The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-07-02
BABY FARMING IN ENGLAND.
a Short Method with Inconvcnient Infn nta
They are DrugRed or Starved TO Death
-Dhccvery Of Dead Bodies in London.

They are DruEped or starved TO Death
-Dirccyery Of Dead Bodies in London.
from ne London Times. JUne2l.
Within the last few weeks several bodies OF
infants were found In the south of London. They
were in baskets. or wrapped in articles OF clothing.
or in paper coverings. No clue could be obtained to
those who responsible for them exeep. taat ct
one recent inquest, the name of Mrs. Waters -
was found TO be written on the piece Of paper in
which q child was wrapped
The next scene In this social mystery is opened by
an advertisement, which we mus. quote in full:
A DOprION.--A good home, with n mothers love
N and care IL offered TO any respectable person
Mll'hihg her child TO be entirely adopted Prennm
only to Mis- OLIVER Post onice, Grove place. Brix.
was allowed to appear In ore weekly paper, II not
In more. tie name OF the ,ertiser being constantly
tale. and The police PROBABLY surmieed that 10 mi rht
have some connection with the discoveries OF dead
children. The advertisement We have quoted was
accordingly answered by Sergeant Of Police, and
In reply he received letter, in which Mrs OH
yer DISPLAYS her command Of the LANGUAGE OF
parental affection. II would give her great pleasure
to adopt her own the tt'e boy II not TO old ard
she wishes for one aS young as possible "th1t " may
know none but ourselves as its parents" I'VE are
both she says very fond Of children. and should
you .rust : al liitle one TO nv care you may rely
uuon his receiving the love and care " motret.n
shc gives an account Of her family circumstances,
from which II would appear that she had everyt ming
TO make her happy except children.
Tue Sergeant then appointed n meeting at a rail.
way station. where he met the person now 10 Gus
todv under the name Of Mrs. Ellis" After their
interview he followed her and traced hor TO house
In BriNton. Simultaneously he had traced to her
home IN tho uoighborhood young woman who had
recently given birth TO an iiegitimate child. His
next sep WIS to lake the father Of this Young wo.
man To Mira Elias" house Afler some denial
the child was produced, anl found "dreddfully
unrelated and apparently diving" Further inquiry
disclosed a scene which we prefer TO leave in the
language OF the report:
Wines asked the pi isoncr Es II they had got any
more C,lldrcn, aud she said thcre were moro down
he foun1 i've infants about rec or four weeks old
a. Inddl1d together. covered over with gowns and
shawls They were Quiet aud asleep. They were very
and apreaIca to be neglected Two OF them APP
The reason why the poor little things were quiet
may be surinsod from the evidence ofa doctor:
rcc There To werc ten infants IRON three weeks old m 70
some were healthy fhorc was very little Chance Of
me ehdren iNing with such food he found uppiei
Of narcotic, on table IN gnc Of lie rooms he ionhd
bottle labelled farc.oric EllXir.'"
more distressing spectacle has seldom been re-
yeled and viii lrrcsistbly appeal 10 the just in
dignation Of the rubc.
The Treasury have very properly taken up the
case ana nm Ter the evidence offered yesterday. IL
assumes eraver character. IL l.. at all events "a
singular coincidence that the name "waters,"
paper In which dead child was found, happens
to ur be oi NE very name nnder which the
charge Besides this IL is stated on the par, OF the
Treasury that other articles found with the dead in
ianls can be traced to the prisoner. One impor.
tant installment OF this evidence was given by girl
who was in service at the house where the q Baby
Farm" was discovered. She states that during the
three months she lad been In service four children
were taken away. Two were taken away al 10
o'clock at rigtt, and were brcu ght back at L. the
prisoners saying they had been late Tor tae train.
But tho next night they were again taken away, aud
the prisoners returned without them, saying. per-
haps 700 truly. tat they had been taken "home q"
This girl had fetched several letters for Mrs
Oliver She has been sent to buy laudanuui. and
by Mrs Wtters's" direction hrs procured lime
and Out II into the Infants food She states that
child died while she there, but she Identifies
several Of the articles found with the dead iniauts
as havin g been usod In the house. and by one
OF the children now rescued aud sent TO the work
house.