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Newspaper
Waterloo Evening Courier
Location
Waterloo, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1912
Page
3
A woman at an Iowa hotel left a crying infant girl with a man who insisted she abandon the child. The baby was found next day in a band box at the Florence Crittenton home and named May Glenn. The mother hid her identity. police seek the man and further details.
A woman, signing as the wife of H W Chandler of Council Bluffs, returns from Minneapolis after abandoning a baby at the Glenn hotel in late April. Police are keeping the case secret while awaiting further information to locate the father and resolve custody. She is detained under police supervision. no charges yet.
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