Evening journal., 1912-10-03
MOTHER In
| SEARCH OF
LITTLE ONES
Separated From Four Children
IA Years, She Now Wants
Them Returned
WERE GIVEN HOMES
BY CHILDREN'S SOCIETY

Mrs. Josephine Loscolzo, at present
living at Venice Park, Atlantic City,
aas appealed to THE EVENING
JOURNAL TO assist her in her search
sor three children she says she was
compelled to place in the Home for
Friendless and Destitute Children in
this city. fourteen years ago after her
husband has deserted her and left her
destitute circumstances.
Mrs Loscolzo remarked after her
husband obtained a divorce, and now
ives with her second husband in At
antic City. She said her first hus-
oand also remarked and she heard
our years ago that he died in New
York City
She appealed to THE EVENING
JOURNAL, she said, because she had
exhausted every means Of locating her
hree children. /" The Oldest is Harry
Hyatt, whom she saw four years ago
on the farm of William Hobbs, to
whom he had been farmed out, but
she was unable to obtain him. She
\ said the authorities at the Home told
ner four years ago where the oldest
son was, but she says she has been
lnable to get them to tell her where
!, The two remaining children are
Harry" she said, was p years Of
age last August. and is now free, and
I would very much like to see him,
but don't know where he IS / would
shlso like to know where my other
two children are so that I might go
to see them. ] have been trying for
several years to locate them. but
<without success. One of the boys,
Lewis, is II years of age and the
u other. William, is 10 years old
Mrs. LoscOlzO said that when she
! iced her children IN the Home she
7N.s destitute. She said she went to
Atlantic City to work and was short
" atterWard taken III and operated
2 on i'm the hospital there. She re-
ymained in the hospital four months,
and when she could leave there, found
her children had in the mean
Tia E been placed out with other fami-
lies by the management Of the Home.
y Mrs LoscOlzo said she Is a tailoress
IN Atlantic City She was neatly
dressed Yesterday when reporter
for THE EVENING JOURNAL saw
Sher
At the time the woman placed her
children in the Home. she occupied
rooms enth and King streets
During ~ stay here she is stopping
with her brother. Lewis Eggner, at
the southwest corner of Peach and
Claymont streets.
In speaking Of the case today
David J. Reinhardt. legal represen-
tative Of the Home. informed a re-
porter for THE EVENING JOURNAL
that there was no doubt i'm his mind
4 that any mother, sincere in her mo.
tives, could obtain information from
tfs management of the Home con-
corning the whereabouts of her chill
dren.
Mr. Reinhardt was asked if there
was not a rule in effect at the insti-
tuition that when children are placed
there, the parents lose jurisdiction
over them. He replied there were
two ways of having children admitted
TO the Home, one to pay their board
and the other to turn them over tc
the institution without reservation
He said he had understood that in
formation as to the whereabouts oi
children of parents was refused then
In some instances because the man.
agement of the home thought the
children were better off where they
Nore and should not be molested n
some instances, he said. parents plac,
children in the home and when the,
become old enough to work wan
them back. He said he had no knowl
edge Of this particular case bu
thought that Mrs. Loscolzo could ge
the information she wanted provided
the management of the home wal
satisfied her motives we're all right.