Will County IL Archives News.....Kolwiszki Child Locked in Basement September 24, 1920
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Cook County Herald [Arlington Heights IL] September 24, 1920
Sep 24, 1920

Joliet.-Attempts to crowd into the next few years all the education, physical 
development and play lost by the nineteen-year-old daughter of Mrs. Mary 
Kolwiszki of Joliet during her 17 years' imprisonment has been planned. The 
child, locked in a basement because of her crippled body, was found by health 
authorities. She is unable to walk or talk and her eyes gleam unnaturally. 
City health officials are completing details of their investigation, 
preparatory to opening prosecution of those responsible. Officials said they 
had learned that the girl was placed in the cellar when she was two years old. 
They said she had the physical appearance of a child of six and her face was 
gaunt and discolored. The girl was found in a crib in a corner of the cellar 
covered with a quilt. The only light came from one small window. The girl's 
stepfather, Steve Zarn, is a railroad employee.

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