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started, the - investigation which they hope will' terminate’ in the ' revealing of the parents of the babe that was abandoned by being placed in a'smallbox and-left Monday night on the porch at the Home of'Mr. and Mrs. W.‘ L. Wilder, 1063, Second Avenue.Officials •: Gain Clues j* -*.'*■ r ’ • » .* Those high in authority stated to The Morning CaU'earlyTuesday morning that there was .a Blight clue and that this would be followed and .that - the investigation promises to »be productive of^ results within* a short time, £.;■ ••.* --• Recent .'legislation - has made child desertion a penitentiary offense and it is the intention of local officers.to press the investigation with the vie wto bringing the parents to justice.' / ' 'LWith the finding, of the child, Mrs. Wilder notified police station. She found; that the case was one in which / the/.: Probation 'officer should ‘act.-and . accordingly, - Mrs.L. C. Bradley jwas summoned^ Thismost- sincere *womah-who fills the numerous .calls . ‘and v'dooksafter the: manythings rentailed by the office in such-an .efficacious manner,-was soon in charge of the child. •* '/ * * 'The babe-was taken* to a localhospital where it will be cared forpending the investigation .of the case.'Mrs. Bradley substantiated the report issuing from legal authority relative to. the* penal offense for child desertion,'and stated: that' every 7 effort would be made to ferret out the parents of the babe. -She stated- that’ the child ,was in her estimation, but three weeks Mrs.Wilder stated-.that when she - appeared upon her -porch for a bottle of milk, that she believed those with the child were near at hand, since but a few minutes elapsesd after’ the dairyman had left that she went for the milk, and that the bottle was gone.Again, she claimed that it was but a very few minutes that the baby Was heard to cr*. She is of baby, took the milk and-then seethe belief that those leaving the ing her - re-enter her ; home, • advanced with the child and left the wooden box in which it was placed,,on her porch.;o
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Laurel Morning Call
Laurel, Mississippi, US
Sat, Jan 12, 1929
Page 5
Full Page
Clipped by
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