, 1879-08-20
DABY.FARMING.

Drath nf a r.ittie yvntf Tut Ont IN N1tst.
Yesterday afternoon q person residing Ia the
vlct1lty Of North Robcy street and Milwaukee
avenue informed an officer who was travelling
that beat that d child had died on Inc previous
night at No. 738 North Robev street, under
what appeared to be peculiar II not mysterious
circumstances. 1t was known thnt the child
WAS only few months old, md that It had
been brought to tile house. by q mfdwlfo whose
namc was Lance. It seemed also that the par-
tics, Potter Haupcr and his wife, who had charge
Of the child declined to satisfy the
neietibor's curiosity as to tho parentage OF tho
child. In effect, It was alleged TINT therc was
something queer about the death OF the infant,-
something whtcl, the authorities ought to In
7c.tiratc. The officer duly reported What he
had heard to the Ravson Street Station, aud
latcr in the day reporter heard Of the affair.
About 10 o'clock las night the knight OF The
pencil visited ttle house Of Peter Haupcr. No.
73s sNorth Elohey atrept. A iehtwas burning IN The
front room nu tEte luwer floor, md The hantllc OF
the outer door was bound with Grape. Sumo
humping Oh this door brought to an upper
window mts1lle.cged German woman, who, In
1csnuHsc 10 inquiries mid that thu Haupcr's oc-
cnntcd The lower part OF the house, and that
she thought the woman was ut hnne. though
nrnl'ahIy Hamper had gone to york, But pro.
lnnged mud persistent cnl1rse oi knocKs tailed TO
.1fr!t anY rcAponsc from the folks dn,yn-stnirA
nn,l, os Il becamc cytdcut that none OF tlle
Ilaupcr family were to be interviewed TINT night
the rcportcr applied the knowlcdEc-putnp to
thc pcsaon Al the window.
sue said ,itat The child died on Monday night,
and thht It had been
A1L1ao roR SEVERAL WgzEs.
She t,att lived In the ,louae one month. and 1t
vas sick when she catnu there. iiaupcr was
blacksmith, working. the thought, on tue South
Sile, an.l they had family Of three hoys mud
three girls, The Youngest child bong months
old. She believed that Mrs. Hauuer got The
tat,y frum midwife residing IN ,ht North S!let
when It was very small. Mrs. naupcr had tatd
that st,c didn't. know who the ch'ld's mother
was, but that she believed 1t was somc Girl who
had got into trouble, and who Ind to work for
| ltv.ng.
"No.'' was the rcp'y, "they hnd no doctor;
but nnybods can 1octor little baby like tEiat.h
'Do you kilUw what was the cause Of doa*hf'
"N0; It was always sickly nn!l weak. II was
brought uo on the hottle.an0 d!dn's scem to ges
/ aionu well Mt ali. guess u couldn't live any
| how; 1t was a moor little haby.h
"Did l'9 folks seem kind to it,-~dld they
trent It properlpf'
HWcli, don't SEQ much OF what Is going on
downstairs, ntiu have NIL can do to attend to
| nv own affairs. But Mira. Haupcr could not ILL.,
| treat or staryo baby; she is too acc lady for
That. Mo- guess 1t was used all right 40 far as
| Know"
| "ilow long was the child sick before It
| oied7"
no, It was atwaYs eick since have been bore,
| II never rcemed to gct atong we'll Tic funcsal
Ia to he early In the morning, and NAV be YOU
hotter come round then. eucss the folks Will
| be home then. But heard them talking q
while n!Go, and l don't know Why they don't
| answer.h
| made mise enough 10 waken the Seven Steep
mrs, mud yet no sign OF lifc lad been given. So
he fired parting ftts!lade OF savage thun'ps
upon 'he helpless door nttldcparted, after having
c1tcited from his informant the fact tint Mrs.
| 1aupcr told l.er sfehat once before taken O
child to nurse, and that It had died.
Tile rcnorser called on Mrs. Lange, No. Recs
street, where The child was bora on MAY ., and
ccsnlnK tho circumstnnccs Of tlle caac. Mrs.
Lauro states that earlg lo April a
YOUNG WOMAN GAME TO HER HOUSE
md complained OF being sick, Bhe mndc m cx-
animation Of her case and found her encIcn.e.
Shc Lad never seen The woman t,eforo, and upon
TINT she called herself Maria KoIl. Tic Rirl
seemed much distressed, and maae
an Arrangement to come to her
housc and remain until after her
with her, und in week afterwards the rnttd
was burn. The mother and tch!ld remained Will
her for two weeks, when. at The saegestton o!
Mira. LanEg, Tie tnfoMt WAS given into tin
| EHlgEt u A'tsS' s1AuPSls WIZ HA1 " 4GtEisG SA
vcr week for. its caro- a,ld sustcnance. The
Inotl,er. who gaye her nge ns 81 years, then re-
turned to her home. her paronis bang Ignorant
Of what had occurred, q rllsc having oocn con.
rooted by the family physician to cause
them to thIuk she had been sent to
the hospital 10 be treated for tl,e dropsy. .0ucc
In two wceIts the mother Waited Mrs Large
and gave ter money with which to paY the
chtld'R board, and seemed 10 ho much Interested
III Its welfare, During the girls stay with her,
strs. Lange saYB sho informed her that heI
parents were IN good circumstances, and thai
the father rrsilea at Waukeran; that l!c WIS
married man. md That hts name was Frank
Hrocht.. Mrs. Laugc. asated That she
ha1 known Mrs. Haupor for several
years. herself A,1d ind formerly
having occupied the basement. stnrs Of her house
fnr three yeara ~ tenants. She had seen ,llc III.
liant but onre since It bud been removed fran
her housc to Mrs t1nuper's, a,ni ttnE It was moi
looking we'll, hut was thin n1n pale. The chll
lrru MID family tcrtned to he vcry fond oft
md urlcved ut lis death. Mrs. Lange will 40
pear at ttIr inquest this morning aud repeal
substantially Tie foregoing story.
/ LONG EXPERIENCE,
careful, persistent study, employing nono tu