The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-04-09
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KILLING THE INNOCENT.
IN. Y. SUM-

nsrinp the months of January apu feo
mary of this year there have oeen Pickeu
~. ~ various parts Of this city, oy the po-
- ~ by citizens, thirty three foundhngs
- Sbandoped infants. or these Twelve
sVere dead, and twenty-one were nS' ~
T,he dead infants were OF course SEM W lne
lrorone !: the living in almost every instance
mn IN the Child's Nursery on Kan
iaIl's Islasd, city institution; ,.
ybeneyer child, dead or alive, IS pick
cd mn, either by citizen or poncemau,
4he law provides that 1t must 90 TAKEN W
Sho rearest police station, thence to Ponce
HEADQUARTERS, then to the Comm,ssiope,i
Of Charities and Correction at E.eVentn
street and Third avenue, by whom leis sehe
- a. Morone. in case it is dead, or to the
Nurserv on Raadall's Island, if alive. In
raee of an unusually prepossessing infant
Saiiine into the hands Of hrs, Weeb. the
Mafrnn at Police Headquarters, she makes
an effort to keep it from the Nursery
either by getting it taken to the New ork
Founding Asylum Of the SISTERS OF Cnatity,
or by persuadiog some one TO aaoP.It. ~
either case, this has to be enecteu sn1 TO-
The officials at Eleventh street aud Ihird
avenue. 49,
The management of the nursery on the
;sinni ia such rs TO leave abundant room
for Improvement, to speak IN the miidest
tarms. Mrs. Weeb seems to be well IN
4 formed, Trustworthy, and good -natufeu'
sThe wet nurses on the island" sue says,
J Hnurse two and sometimes three babes
8 and they are not spffi cieDtly fed to give
proper nourishment for one. The babies
are consequently woefully lacking 10
plumpness and vitality, and IN most cases
FSuickiy follow to the PotteE's Field p t tue
more fortunate ones who are picked NJ
dead. and thereby escape this lingering
I. death by starvation"
Tbese are fearful facts to stare Christian
oity in the face. Some may ask why these
children are not taken to the New 1ori
Founding Asylum of the Sisters OF Chart.
or TO the New York Infant Asylum in Lex
inRton avenue. That ia just where tn
dificuity lies. To be received into eithe
of these institutions, q child must be pre-
eented by a parent or parties who Wi
ayouch that the infant is actually CHI!
belonging to this city and this State, an
besides is of inst ench pafentage and CIR
cumstances that it would certainly b
abandoned ana def not taket, ny the IN
!, stitution. This is necessary, because tn
q aid which those Institutions receive troi
! the Legislature can only be given *
children whose father or mother 10 citlZe
of New York. Thus virtually there is
New York, in the strict sense OF the wore
q no asylum for such little unfortunates. III
asyium of the Sisters of Charity was such
one, until III accepted Ola ano wy "io
and until it did SO, and was forced to CO!
form to the laws of the State, there. WI
little or noiinfanticide or abandonment
children along the public tboroughtares
this city. For three years after the esta
liehment of that institution, all foundlin
went directly to the Founding Asylui
were deposited in the basket, and we
taken by the Sisters, asking 40 question
Now, in the greater number of cases, t
unhappy mothers abandon or kill their /
tie onea.