Interest in "Jackie," Abandoned 1-Month-Old Boy, Aug. 28, 1926

Visitors Not Allowed to See Deserted Baby. . . Hospital Attaches Know They Would be Swamped with Visitors if Doors Were Opened to Public

“Jackie,” month-old boy left by unknown persons at the home here of Dr. J. S. Lafferty Wednesday night, is not having much company at the Concord Hospital where he was taken shortly after being found. Attaches of the hospital have not allowed the pubic to see the baby because the know such practice would result in a regular procession of visitors to the hospital, a condition that would not be beneficial to patients.

Several persons who had seriously considered adopting the baby called at the hospital to see him but were denied the privilege, nurses explaining that if one person is allowed to see the child the same privilege will have to be extended to everyone else.

It is probable that these persons who would really like to give “Jackie” a home will be taken to the hospital by J. H. Brown, county welfare officer, after he has recovered sufficiently from a recent operation to give attention to the matter. Mr. Brown will have opportunity to question those who express a desire for the child, and if he is convinced that they are in earnest, he is expected to take them to see the boy.

Offices so far have been unable to uncover any clue that might aid them in the search for the person who left the baby at the home of Dr. Lafferty, and they are about convinced that the identity of the child will remain a mystery.

Mrs. J. L. Lafferty, who has taken a keen interest in the child’s future due to the fact that it was left at her home, explained Frida that the woman from a children’s home who offered to take the baby to the home did not know anything about the case when she reached Concord early Thursday morning.

The woman has been coming to Concord for many years, Mrs. Lafferty explained, and was here on official business. “I told her about the child and asked her to go to the hospital to see it. She told me she didn’t have time but when I insisted, she visited the hospital with me. She told county officers that she would give the baby a home if they wanted her to.”

Mrs. Lafferty explained further that she interested the woman in the case because of “her fine character” and “the excellent record of the home she represents.”

It is the general belief here that Mr. Brown will seek a place for the child in a private home and it is reported that several persons here are willing to adopt him.

From page 2 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Aug. 28, 1926

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