New-York tribune., 1874-08-03
CHILDREN STARTED TO DEATH.
,cu.sr,v SYSTEM BROUGHT TO LIGHT.

A CHASTITY SYSTEM BROUGHT To Liohi'
The death of an infant 18 days OLD, nameu
Charles Corey at baby farming es'aoiisnuioa' -
the basement of No 800 West l9th-st' wa,
Saturday to Dr. Elisha Harris, Register VI ,o,,o'
and by him referred TO Coroner Woitna" ,,',t %
etc, Tho Coroner found that the estapiisnnon' ""'
kent nv n woman named Kate Kilbride' anu '' '1o ap
partments were close. damp and FOUL in ,1hio tho
feeding two emacated little ones WIN y. C,ono,,s ~,
cornse Law In the room. In answer W 'i -, .,o
ouiries she stated that she nau >, ,,rso
,hroo ,nfants about two weeks peiolo ~
'nieo n.an ., nor own from the private lyngln asy
49,, =, ,,rs Mary H. Doran, and that sho was pau
about .s a week 90 each) for ATTENDING " -, n
was NOT able to give them her own hiiih, a" .,,t
stituted what she called "bought mn - a. her
s,rnn She had had several other eni -. ,o
ha before this and some OF them haa uicu, pu' sn0
onn 49,, doat had resulted from natural causes
w. .,o hod never been any investigation. some VI
A., ,bors had been taken away by charitaDie poopo'
ho maid her money for them but she ulu ho' n"o"
uho they were and had not troubled hersei "Oo"O '
children since. Deputy Coroner shlhe mauc au oAu"''
ination of body of the infant nudR hy
arising from improper treatment lnsuhiccn' hou4Su
men and the use OF ystad the yhgn establishment of
Mrs Doran which was found 10 be wrelcheu1 ...eu uP
hospital with dirty straw woep %ho had been de-
vered of children within the past TWO sod % otTer
We're approaching their confinement. All were unmar-
red one OF the newly born children was g,veh away
on saturday bv Mrs DoTan to a lady IN MaphattaIl-
willie for SOS and the other had been dsposeu o bu
how or TO whom its mother cond not tell " was sIatod
that Mrs Doan charged her patients only - Week or
board and so for attendance, with the uhueIstannins
that she should have the disposal Oi inc new Dorn
Children and by this means she increases
her income considerably. healthy babies esIinslns
in the adoption market" STEADY price vi S1o @ an
sometimes more The infants tha cannot De soiu are
"farmed" to women like Mrs. Kilbride ana are taken
care of in that peculiar acceptatlon OF the 'CI NV
means getting rid Of" Coroner WOItman WIN n0lu
the nquest to-day and announces ms Intention nI in III
vestigatng thoroughly this terrible system Oh paoi;
farming" which is SAID by prominent pr"ol0ns pn'
ciaus TO be common In the cltN. -. ,,-.z -.
1t was reported TO Coroner W0ltInan Dy Dr hrIis o
Saturday that william Hoye, age years. hau ueu a.
M 900 East Fifty-sevenhst IL appears at the chiu
was taken sick with cramps on Ffidty, anu tc
him an excessive dose OF whisky which resulted
in death Yesterday. Coroner Woman VIII make an ln
vestigatiOn. -..-. o.wort, o,io e,
DR. shine made o regular post mortem examlnatlon a a
Yesterday evening and found that While Tue lace anu
bodv OF the child were abnOmay fu ana rouhu Us y,
swollen the arms. hands aud legs were shrunkeh' @ anu
the flesh upon them was almost Transparent. 1ue
stomach and ntestnes empty. nOthlHe WnatoNe,
being found in them that Indicated nOurlshnen', ~
the walls being az clean ana dry as parchment NC
bran WAS intensely cOngcsted, the eNtraNaseu pVVu
being almost black indicating the presence OF lnorpha
in the system Dr. Shine came 10 inc cOhCluSon 'n"'
death resulted from starvation -, -, =. W.,
When Coroner WOltman called at the mousse III Mcs,,
Twenty-sXh-st on Saturday afternoon anu hnhouV
that he was the Coroner he kept waiting OUTSIDE
about IL minutes during which c heard lhe Iapu hoN
ments inside the shutting of doors and the shung OF
feet supposlng that an attempt being made TO
hide something, the Coroner when fnally a@uIlttei
pushed his way past man who guarded lne uoOlNd'.
This was william Doran, who claims To be the husoauu
OF the proprietor OF the asylum