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Show Trying to Tart Con-Vici I Jx Jo Mother and Child. s - dWWJ Tho entire state, of New Jersey Is In a turmoil about oho small baby and Its mother. Tho child Is namod Charles Edward Maton, after his father. It li a bright, chubby llttla youngster, and was born In the New Jersey State prison, not qulto three years ago. Tho mother, Anne Mason, was at the time sentenced to servo flvo years In prison on her third conviction for theft Now the philanthropists want to tako the baby from her, glvo It a good homo and make a useful citizen of tho Intelligent In-telligent llttla fellow, Tho mother, however, Insists upon keeping It, and prominent mlnlitcrs say that sho should havo It, ns If anything will lead to tho woman's reformation this child will do It, and It may be her sal. vatlon. The prison keeper also jays It should be allowed to remain wltli the mother, but Governor Voorheca declares that the two should bo separated nt onc nnd for good. Thero Is no law that provides, for nn Innocent child belnn kept In prison, and no law that cnablftt the authorities to tako It from her al present The philanthropists say, however, that tho woman Is hopelessly degenerate, nnd If they cannot per suade her to glvo up the child they mean to find ways to tako It from her If they do, New Jersey may furnlsli one of the moat uqlquo legal battles ol recent years |