Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-08-02

There 10 an Investigation IN progress
in the Philadelphia Almshouse over
the fact, that . baby WAS got out of the
institution BY vile that had no baby,
to satisfy the longing Of her husband
for baby. The wife made her hus.
band believe, that it Was their own
natural baby, and not until the authori
tiles began to look up the missing
AlmshOuse baby did the husband be-
gln to suspect. Tue name OF the fami-
" is Lohmeyer. The Phii.deiphia
lime, says; Mrs. Lohmsysr is very
pretty. Her manner is frank and in
genious. They have been married
more thar . year and = half. She 10
very much IN love with her husband
aud he thluks she is the best little wife
in the world. When be learned how
she had deceived him be was more
panied than angry, and IS she naively
put it; "Henry was little hurt, but
be didn't scold me . bit, and he IS as
good humored Is ever" swell some
time ago. my fri.nd, Mrs. Rosenberg
suggested that should get child out
OF the Almshouse and make my bns-
band believe that it WAS ours. | con
sented to the scheme rather than make
Henry unhappy, for he wanted child
very much. In February Mrs. Rosen-
berg and l went to the Almshouse aud
saw q man who showed rs all the ba-
bies, but l didn't see ary l liked and
We came away. A few days later We
went again and saw this dear little
thing" Here she dropped her story
long enough to kiss the baby on her
knee. "a girl uamed Mary Gallagher,
who had been serving girl or some
thing of that kind, and who had just
bsen taken into the Almshouse, was It's
mother. 1 was pleased with the baby
and didn't care whether its father was
known or not The mother at once
agreed to give up ber baby, which was
then about . week old, and Mrs. Ro
seuburg said It was young enough to
deceive my Heury. "We came Away
and went back again two days later, on
February a. There was = meeting
of . committee Of the Board of Guard.
isns, or something of that kind, and
Mrs. Rosenberg and l went before
them. | told them wanted to get
Miss GaIlsgher's baby, and | told them
all about my case and what | wanted
the baby for. concealed nothing,
snd when l told them that l wanted
the child to deceive my husband they
sll laughed. l SAID | did not want to
take the child it there was any danger
of nv husband finding it out They
said there WAS no danger, and passed q
resolution or a motion to let me ge, the
baby. Mrs. Rosenberg and l came
away from the meeting, and Mary
Gallagher brought her ba5y outside the
Almsbouse and gave it to me. She
did not want her relatives to know she
bad baby, and was very glad to have
any respectable person take it. Now
| believe she wants to get it osck but
she sbsn't have it," Here Mrs. Lob
meyer administered hssty k:.s to tue
baby and went on with her narrative.
swell, We we're going to have ber
christened Olivett. in the Methodist
church We go to. but the people have
made so much fuss about it that guess
We won't do it." In closing the inter-
view she said that as Henry has forgiv-
en- her she 10 satisfied, and they will
keep aud love Olivette. She says
Henry told her last night inst not one
man in thousand would take the de-
cepfIon a. easy IS be does, and she evil
dently believes be spoke the truth.