, 1880-12-30

INkl HOW lDHE Iu1A t3EElllNE e4SlCIt VI
mall has leon In vogue in tho County Clrrk's
Office ut course rnnnot 10 determined, but TINT
II thaa bern allowcs! 70 cxtst at q! y d.9rncoin
tnonco wccltng out his olcc until men wtC
lower themselves to tho love1 o. professional
hlhCkU1nilGrH are tnHt0 tn feel TINT Sueh pro-
cccings will not be colntennnccd.
CRUEL CHARITY.
THE FATE OF TWO ORPHAN nOra NOW At TIFF
COUNTY flOsrlrA1@
Two Cases wcrc trentci ut tho County Hospital
Tuesday WHICH, ii tho stories told by tho lIttlo
auGcrors nro truc, roycnl degree of barbarity
aud ,nhumanity to which they hnyo boon sub
jcctcd which reflects insinit disgrace upon all
concerned In II, and upon tho community which
tocrntes It. 1t has bcon tho practice OF our
1'olcc Magistrates. when ]Ittlo uncGrea-for
street wnift aro brought before them, to con-
elgt, thom TO some flduStrlal houlo or refuge.
whcro 1t IL generally supposed they aro cRrcd
for and brought up In Christian manner.
Without desiring Ia any way 10 pretudRo tho
case OF the two llttsc boys In question, or 10
cast premature geiltttIons upon tho institution
to which they woro handod over by tho
committing Magistrate, It Is sufficient to
say TINT thu boys arc now inmates OF
tho County Hospital suffering from tho
results Of exposure to tho terribly inclemcnt
weathq'} that prevailed thrcc Ur four
weekf niyo, md TINT thny charge tho rcspnnsi-
iu whose c,irs :' they wsro pincod. Thoy nre both
picked up ' 1t 4 diifcrcns times by tho Chtengo
police, running Wild OIL tho streets, and tnken
siagistrate 10 tho Christian iirothcrs Industrial
and reform Schonl on Archer avenue. From
thnt institution they wore adopted BY or mp
turned them last week 10 the Christian L!rot,ers
In 90 buddy frost,bittGn z condfuon that thoy
of thom Ii nAlmcl for lIfc, and haa had to
uxpEnoo AstpurATtoS OF nUrn FEET
above tho ankle; the nthor. 1t Is hopct maybe
healed without Nm operntiaf,.
day nfiernoo1,, and had an opportunity. of con-
vcrsing with the boys. whose story, With nl! its
painful aetaiis s E!ycn precisely as they ,oa y.
lookInx chilli Of yours WIS tho one whose
feet, wore amputated yesterday by the llos.
XIII s;ur 'offefss # psssors R5'' Of oG"1 s sss R s9
geo,l,, Dr: ilaitcr. When brought q thv Hos
I sp,ai h!a feet were founi 70 be mortified up to
tho ankle. renterlnF nn nmPutNtlon nb0v9 tho
Witt va literally i Ealing fro; to bonos at tic nk!o
oh Thsn se by eapoyer hat Msfh houn tsa aa
IN tllat condition he ind rrnsatHcd ftr three
weeks hetoso being brought fn from tho farm
Chrlstiun l1rothers. 1lo WINS found lying ipon
eot looking very psIo and exh,,stf:l, ,,, with
nished hin BY bis nttcniants., !lc bofo tho
opcrnt,oi. az the reporter was informed. worry
brnveIy. AMI ID likely soon to recover from tho
cripple for life. and will never be Of servlce as
rl1t.hand nKain.
cago whon ho was gn!tb child: 1!e wns tukcn
up BY the police. ains sent 70 tho institution Of
juno he WIS sont from TINT institution to
A FAnME1t NAMED FAT LAwLEt.+
| at Manhattan, ILL.,, and sorve1 him as farm
hand until three wecks ngo. lie was employed
torn, md cutting it OF tho stalks. DnrlnR tho
whuie tlmo thnt he was there. lie represents TINT
s wss vSsy r19 sc ,S h IT, hs Soy Socamo n Gs %
continual four Of him. About three wueks ngo,
Lawicr give him sovoru bcatlug. mud he 10
s = ffsSsy !. III S ~
| dare. to Hcuk 5leator there for toar I.nwier
na HAS, goo @ pd nat rosan a a m liz 50 o no
stfaw: s Is tkis exposure he tset hs ieet frozen
tor. There fawtor cnfheEhnd fountl him. md
! took him home. D mclIchl aid was sought for
the child. but La~cr banhlged bis toet with
| RAGS CREASED WITH LAID AMI SALT;
and go he remained until Lawlcr, finding ho DID
mt SGT well, brought him back lust wpok % tho tho
Christian nrnthore. l1o was kept nt their M iusti-
% Goan4y % iiospa ana IN mh hs 'r arfsSi tdare WIS
formed. nB atroly stated
Is fully yoar Older than little l4nnEoise His
injuries wcra not 40 seyero. atad tho Hospital
| nlSBlEitlh9 ATG III uOPEa OF AtUllll4 AHFul&tlloA
III his ctsc. lie WIS able to walk about tho
room. with bis fcot cncascl In thick woolci,
stockings. Ho says he dnps not remember etller
Of hts parents. both 0t .shom died hefnre no was
years o!tl. llc WIS tnkon from, tho Institution
| priest nun!cd Fathor ilanleyt wNo placed him IN
Is, natnod Hill O'Erien. lie runlu!ned With
Oilren III! about six months n4o. but BE- and
Onrcn It'd not get MI well tuRoth0r, and O'Drion
turnoh him over to nnnthec fhrtner IN tho
| nefXNhOrhn0d, nnmett Nolan. At tho fOrmot
place he used to got frequent "h1pp'nBs, nut
NOLAN USED IIrM A CHEAT DEAL WORSE.
IIo hnd to takc euro Ut twenty COWS IN ono part
OF icld when thcre wis G1rEl III the othor, ant
because llo could n0t keep thu cows nWly fr1u
tho corn N1tnn used to beAt him seycroly. H0
too, run nwAy, slept out IN tho 1lc!ls, md Eo
frOstlNtten; and bis employer, finding hln
tho priust, who brought hin hnck to Chicago
by whuln he was sent to tho Hospital.
Such urG tho narratives rclntctl by theae poo
buys. Tho condition Of tho youngest, at least
cMs for tho sympnthy urltl A!d Ut tho churitabl,
d!sposc: Mnl, II tAer story Is cFell IN tho mali
trll 1t f,llcAtes great onsencss, tnsny tho least
iu tic ucthod by which these help!ess wallis ar
sont nut Into tho world from an institution o
public chMrity,
Tho cold amp OF tho pnst few days has brougll
l,tlulhur nf p!tsUnts to tho County Hospital Il
bo trtAtcti Tor trust bltes, MOro or les5 sovGr1
Three CNHcs Wor0 received yG8tGruHy up 10
o'clock lii the afternoon.
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