Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1935, Page 16

A—16 INFANTICIDE BARES PATHETIC APPEAL Mother Who Drowned Baby Had Been Turned Away From Children’s Home. By the Associated Press. NEWBURGH, N. Y., August 22— Coroner Andrew Calyer said last night that Mrs. Dorothy Sherwood, 27-year- ; old mother who admitted drowning| her 2-year-old bcy because she| couldn't take care of him, recentIV\ had been refused an application to place her baby in a children’s home because she could not pay for the child’s support. Coroner Calyer said that the former ehow girl, waitress and Salvation Army Lassie made application at the home last June. Permitted to Attend Fumeral. | Mrs. Sherwood nearly collapsed when she saw the tiny form in its white casket in a morgue here today. | She has been granted permission to | attend the services at her mother-in- law's home in Calicoon. Immediately | afterward she will be returned to her cell at Goshen to await action of the Orange County grand jury, sitting August 26. Mrs. Sherwood, whose husband died about four months ago, walked into police headquarters here yesterday and announced that the baby she was carrying was dead. | ed it “because I found it too hard to care for myself and the baby.” Too Proud to Ask Relief. Police said their investigation re- | vealed she had refused to apply for re- | lief because she was “too proud.” Her daughter Dorothy, 7, remained with her mother-in-law, . A similar case appeared at Utica yesterday when police announced that Mrs. Florence Cucharale. 21. an at- tendant at Mercy State Hospital, had | been ordered held for the grand jury on a charge of second-degree murder | for the drowning of her infant daugh- ter August 10. SR Salvaged Gold Landed. Gold bullion worth $225.000, salvaged from the sunken liner Egypt, has been | | without leaving & will. He had headed landed at Plymouth, England. 30 M (;ke}'fs Raurn, 140 Still at Large, In Break From Zoo Long Island Countryside Overrun as Round- Up Continues. By the Associated Press. MASSAPEQUA, N. Y., August 22— | | Weary attendants took stock today of | mcnokeyshines at Frank Buck's 200 on | | the Sunrise Highway. Of the 173 Rhesus monkeys which marched to freedom in Long Island's woodlands yesterday, the keepers! reported— Dead: One. He tried monkeyshines | on the third rail of the Ipng Island | Railroad. “ Captured: Two. They thought they | were a match for two Merrick police- men. Surrendered: An uncertain number, | probably about 30. They got scared of | the dark and sneaked back into Long | Island’s ritziest residence for Simians. Still at large: About 140. Led by Al Capone, the noisy xmle fellows had marched single file to freedom on a plank which a workman had laid across the moat that kept more than 500 monkeys on their island in the zoo. Mrs. Dorothy Sherwood shown holding her 2-year-old son James, She was quoted as saving she drown- | whom she admitted drowning because she was unable to care for him. She is held in jail at Goshen, N. Y., pending grand jury action —Copyright, A. P. Wirephocto. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, : — |FAIR AT SAN DIEGO Mother, Drowns Baby Boy " || assurep success Daily Attendance Averages 29,- 483 as Exposition Starts Second Half of Season. By the Associated Press. SAN DIEGO, Calif, August 22.— The California Pacific International Exposition started the second half of its season yesterday apparently an assured success. An average attendance of 29483 was recorded in the first 84 days of | the 167-day season for a total of some 2,470,000 visitors. The international enterprise offers many free attractions, but conces- sionaires and showmen generally re- ported brisk business. Some showmen claim they have done better at the San Diego Exposi- sition than at a Century of Progress in Chicago. President Roosevelt is expected to visit the exposition in September. The fair, which is to end November 11, is a non-profit proposition. A Citizens’ Committee raised by public subscription more than $700,000—the original working capital. After the | subscriptions are repaid, any surplus will go into a general civic improve- ment fund. The Stein Bedding Co. 1004 Eye St. N.W. ME. 9490 of Henry C. McEldowney, Friend of Mellon. By the Associated Press. Clay McEldov\ne} close friend of An- i drew W. Mellon and highest salaried i left an estate valued at $5.461.000, ac- cording to an inventory filed yesterday with the register of wills. McEldowney died last March 9 the $300,000,000 Union Trust Co. since Mellon recommended him to the posi- | tion 35 years before, when he was a | 30-year-old assistant cashier of an- other bank. The Government re- ported McEldowney drew $180,000 sal- ary last year. One-third of the estate goes to the | widow, Mrs. Annabel Doyle McEldow- nev, and two-thirds to the children, Robert McEldowney of Johnstown, Pa., | and Mrs. Charles H. Matthews, jr., and Mrs. Alfred T. Smith of Rich- mond Va. 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