Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1901-02-14 | Page 8 | Death and Destitution

DEATH AND DESTITUTION Parents Unable to Bury the Body of Their Child A sad case of destitution and sorrow was as revealed reve yesterday In the death of ofa ofa ofa a child of Moses Mores Reeves a R poor labor laboring laboring laborI I ing man at South Seventh West tt est street The man and his distressed i wife were sympathized sympathized sympathized with by kind neighbors ne but th they y also are aro poor and could not help in the I way fay iy the family desired Their little one lay cold old in death while Mr Reeves and his hi wife were trying to fig figure ui ure e out how they could procure a decent deceM burial for the babe They bad had no nomon noI I money mon y and knew no charitable friends friend Finally a neighbor nei volunteered to pro pre procure cure from the county commissioners as su 01 Order cler for the services I of ot an undertaker 1 t give gie the child a p piper burial He HeI came canie up town and returned about nightfall with the information that he hec could c uld not find any of the tile com mission l erv er that all three of ot them th m were ai Hot their office until nearly 5 o lock Agent DeBrichy of the Hu Humane Humane Humane I mane society heard of the case after nightfall and informed Health Com Corn Commissioner missioner Kins who promised to look took irto It ir to the matter n the rooming morning If the commissioners do not provide fur for the burial of ot the little one it will willbe willbe willbe L be done at the expense