Year: 1874

CHILD LIFE HANGING BY THREAD
TIE BABY FARMING CASE TO BE RiGIpL1 lNVEsIi-


cATrD-THF SYSTEM AND THE MODES FOR ITS DE-


TECTION.


Coroner Woltman is quietly making re-
searches into the system Of baby farming recently
brought 10 hight by the death OF baby through Degect
in house IN West Niueteenthst, aud he VIII be ready
70 hold the inquest early next week He has founo
necessary TO consult legal authorities before making
any arrests feels confident that none of the persons
implicated will escape. He in consultation with the
Attorney yesterday. The officers OF the Health
Board say that the existence OF private asylups or


baby farms such these not brought TO their no
tee directly in any manner The printed forms contain
no heading Of Remarks" calling especially FOR any III
formation Of this sort although il happens frequently
that careful physicians IN giving certificates Oh dean
add such information OF their own accord.


Mrs Doran having told Coroner WOltman, IN her
house that she was conducting her establishment with
the fun know edge of the Board Of Health
and the superintendent OF Outdoor Poor, and Mr.
Dorau having stated at the time that he was
friend Of Dr. Harris, Registrar OF Vital statistics and
referred many prominent merchants ana physicians
ry whose friendly recommendations he proposed TO
frIn his statements and those OF Mrs DOraD reporter
yesterday TO discover the true state OF affairs
Dr Harris repeatedly aud positively denied all those
assertions He also said that the aim Of the Board OF
Health had been always to close UP all places where the





Although the task had always been a difficult re-
qurDg constant aud untirng wachfulness the part
Of tie officers interested the suppression OF the crime
alluded TO, every effort would be made TO insure the
success OF the undertaking. Ever since the baby
farming" excitement Of few years ago the Board had,
by the vigilance and constant watching for this
evil, discovered at intervals houses where infants were
alarmed 10 death The mode of detection fol-
lows The clerks having charge Of the registering Of
deaths especially cautioned 10 report 10 the proper
official any where a number OF applications
for burial permits for infants are made after
only a short interval, from the same house
This rule invariably carried ont, matter how re
spectacle the of the parents how high the posi-


lion of the physician whose signature is upon the GER
tincate Of death. When once suspicion is aroused
rgd Investigation is the result An unOstentatious
mode Of detection is carried on, the men employed TO
ferret slch things being the best detectives the
police force aud often the search eliminates in the dis
covery Of criminals before they have begun TO sus
pec the existence Of suspicious In this case the offend
.rs are immediately and sterDy warned that unless
immediate stop is put TO the increasing number OF In
faDt cOrpses which issue from that house they will be
refused burial permits. Occasionally case comes TO
light where the baby farmer carries on his or her bus
under the mask of religion one Of the most dis
tressng that has been discovered that OF
woman on whose hands seven of the eight children
taken by her died. aud she convinced her examiners
that she really did know she much accessory
10 the terrible OF murder though she had pur
posely administered poison the infants in her
Some time ago children died in house in this city
before the place discovered to be a baby farm"
and the ply ysicans whose the certificates
OF death escaped with reprmand Dr Harris said
There is for this waDtOn destruction of life.
There can he no reason why women beeom-
ing mothers should fan into the taOns OF such women
as those who run baby farms There four insti
buttons In this city where women be taken IN
and cared for In tendercst and when the
chi!1 born receives the attention Of knd women
who good for the love Of dong good and who rear
the II 10 their believe 10 to be tue
duty the Board Of Health to uprOOt and cast
this evil when hJurshes in the very midst Of our
city. and can 30 II too by little STRENGTHENING
and little reinforcement there until their system
l. complete have 10 doubt that hey will eventually
succeed IN this wor6."


Dr. Harris afro read 10 the reporter printed receipt
found house IN which several children had died, the
causes being guCd 10 various diseases but which
were doubtless the result OF farming" The paper
follows. &C." 10 - DIR. To
one chit. named --, born - until IL is adopted
dies. s.


Mr.. Keilock. the superintendent Of Outdoor Poor
said that the extent Of hs acquaintance with Mrs DJran
that she had come to MIN to have child buried
bearing a permit from the Board OF Health While in
ONCE she asked hun 10 seud her business IN her
1Lc' Tus he ndsnanty refused TO do, and could not
he said had he been disposed all abandoned
Hfauth falling INTO the hands Of the Department OF
Charities and Correction sent TO the Infant Hospital
that Department OF the CITY Government