The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1901-08-29
ABANDONED CHILD FOUND
Left In Convent Grounds Is, Tn
known Party To Con-
ceal Its Birth.
FIVE HOURS OLD AND NAKED.
II Is Fine Boy and Still Lives-Is Now In
Care Of Church Of God People
BY Virtue Of Discovery


northeast corner of the convent grounds
last Tuesday morning, and thereby
hangs mystery. 1t is boy and still
lives, with no legal mother or father to
claim it in this world, for il was cast
away in haste while yet the blood Of
birth was upon it and the essential med
ical services remained undone Who it
belongs to and from whence it came 10
the dreadful crime; or if any one does
know the secret is being guarded least it
reaches the gossip's tongue.
! The child was found about 6 o'clock
by the Church of God people, who
have been conducting religious camp
meeting on Natchez avenue Just to the
rear OF the convent grounds. The
discovery followed search for
strange noise that sounded to those peo-
pie much like the mingled cry of
young child and cat. They had heard
the faint crying along between 2 and
3 O'Clock and supposed it emenated from
house nearby, or was that OF cat in
extreme distress. The noise continued
till daylight and when the men about
the grounds arose they hegan an inves-
tigation. They searched among the
bushes along the ditch and many other
places thereabouts. One party walked
over to the high tight board fence around
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point heard faint cry coming from
within. reering through a crack he
saw what resembled the form of child
lying on the ground few feet away.
Scaling the fence to get better view
the discoveries suspicion was confirmed,
and by the aid of others of the campers
the human mite was picked up and
carried to the tent OF matronly mother
of the camp. The find caused consider
able excitement among those people,
and as soon as possible the officers OF
i the city were notified and the news
spread in a short time from one end of
the city to the other.
/ The child was not over five hours old.
1t was stark naked and the umbilical
cord had not been tied. When picked
up it was purple and showed all indica-
tions of approaching dissolution. 1t was
breathing family at the time and flut-
tering heart was keeping the spark OF
life red. County Physician Frank used
restoratives and in about an hour it re-
vived sufficiently to take nourishment
from the breast of a mother of the good
religious people who ha taken it in
charge.
II The place where the child lay when
found was near the northeast corner OF
the lot occupied by st. Joseph's accade-
my and the surroundings indicated that
it had been laid down hurridly. The
child was laying on an ant hill and its
little head was resting across small
4 limb OF tree and red marks were on
the head and body showing where it had
pressed heavily against the objects on
which it lay. Tuesday night was cold
and how the infant resisted the chilly
wind is almost marvel. Nothing but
a natural ruggedness saved it from per-
ishing. 1t weighs about six pounds, is
blue eyed and has dark hair, and is con-
sidered by everybody who has seen it as
a handsome baby. The child will be
given to the Church OF God people, who
will look after its physical as well as its
spiritual welfare. 1t will have a good
home, no doubt, for those people look
upon the child's coming as an act OF
providence. And who knows but that
in after years this castaway may become
great and wonderful man.