At Coney Island funpark, Reporter Earl Sparling of the New York World-Telegram interviewed police officers, learned the following anent the habits of New Yorkers in dealing with lost children:
"Some mothers deliberately lose their kids ... so they can have a good time themselves. They know the kids will be picked up and taken care of. ... A man and wife will come in here to get a lost child. The wife will sit down and cry while the husband cleans the kid up. . . . The coops [on the beach where...
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