The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-14

Mulyain was excited last night over the
cruelty accorded 10 Baby Smith and its
subsequent death.
The feeling ran high against Dr.. Nc
Kinzie who, it seems, is blamed more than
anybody else for the inhuuianity accorded
the infant. and if he is to blame, which
indication shows, the condem nation be is
receiving on all sides is not too severe. 1t
almost SURPRISES The average human intel
ect to comprehend why rational people,
surrounded by the soft influences OF Chriti-
anity, should be so dead to all human feel
ing as TO treat Baby Smith as it has been
treated. There is something revoltiDgly
unnatural about the whole proceedings.
and the guilty parties will doubtless be
punished to the full extent of the law.
Yesterday morning about O'Clock, Dr..
Mckenzie of MuIyane, arrived home from
professional visit. He had basket with
him in which au infaut two hours old was
wrapped up in cotton. He tried to find 4
home for it In two or three families. but
failing, he took it TO the Devore hotel and
telling plausible story succeeded in get
ting Mrs. Devore to take 1t. Some time
afterwards Mrs. Deyore became suspicious
that all was not right aud size took the
baby 10 Mrs. Mckenzie, the doctor 5
wife, and left it with her. Later on
the baby died and Coroner McColIister
was called He and Under Sheriff Charlie
Simmons went down yesterday morning
TO investigate the matter aud found the
people of Mulvane very much excited,
having felt that something was radically
wrong, knowing that DIR. Mckenzie was
drinking hard the previous day.
During his Investigation the coroner
asccrtained that Mrs. Somebody told Mrs.
Somebody else that the doctor was asked
E ~ 70 Mt an .fnrN rrrN
and that the parties interested were Il
young man named Smith and his wife, who
lived SIX miles west OF Muivane. With
this information locked up in
his breast, McCollister interviewed
DIR. Mckenzie. The doctor said that
be was called out to travelling parties who
were camping where he delivered tie baby
and thinking IL was dead brought IL to
town with him for burial. When the
coroner expressed u desire TO sea the
parties the doctor said that they were
probably fifty miles away bv that time.
In the meantime it was aseertained that
the baby was the infant of Mrs. Smith and
the coroner and his staff drove out TO the
Smith home. Mrs. Smith made a state
ment under oath. She said that she gave
birth TO the baby; that DR.. Mckenzie said
1t was dead aud that he would take 1t aud
give it burial. She did not see the baby.
This. in substance, was her statement.
w hen DIR. Mckenzie was afterwards
accosted with this statement and he had
aScertained that the facts were out he said
to the coroner "If | had thrown
the infant in the river all this trouble
could have been avoided. The story that
is current 10 Mulvane IS very damaging TO
the professional as we'll as personal
character of DR.. Mckenzie, aud IL is the
general opinion that a scheme had been
Matched up to relieve the Smiths of the in
pon of hair off =
Both Smith and Mckenzie are practically
under arrest; that is, they are guarded by
officers well as by the vigilencs of the
entire population of Mulvane, who are de-
termined that guilt might toe punished.
The coroner will empanel jury this
morning and make thorough investiga-
ton of the case. Mrs. Smith was a How
ard before she was married, and was the
daughter of spectableepareDts who live
at Muivane. Smiths first name is Will.