Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-10-17
HUNTING FORA BABY
Mysterious Young Couple With an
Inheritance In India.
STRANGE DoISGs Is SALT LAKE.
Wanted Blao I'd Boy From Utah
hut lea TO 30 TO Bate,
Montana, Tor One.

"Wanted-s little boy for sale.p
Such title v ould bc.anything but an
Inappropriate one for strange chap.
ter In the marital career Of All equally
strange young couple who recently
sojournsd for n short period In this
city. Their advent was very quiet and
their dspartufo--lt they have departed
-also without unusoessafy noise OF
disturbance.
The fret in,imstiVn Of their presence
here was the publication In a morning
paper Of an advertisement for n baby
boy Of from three TO eight months old
with blue eyes. There were to be no
questions asked with reference to
percentage and n part Of the pro-
poled agreement was TO the effect
that tho couple should adopt tho
child as ths'r own and tax. II from
tho Territory for all time to come. ihe
"ad,v while II resulted In not n few
calls upon the chlidls. pair. Of pev
Sons with little one IAoy were willing
to dispose OF, diinr attract very gen.
ofal attention, a. such anuouE ccmonis
have not been uncommon OF late.
But OF all the heartlsss parents who
oubnilttod-as the dispatch appended
10 this article indicates they did
supofnuous SAMPLES Of their own flesh
aud blood, which they were will.
ing 10 barter for gold, not
Is.H Aa. -. a.
and other sections were visited
Ia search OF tho much wanted blue
eyed baby. In one Of these-Butle,
Montens-a private advance agent
seems TO have been successful In her
mission M narrated in the following
somewhat sensational and probably
partially Inaccurate dispatch 10 n Don.
Yer paper under date OF Oct. IL:
A few days ago thore came TO Butte
from Salt Lake n woman who inmeii-
a'ely upon her arrival inserted In one
OF tno morning papers an advertise
ment reading n follows
Wanted, for adoption, baby boy from
3 toS months old, with blue eyes. No
questions asked as to parentago.
Tho womsn stopped At a lodging
house aud maintained such m air OF
secrecy that all efforts to learn her
Identity were unsvailing during her
stay In the city. The day after tho
appearance OF the advertisement she
Evosivsd call from n young girl, tho
daughter OF respected parents, VINO had
an lIlegltlmAte child and which an
swereu tho requirements OF the adver-
tlsrr. Tho result was that tho young
mother surrendered her child and tho
woman left with II for SAil L.ke. What
nas become known regarding the wo-
man leaked out through the young
mother, who was given satisfactory
proof OF the womans Identity, hon
esiy and responsibility, but her name
aud the names OF others associated
with her In tins matter the girl mother
refuses TO diyulgo.
IL appears that "Atrs. SMITH 10 n
professional nurss Of Salt Lake and
that her services were enlisted n few
weeks ago by young couple who
came " Salt LAko from San Francisco
In seRrch OF hoy for adoption. Ths
young couple, /. 10 alleged, aTs
wealthy sId that they recently Lost @
child answering tho description Ia tha
Advertisement mentioned above. by
the death OF the CHI d they also los, the
inheritance Of some vast property In.
ter,sts In India, 10 which country they
were about TO return when their child
died. To prevent ths loss OF ths estate
they Decided upon deception by adopt
ING chi.d and passing 4. oil al
,hOlr own. Win this cntefinins
tioh they started out TO hnu u
child that answered this description Of
toe ono they Lost. In nll Ban Fran
cisco thoy could not nnd one, 80 they
went 10 salt Lake aud secured the
assistance OF "MtP. smith, An nd.
yeTiiiement In some OF the LEGAL papers
there brought several satisfactory
tables, but the parents demanded u
wTittsn contract promising that the
children sh0ulI be brought up In tho
Mormon faith and that tie bishop
should be permitted TO rec them at
least twice year. This was not sAt-
isiaciory to tho coupl. and tnen they
heard OF the Children's Home In
Butte and rent "Mrs. SmithD to
this city. but she found no child at
the home that would meet the req lire.
menis, aud ans al once inserted an al.
vsrtlsomont In the paper with the re-
suit already stated. The nurss was
provided with an abundance Of money,
aud Il Is understood that she wiz ac-
company the couple and child 10 India.