taXicab Mon
day night and decided ito look for
job" She went to Baltimore and
also to several nearby Maryland
communities, Capt. Milliken said,
finally returning to Washington last
night, where she stayed in a hotel
near Eleventh and H streets NV.
Capt. Milliken said the woman is
being held at the Women's Bureau
on an open charge. She said the
United States marshal has a war
rant for her arrest for desertion, but
admitted she didn't know what
would be done.
Mrs. eraser, Capt Milliken said,
will be given hearing Monday be-
fore Commissioner Needham C.
Turnage. Meantime, she said, Tom
my will remain in the temporary
custody of Mrs. Reid until it is de-
cided whether the youngster will be
returned to his mother.
AS for Tommy's future, it will be
adoption by Mrs. Reid and her hus-
band, if Mrs. Reid's hopes are real
lied.
Mrs. Reid said Tommy is catching
on to his new surroundings quickly.
"At first he would have little fits
of anger at things he did not like" !"
Mrs. Reid explained, but now he is
becoming more accustomed to the
house and is getting along fine. !"
Mrs. Reid laughingly said Tommy at
the moment was splashing away in
the bathtub.
Tommy apparently has quality
parents want in young children, Mrs.
Reid said. HE is very easy to please
on food and has a wonderful appe-
tite."
The boy also is alert. you can't
talk about him in front of Tommy" "
his new protector stated. He
catches on to every word said"
A boy and his dog is time tested
formula for youthful happiness, and