The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-11
INFANT RESCUED.

Last night at y O'Clock an affair occur
red so revolving in its details that it IS q
difficult matter to give the account the
enormity of the affair demands. just be
fore retiring to bed, Mr. Gibbs, the pro
prietor OF the Logan House, on the corner
of Douglas and Mead took occasion TO step
out on the back gallery of the hotel. He
fancied he heard noise in the privy and
went out to investigate. His fancies were
confirmed in the most startling manner
and he ran Immediately into
the street for aid. Fortunately the officers
were just changing watches and he found
| Officers Dennis and Snyder together. They
at once went with him TO the rear of the
| hotel where the cries came from. The
affair is two story and there was no way
of getting at the inside without cutting
! through the back Axes were hastily
! secured and these two stalwart men
worked with desperation to rescue the
| speck of humanity that was calling
/ for aid. 1t was evident from the
! start that it was an infant but whose il
/ was, how it came there and whether by
accident or design, was then a mystery.
I However, despite the revolving and sicken-
ing situation, they were only actuated by
feeling of humanity and soon their efforts
were rewarded, and they brought forth the
infant alive. Not satisfied with this they
cleaned it as best they could, taking IL to a
/ place of safety and kept life in it until DR..
/ Bebbee arrived and dressed it properly.
! A little investigation found the mother,
who was guest of the Logan house, hav-
! ing lately arrived As a matter of course
it was impossible to move her In speak
ing of the matter Mrs. Gibbs, the landlady,
said the mother came to the house and
took rooms, paying in advance. She mis-
trusted her condition at first but her fu-
ture actions had completely thrown her off
her guard. During the evening her bOarder
had kept closely to her room until about Q
o'clock. She then began to run out and in
seeming TO be in great pain. When Mrs.
Gibbs questioned her she would not tell
anything at all Shortly before II o'clock
Mrs. Gibbs became alarmed by her actions
and entreated her to tell her what was the
matter but she only spoke incoherently.
As soon as DIR. Bebbee had cared for the
child he, in company with Officers Dennis
and Snyder and an EAGLE reporter, en-
tered the mothers room.
As strange as II may seem, the physician
found that she needed very little immedi-
ate attention. She looked very pale and
distressed but seemed willing to talk as
well as she could. The following particu-
lars were learned from her: She said her
name was Lizzie Ensfeld, of Hutchinson,
and that the name of her betrayer was ---
-. She was % years Of age The
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seemed so quiet she thought it was dead
and wrapping her skirt about it in her de
ierium, disposed of it a. before narrated.
She held nothing back but continually
interrupted herself by imploring those
present not to tell her mother and TO give
her back her child. She said she thought
it was dead and showed a great deal Of JOY
when the physicians told her it would live.
In such a case the law must take its
course and it was impossible to shield her
from publicity. II was quite evident that
the physical pain she had suffered, coupled
with the keen sense of disgrace she was
bringing on herself and hers, had deranged
her mind temporarily. The enormity Of
the deed she had committed seemed to
just be dawning upon her, and on the adj
vice OF the physician all withdrew. BY
this time Mrs Gibbs had collected her wits
ami was doing for the child all that could
be done; he was wrapped in warm fan
nels and hot bottles applied 10 his feet and
she was ready to assert that the little
fellow will pull through under her
treatment He j. little boy, perfectly
formed. and. strange 70 relate, mad suffered
very little physical injury from MS fall.