1884 - Baby Deserted

         

“Child Desertion : A Newborn Babe Found at the Door of the Home of the Friendless”

 Hamilton Weekly Times     February 25, 1884.

“The weather Friday was anything but pleasant for young or old, and the man or woman who would expose a new born infant to such a storm is certainly devoid of humanity. But such an outrage occurred. A boy baby, a few hours old, was forsaken by its cruel mother, and laid on the steps of the Home of the Friendless, corner of Duke and Caroline streets. A man who said he was passing and heard the infant cry summoned the matron of the institution who took charge of the waif. The child was in a small basket, wrapped up in a shawl. The incident was communicated to the police, who are looking for the heartless mother.”