ORPHAN ASYLUM BLOCK SOLD.; Particulars of the Fifth Avenue Deal Withheld -- Mr. Crimmins on Real Estate Investments. Share full article. Dec. 13, 1899.

Before one dawn last week Mrs. Amelia Toner, 27, lay alone with her unborn baby in a rented Brooklyn bedroom. Her Irish husband had deserted her. Her other four children were in a Catholic orphan ...