The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-02-06
4 WOLFISH SHEPHERD.

The kilograms of Saturday contained
the gratifying intelligence that REV.
Edward Cowlcy," secretary of the Shep-
herds fold, New York city, had been
sent TO the Tombs on twenty-five separate
indictments, for cruelty and abuse of
children. The court very properly re-
quired 81, 900 bail, which was not forth
coming, and the incarnate hypocrite
VIII, we hope, have speedy trial and Il
sentence to the penitentiary for the
longest term that the law permits 4
diet there similar to the one he las dealt
out to the little ones under his control
would be justice.
The particulars of the way in which
Mr.. Cowley conducted the shepherds
Fold" and the manner in which his
misery management was detected, are
reported by Frank Lcslie's illustrated
Newspaper as follows:
RESCUED FROM THE SHEPHERDS FOLD
The most important rescue that has
signalized the New York society for the
prevention of cruelty to children since
its organization, was that made on Sat
urday, January 18th, at the building
known rs the shepherds Fold" No.
lj7 East Sixteenth street. 1t was CON
Quoted at the time by the Rev. Edward
Cowley, who called himself secretary of
the Shepherds Fold, and his wife. Com
plants had been made frequently to the
society against the way poor children
sent to the fold were treated, and the raid
of the 18th was authorized by warrants
iScIIa6 nv Tnl aran nnnIara Of has
court, on the application of the society's
officer. The house, externally an i'm
posing four-story, brown-stone structure,
was visited early on Saturday morning
b. superintendent Jenkins and num-
Der of the officers of the society and the
police department. Admission was de-
MED, but the officers gained access, and
made thorough search of the premises.
TXenty-four children, poorly dressed,
sick, emaciated and nearly starved to
death, were found. Hastily gathering
them together, the officers had them
dressed in their out-of-doOr clothing, and
then hurried them into six coaches that
were in waiting. From the house they
were driven directly to the supreme court
room, where, after arranging them he
fore Judge Donohue, Mr.. Delafield re-
ported the action that had been taken.
Although the warrants called for twenty
eight children, but twenty-four were
found, and one of them, little Louis Vic
tor, was hunted up in St. Luke's Hospi-
tai, whittier he had been sent by "secre-
tary'' Cowley, in a dying condition, the
result of starvation.
Wishing to give Mr.. Cowley, or some
representative of the fold, an opportun-
ity to be heard, Judge Donohue adjourn
ed the examination to Saturday, 24th
inst. Before doing so he issued an or
der consigning the children to the care
of the society pending the investigation.
As soon as the legal forms were settled
the children were taken by Mr.. Elbridge
L. Gerry, president of the society, to
restaurant, and given the first good meal
they had had for months, and in the case
of some, for years.
It is said by superintendent Jenkins
that several complaints have been made
TO this society heretofore against this in
stitution, but they have been based in
some instances in such a way that the
society did not feel justified in proceed
ing against the Shepherds Fold. l have
heard that Mr.. Cowley was formerly en-
ployed on the Island, and when the
Shepherds Fold was organized, IN 1868.
he remained with it some time and then
withdrew Soon after he organized the
Chiidren's Fold. Two years ago he re-
complaints made against him for having
starved children under his care, taking
with him some children whom he placed
in the Shepherds Fold The Childrcn's
Fold removed to Tenth avenue and
Ninety-third street from the house in
East SiXtieth street. Upon its removal
Mr.. Cowley took possession of the Six
tieth street house" Besides the COM
plants of interested parties, there have
been many made To the society by the
neighbors, who said that the children
were crying continually; also that chill
dren were locked in the rooms, as was
shown by the fact that other children
had to pass food to them through the
| windows.
The children, since their rescue, have
received the best of medical attention, of
which they were in sore need. Food
has been given them sparingly, and
when the case comes up in court for
thorough Investigation, they will bear
| little resemblance to the woebegone IN
| fortunates of week ago.
Louis Victor, the miserable child who
was taken to ST. Luke's hospital, and the
| discovery of whose starvation and i'll
treatment resulted in the breaking up of
the told, is still in precariOus condi-
! ton. AT times ire starts up with NOR
bidly-ravenous appetite, calling for
Meat meatr' and clawin5 and tearing
it when he gets it with ravenous appe-
tite. The hOuse-piIysicians clare that
the boys suffeiings are directly caused
| by the lack of proper food and nouTish-
mcnt. They say that if the child had re-
manned in the fold five days longer he
would have been a corpse.