New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-24
DEATH FROM STARVATION.
A MOTHER AND THREE CHILDREN SUI
rERED IN SILENCE.
IN A sHANrY IN EDoEwooD. LONG ISLAND MhS'
RILEY. WHOSE HUSBAND Is MISSING. DIED
FROM HUNoER-HER BABE NOT EH-
pEcrEp TO ILvE-rwo OTHER
CHILDREN CARED FOR BY
NEIGHBORS.

ppCTED ILNE-TWo WHEN
CHILDREN CARED FOR BY
NEIGHBoRs.
=, I'M. h..n learned that Mrs. Riley. whose oooy
..s FOUND IN bed In the little shanty at Eose~ooa
,ory Island which she and her little iami! h""e
their home. starved to death The tale 'oio ny .ie
eldest child. a girl OF seven years proush. '''e
~ ,,gn, Mrs Riley had not lived in Edge
-, long She end her three chiioreh "oie
hrou.ht there from New-York about NOM. "
Ave weeks ago by her husband Inc nusu JAM ~
los, ont arm He tolG the owner Oh TIC ' -,
WAS a pedler and wanted some piace " . -
famiIv He established them In the 'umpie-uV ~"
-. ond went away. Since then no one mus
s..r him Mrs Riley and her three chiioren ny
10 themselves and did not make SINS III
,n the village. The shanty occupied Ny ''o 60. q,
is isolated and ordinarily no one hVes "o"' ~.
For the last few days gang OF earps" go hsnn
employ Of the Long Island Railroad nav w
I,-,ny in a boxcar fitted up for their use oh
aide track not far from the shanty' Inc ~ ~ a.
the family about the yard OF the shaii'y'
tho woman would walk up ana oowh ~ - ~,
go ,h. house for hours at time, carrying ne,
sixronths-old child. They saw 'he Nv" 49,
ohudro, a how of Ave and girl OF seven, p'a'e
shou, the place but beyond remark aoou' WV
voman's monotonous tramp UP ~ 90 tho
ward the carpenters PAID no at'en'o ,h
family until Wednesday night. On tna' MS ,.
cornentcrs heard the baby crying Inc ioio""e
o"' , ,ho civ, was seen to have taken her
o,hnr.s n,ace walking up and down with the
child. 1890 ,oaro. On. nervous
Finally one of the carpenters oec"'i. ~ r,orr
over the continued crying that ne s'oppeu
and went to the house TO see IL u. ~ Tho face
thing He found the child almost pacM u, ,''o
go, bord and prolonged crying. the eirl o"ii'
,ng I, WAS crying and the little poy' WIN was
almost naked crying Tor oreau' -. cir,
Tn answer to the carpenters questions the ei'
s.,a her mother was asleep upstairs anu "'u'
he hn
60 snn was hungry She had found the oao'
living on the floor of the room upstairs cr!iie IN
and her brother had slept on the hooi w a,id
when she tried awaken her mo'hc' So" ,s o.
not. so she took the baby downsta"' al"
keep IL from crying 49,, 4. an, since
r,,asoav except piece of bread There was a niue
more in the house and she was Wai's ~, w.
mother to awaken TO divide IT. one usauad
carpentcr the bread. 1t was nara anu -,
and must have been two weeks oiu 80 ,ha
showed how much she had last time anu ''s
,ooo ,ras only small square. Her Dro'hei '""
Tho Same she said Her mother nau eaten 'I
the day the children had last eaten pu. NV ,ena
said she saw her mother eat pi'e o"' "'
The to the hoc The e' hard
house and found the woman ne ~ dead Womans
told him the childs story was trHe ere almost out
wasted nar awS Sn un The body soaking we,
where the rain had beaten IN bed edi0's"
w Ss cappener his mates and 'h hey
brought food children r The e on W SS
mother mac and then taken the baby ana gone
S Sps She had and WAS S or so ha
IdhSd ber brother remained on the moor pe ,'nI
10 sleep That was all she knew un'il she io'"'
The smaller children are being oareu 70 their
sormars In The neigh borhood who went " III,
Farmers, III me car6cnters made known what tney
had esrrd The little girl refuses th.1 20 nnt her
nous az" les When the body was fouho , tlis
negh6ors sent word to the Coroner ,srnoon and
no no ~ 70 in the case were not known OUTSIDE Vi
Edgcwood until yesterday .,hora tho father
Is She does where she any ye her father
Mas often away for long times me ne;n 9
are keeping watch over the rhers r. little hope
that The baby Will live. IT is In sad s'a'e Vi
exhaustion because Of lack or nutri'oh'