given that it was in Ohio, the grandmother lived in Batavia a few miles away, and this was in 1913 I feel pretty confident in saying they probably knew the person they were entrusting their infant to.
the quoted article does not say they knew the carrier, but it does not explicitly say they did not. Reporting being what it generally is I think they imply that he was not known because they cannot explicitly say it without being called out for lying.
on edit: changed undoubtedly to probably, more description.
the quoted article does not say they knew the carrier, but it does not explicitly say they did not. Reporting being what it generally is I think they imply that he was not known because they cannot explicitly say it without being called out for lying.
on edit: changed undoubtedly to probably, more description.