New-York tribune., 1879-12-08
PRACTISING BABY FARMING.

amounts to about so, 600. The rain and wind were
blamed for the accident yesterday.
PRACTISING BABY FARMING.
MRS. BAUsCH's LITTLE BOiRDER - DR.. WOLFF
CHARGED WITH SERIOUS NEGLECT.
The case of Dr. Gabriel J Wolff of No. 251 Tenth
ST. who il accused of having caused the death of
child, which he had sent TO Mrs. Frederick Rausch,
Of No. AZ Delancey-st., TO board, by giving 1t too
large a dose of opium and sulphuric acid. partly
investigated Saturday, when Dr. Wolff was taken
before Coroner EllInger Sarah Meyer, of No. 3e7
Eghth-st.. testified that she Keeps a kind Of hos
pItal, and receives women who are about TO become
mothers. who are sent to her by 1 ,. Wolff. Last
month only one woman went to this place, and her
child was born the same day. DR.. Wolf testified
that the mother who said she was not married.
asked hum To find nurse for the child. The
mothers name was Annie Nestel. lie sent the IN
fant TO Mrs Rausch. When it became sick he pre-
scribed for il to the best of his knowledge without
seeing it. The Coroner admitted the Doctor TO bail
in the sum of 81 900.
In March. 1863 Dr. Wolf was charged with hav
ing caused the DEATH by malpractice, of a respect
able woman, and was placed under $4,000 bail;
but the was never tired Mrs. Rausch said last
evening To "A tribune reporter that when she tod
DR.. Wolff one day that the child was not much bet
ter, ne said that he TO hear it,. BIT if It
is Gods WILL" he said, "let her die L have nine
more that not christened YET DIR. Nolh was
found at his house IN Tenthst yesterday, where he
denied having made the above statement. he said
that he never inquired into the patients history as
long as his bills we're promptly paid. lie ielJ salts
fed that he would be exOnerated from all blame
after the inquest was bcld. After leaving Dr.
Wolf the reporter saw Mrs Meyer who lives in
the basement of house in Elghth-st She wished
to correct her testimony made before the Coroner
regarding the number of patients sent to her by
DR.. Wolff during the past year. She only took care
of six. she says now. whereas on saturday she
testified 10 having attended TO fifteen. She knew
nothing about Annie Nestel other than that she
gave birth 10 a child IN her house.
Deputy Coroner MacW WINNIE. who made an au-
tOpsy on the child yesterday. found that 1t had died
from nduration of the fauces, resulting from inham
nation, caused by an irrrant of some description.
The immediate canse of death was lnanltion. The
inquest to he held to-day. The police have not as
yet discovered Annie Ncstcl.
ONE OF THE DIVERSIONS OF THE STREET.
A STORY OF A Personal ENCOUNTER BETWEEN
JAMES r. KEENE AND CHARLES J. OSBORNE
AMUsEs THE BROKERS FOR FEW MINUTES
NO TRUTH N THE TALE.
Wall Street was startled Saturday by rumors Of
q serious breach between james X. keene and
Charles J. Osborne II was even reported that the
feud had grown so deadly that the two, whom mu-
tual interest had made friends, fell to pummellng
each other. The exact hour when they met in the
rumored combat could not be learned, but all ac-
counts agreed that the place the hallway of
the building, No. "a Broad-st., in which both have
Offices This story of tight of two great " bears"
appeared 70 give their usual opponents in the
of the Stock Exchange fresh courage, and prices,
which had been Dropping quickly revived. IL was
c0njectured that such an extreme quarrel could
never he healed and that the diversion would bode
good TO the long" side of the market There
were some brokers who were skeptica, and SAID:
"Poohl keene fight Osbornel Why what do you
suppose would happen If Osborne should happen to
stub his toe and fall against keenef lt would be
the last of the California speculator."
Another operator SAID with jovial laugh
Kcene strike Osh0rnci OH what of 1t lt
couldn't have hurt hlm any. and very likely Os-
borne don't know II yet"
Mr.. Keene was f0und at his office His face bore
no marks of the deadly encounter; no dust re-
NAMED upon his clothes He denied IN the most
emphatic terms that there had been any alterca-
ton.
There is not n scintilla Of truth in the story
he exclaimed with some warmth; 1t IS tabr-
cation"
Mr. Osborne could not be found.and it was feared
al once that he might have been worsted IN the
afray; that Goliath had met his David. Bat 1t
was SAID positively by an intimate friend that his
absence could not be explained in that manner
that there had been difficulty between him and
Mr. keene, and that as to blows" Blows, he SAID.
"blOws-between HIM aud Keenef lmpossib BILE"
The serenity of the market was disturbed for only
n short time. But many brokers, after the tale was
found to be false, wondered curousy neither after
all the rumors mad not had purpose.