Mexico weekly ledger., 1893-08-17
MEXICO, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, AUGUST II. 1898

apump and feed it. / went ovel
there one evening and noticed The
milk in the bottle was clabbered
and the baby seemed almost lifeless
When [ first saw the child it was a
healthy child. 1t looked better the
last time saw it than next to the
last time. The first time l had a
conversation with her I had he,
let it nurse. l don't know anything
about when else it nursed, only what
they said. They said they would
let it nurse after they could see and
hear from Prosecuting Attorney
Trimble how to nurse it. Now
when was it they got word from
Prosecuting Attorney Trimble how
to nurse it? never asked"
John Jones: ''I live about one
mile and a half west of Rowena.
have seen Lloyd and Kate Helm.
baugh frequently. 1 think they got
sweet milk once or twice, and got
sour milk one to three times week.
| don't remember the date of the
death Of the child, but I saw them
at home that evening about 6 o'clock.
That night saw them at my house
about 8 O'Clock. The child was
with them. They stayed about 10
minutes; did not get out of buggy.
| asked them to hand the child out
to ME but its mother said there was
something wrong with it. She
said she believed it was dying.
IIeinbaugh said he thought the
child was dead. | went in the
house and got a lamp and looked at
the child's face and l told them it
was dead. l told Heinbaugh l
thought he had got himself into
trouble. | told him l would 60 for
the doctor. l went after the doctor
and went down there with him and
the doctor pronounced it dead"
Mrs. John Jones: 'T know
Lloyd and Kate Heinbaugh when l
see them. They got sour milk
during the month of June and July
and got sweet milk twice. / had a
conversation with her before and
after the birth of the child. She
said she would not raise it if she
could help it. She said she was
going to take it to St. Louis. She
said she was going to keep it until
it got so it could eat. The baby
was about three months old when
they got sweet milk. l saw Mrs.
Heinbaugh let it nurse and then
from the bottle part of the time. l
saw it Wednesday or Thursday be-
fore it died. 1t was at my house
about half an hour about 9 o'clock.
She came after milk. l handled
the baby about five minutes. 1t
was about 10 days when 1 next saw
it at my house when she stayed all
day and the baby that day looked
all right.
Plaintiff offers in evidence the tes-
timony of Lloyd Heinbaugh given
before the coroner on the 23rd day
of July, 1898, at inquest of child of
Mrs. Heinbaugh: 81 was 27 years
old last June. My wife is Is years
old. Have had no children during
wedlock. My wife had one, but it
was not mine although it was born
in my house. Do doctor attended.
She told me before marriage she
was soon to give birth to child.
We were engaged. When l found
out her condition I broke the engage
ment when my rival, Oscar DON
omon, and her quit. She told me
the child was Claud Barnes. Child
born on morning 10th between 2
and3 O'Clock. We did not send
for a doctor when the child was
born. The reason for not sending
for close neighbors were, we thought
we could conceal the fact that a
child had been born" Court ex-
cluded testimony of Mrs. Helm
baugh.
DR.. Fritts: l am a practicing
physician. l am Coroner. l held
an inquest over the body of & child
of Mrs. Kate Heinbaugh. 1 held a
post mortem. The post nortem
revealed the child was badly emaciat-
ed-no food of any kind in it's stom-
ach or intestines-andb but a very
small particle of blood in the child;
its stomach and intestines were al
most entirely collapsed-that is,
fattened out from the want Of either
any food or anything of the kind to
fill the intestines out. l found no
abnormable condition outside Of