Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-08
TROUBLE OVER
FOUNDLINCS.
Agent Swaye Insisted on Giving
Them to Mexicans and Amer.
leans Objected
INDIGNATION MEETING HELD.
Result Was Babes We're Gathered tn
And All Sent Back to New
York.

Phoenix, Arlzo oct T. According to
the most reliable odylces obtsmable re-.
garding the troubles at Morenc min.
Ing town In Graham county. over the
alleged attempt to sell foundlmgs from
New York The situation IS not as ser.
Gus as has been reported. Available
adyices from Clifton. a town near Mo.
rencI are that 40 children were sent
out by the New York Founding and
Orphans asylum, Sixteen OF these we've
placed IN families IN clifton, and e
taken TO Morencl where the majority
OF them were placed with poor Mexl-
can families The American residents
Of Morenci objected TO the children be-
ing placed with a class OF MeXlcans
whom they claimed were entirely uu-
ftted 20 have care Of them. An I'm.
dignation meeting was held In Clifton
and resulted I'm the arrest Of q. w.
SWayne, the agent Of the asylum, and
the local priest. The people demanded
that the children be put In the care Of
American families, but Swayne refused
to do this and says he would take them
10 New York Objection was made 10
the giving over OF the children into
Swayne's charge, as II was feared by
some that they might be taken TO old
Mexico.
The latest authentic report is that
Swayne Is awaiting instructions from
the asylum officials In New York.
The purpose OF Swayne and assist
ants seems to be to place the
children with Catholic families In
this section, Of whom there are
but few except Mexicans While
charges have been made that
the children were being sold there
appears TO be nothing to substantiate
the claim
FACTS IN THE CASE.
solomonyille, Arlz, oct. 7-Dst. Atty.
G.. l.. RaWllns Of Graham county has
made the following statement OF the
troubles at Clifton and Morencl over
the alleged sale OF foundllngs sent out
from New York city for adoption by
Mexican families concerning which
many sensational stories have been sent
out
THE persons to whom the children
were consigned were IN every case Mex
leans and not Of the better class, either
Sixteen OF the children were given out
at Clifton and the agent then proceeded
to Morencl with the others After he
had left clifton a feeling OF ndigna-
ton arose In the American population
and a meeting was called a commit
co. ..rn IA Leo 40, panasrats
the children from the MeXcanA Ac.
companled by a large crowd Of citizens
this committee visited the Mexican huts
and demanded the babies. IN every
case the Mexicans were willing aid
glad to give them up. Several Of the
children became IN during the night
owing to the coarse food given them by
the MeXCans,
AT MorenCi the following morning
the agent proceeded 10 give out the re.
naming babes TO the Mexican families
A meeting was held the following eve
ming at clifton and Agent S'Wayne was
ordered to gather up the children az
Morenci and put them In the care of
the sisters and nurses AT the Morenci
hotel. Swayne was asked TO consent
TO the adoption OF the children by
American famillesN This swayne POSI-
lively refused to do declaring that they
must 60 to the Mexican families or
back TO New York. A meeting OF citl-
zens followed, at which some very serl-
Gus threats were made against the
agent. To avoid any harm to the agent
and Father Manlin, the local priest from
hot headed persons they were taken
under guard 10 Morencl and requested !