Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 22, 1954, Winnipeg, Manitoba Was by Philip Ketchum chapter one officer Sullivan s Beefy round face was streaked with perspiration and there was _ cold angry look in his eyes. He bad a baby in his arms and he holding it away from his As though he were afraid it i Wight bite him. Two reporters Isree or four other officers Ufi who had followed him into Cap Bill Ramsey s office were Back by the door Grin _. And listening to his explant Ion. I Tell you Cap n. I could t up Sullivan insisted. There was. Slan Rtin in front of the Bucklin when this Dame out with the baby. She the woman to a hurry Winnipeg free press tuesday. June 22, 1954 Sullivan the baby. Be Busy on the phone. Call the Chil welfare Bureau to come and be the baby. The rest of you get of of the group moved from the doorway still grinning still Mak ing loud remarks aimed at officer Sullivan and after they a gone Ramsey moved Over Anu looked closely at the bundle. He could t see More than the baby a fat Pink face with jus i Small bump of a nose and wide Crown eyes. The eyes blinked Lim solemnly cute Little Der his breath he said Sullivan was still holding the baby. He said look Here Cap n Telephone interrupted. up to me an see would i turned answered it it for her while she tied j stoned for a minute then said Shoelace. Then she shoved it right at me and just hopped in a car that pulled up to the curb an tie car drove howl came from the men at door and one of the report v. I u t. V., act i u sure we be got him Here. At least i think so. Pink Blanket Plain dress. Oakwood stencilled in the hem of the dress just a minute and i la make Sullivan was already examining line baby s dress. He nodded As is called out. Take a look the kid. Bill. If it Don t look Sullivan i la eat my i f Sullivan s lips tightened. A never saw that ciame before in my he shouted. I never Ramsey listener to the Man on the other and said into right. Well he what s Laid eyes on her asked. Kinda thin. She. Was Pale sickly maybe. She had on a Black dress t end coat. She looked about thirty you pet the number of the Sullivan nodded. Ramsey wrote the number Down and also a description of the car which sul in eyes an Ner Feiore. T l us cry. What was she Ramsey a up was the chief i was talk ins to he tells me the Oakwood Home an orphanage just called in to report one of their babies had been kidnapped. They Don t know who took it or Why. Let s hop in a car and get out there and see if this is i he kid and i suppose you la try to find her the Captain nodded. H of be o her that is Well i would want you to be too harsh on her. Ramsey smiled. Suppose to is buddy Harris we Creel blinked. He took off i glasses polished them and then blk on Jar re nose buddy he said finally came to us about three months ago. He was then about two months old. He was brought in by or. Rolv Herkimer. Someone had Eft him in or. Herkimer s office there was a Story in the paper maybe you remember Ramsey did rather vaguely there really was t much to it the had been left in Herkimer s office late in the afternoon no one had noticed the woman who had left him and there had Jeon nothing on the baby or on he baby s clothing or blankets to indicate who he was or Why he y e and been deserted. Because it was As ate in the afternoon Herkimer Witri and brought the baby Here and he next Day the child welfare urea had been called in to Han be the Case. They left him with Creel wished. And we named him John Harris but the urses and All of us Call him heavy rain forecast until Middle of july the weather Mitt Nir the of this Dame she just banded it to Livan gave him. Who was he demanded. R est a Sullivan answered. Did t get to i Oakwood the woman was what they can Tell us about s a very Sweet Ramsey nodded and asked Creel other questions about to orphanage and the people wot ing there the routine of the place and the number of children the cared for. Creel bubbled Over i Good will. He seemed to love see him Well. In the Way. I veiled at them but they did t Stop. A crowd started gathering. I came on up Here i he said to one of the it 11_ u lit i in Sullivan s face. You he mumbled. Lets get out there did t look like an orphanage is supposed to look. From the outside it seemed an Ordinary dwelling. Ramsey parked his car at the curb and he and Sullivan got out Sullivan still holding the baby. The moved up to the front door. Officers take a t e dope sul up 2 these t m 1 a Vii. J i Vou pet Over to the Mohawk build ing and see if you can pick up any special offer t chlorophyll tooth paste i if Ujj Wood Home. And he insisted the while they were Here the to officers make a tour of the institution. He s a funny Guy in t he Sullivan mentioned while the were driving Back to head quarters. Ramsey shrugged. I suppose there Are lots of Fellows in the world like him. He seemed t really love those what Are you going to d about the try to find the woman. If so walked off with a baby once so. Might do it again and if she mentally unbalanced there migh Ellice pharmacy 616 Ellis. Pm. 3-0120 who uttered a cry of Relief at the sight of the child. She took it at once and hurried away and a Short heavy set Man who was very Bald and who wore thick glasses and had a wide smile came out of one of the rooms which served As an office and started talking about How glad they were to have buddy Harris Back again. The Man introduced himself As Edward Creel. He said he was superintendent of the orphanage. Nothing like this has Ever happened before As Long As i be been with the Creel insisted. Can t understand it at All unless that you know who took him Ramsey interrupted. Is i m not sure but i you come into the office for a Ramsey and Sullivan nodded am followed Creel into a wide comfortable room nicely wished. Appreciate your willing town Bridge project Ness to talk to me and i Hope be serious it was . Why they go Back to Headquarters and ram sey went at once to his office. The Telephone rang. Are you the Man who brought buddy Harris Back to Oakwood demanded a woman s voice. Yes i he admitted. Bridge firm gets second Midtown Job Dominion Bridge co. Ltd. Mon was awarded its second con tract in connection with the mid i there will not he too much publicity Over this unfortunate you were n j 4. I i c in j c a l a tender of for the Fabri cation and erection of steel super Structure for the Bridge s North approach won out Over a tender of submitted by Vulcan Iron and engineering Ltd. These were the Only tenders for the yes. Course Liob. Don t a nov definitely but several Council approved the tender on going to Tell us about some said ram i sey. Times lately a woman has come Here to see our children. We handle a Good Many adoptions you know and we have a Good Many visitors women who would like to take out children. But this jul. Uijun Jacii. Oui in is u i u 111 i m referring to Well she acted very strange won out the recommendation of civic pub Lic works committee. In March Council also granted the contract for the steel super Structure of the Bridge proper to Dominion Bridge at a Price of like she mean. Was a mental Case i Creel had a very Peculiar Man Ner of speech. What he had to say came out in jerks. How was this woman the firm at that time Over three others including Vulcan Iron and engineering. It was also expected monday that Council would be asked to approve a tender for the Bridge s Uman sub Structure including piers and Ramsey asked. Abutments. A Snag developed in Well she never gave us her tabulation of the five tenders re name like other people do. She Cei Ved however and it is expect Iii int a Fly Cho Kif. 4 no j i u dirt a Bab. At them. And sometimes she put out her hand As though she wanted to touch one of them then she would Jerk her hand away. You n the Wight Brothers took off at Kitty Hawk fifty years ago weight saving was already in on the act. Their tiny engine had a single cast aluminium Crank Case and Cylinder Block. Aluminium has been growing with the air Craft Industry Ever since. Now Strong aluminium alloys Are helping to combat the heals and stresses of supersonic flight and a lean is busier than Ever sup plying aluminium for Canada ? Busy aircraft plants and other metals users looking for Light Ness and strength at a Frac Tion of the Price that the Wright Brothers paid. Aluminium com Pany of Canada Ltd. Pv.-. 1 pc Vij. A Civet Ouw Tver Ann h is expect in t say she wanted to adopt Ted Public works committee will any. Bhe just came and looked Ideal with these later this week them Annu. Tenders for construction work on the South approach Likely will be called for this week. Work on the piers and abut ments will begin almost rimmed awarded. Thing she know what. I was baby you did t Ever ask her i supp Asp so. Someone must have asked her hut i Don t think she Ever told any oho her what dirt she look like0" she was very Pale thin tall Bhe always wore Black. She Young but she was t old Sullivan woman s death ruled accidental _ a Coroner s jury in the Provin Cial Law courts building ruled As accidental the death of mrs. Nodded. That s the one. Cap when did you miss the Ramsey asked. Just a Little before eleven the nurse noticed that one of the cribs was empty. She had been bathing Ken House during the violent East Ern Manitoba windstorm june 8. It is believed mrs. Blair touched stove in the Chicken h ouse after the wind had loosened Hydro r kur.i2s e Alfred Blair reported finding his wife lying in the doorway o the Chicken House. He used Shotgun to blow off the stovepipe touching the wires. In and out of the Nursery and this woman i mentioned could have come in and taken the baby when the nurse was out. The woman was Here this morning. I saw her about ten thirty. But of course now that buddy Harris is Back Here s nothing to worry about 1 new formulation clears pimples skin coloured called clearasil developed top Ociell foe pimples Char Asil has such remarkable. Action it has proved amazingly effective to bring Relief to pimple sufferers. Coma fas anti to the growth of to hide pin Adam Duck no fixed abode a fined and costs or thre months monday after he please guilty in City police court to being intoxicated in a Public place. Reade Difert reported on clinical to tall using Cut Ahart medication. Now in. Tit i a in a Dpt so Many teenagers a my this four generation Pic Ture shows Little Glen Shel Don on his christening Day. From left to right Are mrs. Anne Sheldon Winnipeg grandmother of the baby mrs. Pear Zelenewich Stead Man., formerly of Austria great grandmother and Edward Sheldon of 833 Alexander Winni Peg Glen s father. I must see you at All name is Helen Dowling. M one of the nurses at Oak Home. I wanted to Tell you the baby you brought Back Here in t buddy Ramsey gasped. Of i know i sound the woman said swiftly. Or Creel says i Don t know what i m talking about and so does the Matron. They say the baby is wearing buddy Harris clothing and that s True. And he s just the size of buddy. But the baby in t buddy Harris. I know what i m talking about. You see i know buddy Why Are you so sure miss Ramsey asked. A choked sound came to ram sey Ana then the line suddenly went dead. He clicked the phone carnage several times and the switchboard operator Cut in to Tell him that his party had Hung up. The reporters were still wait ing around for some additional statement. Ramsey blinked Ati them. Look Here he said after a moment go easy on this kidnapping for awhile maybe i la have a real Story for you without another word he reached for his hat barged out the door and raced Down the Hall. To be continued copyright. 3954, Philip Ketchum lust rations copyright 1954, King Tea ures Syndicate inc. Distributed by King features Syndicate the weather Outlook for the period from mid june to mid july for the Winnipeg and Mani Toba Region is heavy rain and be Low Normal temperatures. This forecast was made in the average monthly weather resume and Outlook published by United states department Commerce weather Bureau. Here in Winnipeg d. M. Robertson District meteorologist when asked to comment on the forecast told the free press that the . Weather forecast is the most accurate Long Range pre diction now available. Or. Robertson said that other Long Range weather forecasts Are being issued in the United states but that these Are More in the nature of an almanac predict the weather Bureau Outlook however has been based on Many years of careful research and while its accuracy is still United its average is usually fairly reliable. According to the forecast there will be a heavy precipitation throughout the next 30 Days in an area stretching from the Arctic regions in a fairly straight line Down to Lake Superior and then encompassing the United states from Lake Superior Westward with the 40th parallel forming the area s southernmost Border Winnipeg lies right in the middy or this area of heavy precipitation. Temperatures in our Region Are expected to be either below Normal or the next just Normal during Days. 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