Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-15
child Starved to Death IN IT'S Mothers
Arms.

From the Dayton, (O) Journal, June 81
Yesterday morning family of Ger
mans, consisting of man and his wife
and three children, evidently in very
poor circumstances, arrived here on the
Atlantic and Great Western tram, en-
route for Cincinnati, to which place
they had procured transportation from
New York. As the train failed to con
meet with the forenoon train on the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton and Dayton road, the
family was obliged to lie over here for
the evening train,
For a while the poor family remained
on the platform, until some one invi-
ted them to go into the ladies' room
and be seated. The people seemed to
shrink from observation, and were
grouped together in one corner of the
room. The woman was holding an in
FAINT in her arms, and lady who hap
pened to pass close to her, noticed that
1t looked like a corpse; and as she could
speak the German language, she asked
the woman what was the matter with
her child. At this question the poor
woman burst into uncomfortable lam
entation, declaring that her child was
dead.
As soon as the grief-siricken mother
could partially control herself she in
formed the lady that they were very
poor; that they had just means enough
to get to New York and purchase
secOnd-class ticket to Cincinnati, where
they had friends; they had no money
to purchase food, and were afraid to
ask any body for something to eat; and
Lot fhaxr hoI ont t,araI IN Salannn. II
out morsel of food for themselves or
children from the time they left New
York until they reached this city.
About three hours before they reach
ed here their babe-a child abOut year
old-died from starvation And that
poor starving mother carried her dead
child upon her bosom, hoping to reach
their friends in Cincinnati before they
should all be starved.
The cOuntenances of the man and
wife bore painful evidence of the pro
gress of starvation, and their uncOm-
planning children looked little better
than the corpse of the little sufferer
that had just passed through the gate
of death to the land of plenty
The moment the terrible condition of
this poor family was made known, they
found friends in everybody around
them. The mother was instantly re-
lieved of her dead babe and while
messenger was dispatched to an under
taker, the surviving members of the
sorrowing family were taken to the
waiting room in the depot, and given
'all that they cOuld eat Bysianders tell
MS that the scene in the depot, when
the suffering mother gave vent to her
pent-up grief, was one of the most af-
feeling and narrowing they ever wit.
messed. Every one was affected 10
tears.
MIR. Richard Lane, infiTmary direct
or, took charge of the inieTment of the
child; and MIR. Snyder, the clever bag
gage master, collected some twenty five
dollars from the bystanders, and gave
il to the old man, who was utterly over
Whelmed with this unlooked-fOr gener-
Osity.
The child was buried yesterday after
noon, aud the bereaved family, after
being made as comfortable as possible,
were sent on 10y the evening train to
their friends in Cincinnati. A word
abont their situation at any point on the
route, would have secured the unfOr-
tunate people all the food they desired;
but they We're actually SO diitident
among strangers, that they would all
have starved to death before they
WOuld have made their situation known
or asked for food.