Arizona republican., 1905-01-22
THE FACTS.

The New York F'ouEdling hospital is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of New York for the purpose of caring for abandoned and deserted infants found in the city of New York, and such as may be voluntarily surrendered to it., of the age of two years or under; tte act amending it's charter providing that it should be under the care. man. agement, and control of the religious order known as the Sisters of Char ity.""
 While the act amending the charter of the hospital does not in terms au- thorize the institution so to do it is shown that it has been, from the or ganization of the hospital, the prac- tice of its managers to place infants of suitable age in homes within and without the state of New York, to be cared for, reared, supported and edu- cated 4n such homes by the persons to whom they are given, and that 1t so places some 45O children each year; and that the hospital authorities re- tain the right to visit such homes and to maintain a supervision over said children until they become of age. The evidence does not disclose the nature or extent of this supervision, nor the method by which it is exercised.
 During the summer of 1904 the hos pital authorities received a letter from a priest temporarily in charge of the parish of Clifton and Morenci re- questing that certain number of chil- dren be sent from the institution to Clifton and Morenci to be placed with in the homes of certain of his parish toners, who were represented by said priest to be of the Spanish race, but to be persons who spoke the English languag ge; that it was the desire or these people that only children of fair complexion be sent.
 In response to the application and upon the representations made by the priest forty children were sent by the petitioner under the charge of Sister Anna MicheHa and two other Sisters of Charity, and an agent by the name of SWayne, consigned to the persons whose names had been previously sup piled by the priest. These children were of the Caucasian race, and, as requested by the sad priest, chosen from among those in the institution who were fairest and lightest in com plexion; they were all children of un- usual beauty and attrdctiveness; their ages were from eighteen months to i've years To the clothing of each child was attached a tag, giving the band number of each child, the name of the person to whom consigned, and the name and date of birth of the child. To each person to whom a child was assigned was sent a letter signed by the sister superior, requesting that the censignee, within a week after the reception of the child, fill out a blank which was enclosed, containing the name of the child. the name of the foster parents in full, the business oc- cupation and the pOstoffice address of such foster parents, and forward the same to the hospital authorities. The letter also requested that the person to whom each child was assigned should write yearly, about the first of May, how the child was progressing and giving any other items of interest.
 On the evening of October 1, 1904, the children, in charge of said sisters and agent, arrived in Clifton in a spe- cial car. It having become a matter of notoriety in Clifton that a number