FULL TEXT: A recent telegram from
London states that some shocking revelations have been made in connection with baby-farming at Warasdin, a town 36 miles from
Agram, the capital of Croatia (Austria). Several miscreants had been arrested,
who, it was ascertained, systematically practised shocking cruelties on
children in order to produce various kinds of deformity for the purpose of
exciting sympathy of the public. In some cases it was discovered that children
were purposely crippled so that they might accompany beggars on their rounds.
Children were found whose legs and arms had been deliberately broken while
others had had their eyes gouged out so as to make them blind. One unfortunate
child was found with its body bent double, and kept in that position by being
placed between boards tightly screwed together. Various horrible implements of
torture intended to be used for producing deformity in children were also
brought to light.
[From “General News,” The
Daily News (Perth, WA, Australia), Sep. 4, 1893, p. 2]
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Headline and date in image from: [“Baby-farming Horrors in Croatia.” The Barrier Miner (Broken
Hill, NS, Australia), Aug. 21, 1893, p. 1]
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For more cases of “Baby Farmers,” professional child care providers who murdered children see The Forgotten Serial Killers.
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For more cases, see: Women Who Like to Torture
For more cases of “Baby Farmers,” professional child care providers who murdered children see The Forgotten Serial Killers.
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