BABY-FARMING HORROR
London, April 13. The bodies of sis babies have been found in tbe Thames at Reading. They are believed to have been murdered by a babyfarmer. Others are missing and tbe river is being dragged. A woman named Annie Dyer has been arrested in connection with tbe charge. The woman Dyer attempted to commit suicide, but was unsuccessful. April 14. The woman Dyer has been engaged babyfarming for years past. She received 20 infants sinoa Christmas. The whereabouts of only eight of theie has been traced. She was generally paid a lamp sum of LlO for adopting a baby.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2198, 16 April 1896, Page 29
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101BABY-FARMING HORROR Otago Witness, Issue 2198, 16 April 1896, Page 29
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