The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-02-26
MEMS HEARTS TOUCHED
PITIFUL SCENE AT THE UNION STA
TION YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
Death of Mrs. Elizabeth Field, Who
Was Travelling with Three
Little Children.

There were scenes yesterday at the
Union Station which brought tears to the
eyes of many women and men who hap
pened to be witnesses, and even touched
the tender spots in the hearts of those
whose sympathetic natures are supposed
to be calloused on account Of their long
services in positions connected with trans
portation companies.
Saturday night Mrs. Elizabeth NJ. Field,
who had lived for several years at Donald
son. Ark, left there to go to Hortonville.
VT. Her husband died at Donaldson in
December of consumption and a brother
died of the same disease during the sum-
mer. They had but little property, and IL
was decided as she had been in poor health
for several years and had been failing
rapidly in the last few months to remove
to their former home near Hortonville, VT.
where a brother lived. She had three
daughters, the eldest about fifteen years
of age and the others seven and eight
years old. Before reaching ST. Louis Mrs
Field became so i'll that it was feared she
would not be able to continue the journey,
but, realizing that she had but little longer
to live, she insisted that they be allowed
to go on.
The eldest daughter made all arrange
ments and they left st. Louis on the first
available train, The Vandalia. Before the
train reached Indianapolis the conductor
saw that the mother would be unable to
go on without medical attention, and ii was
decided to have her cared for here until
better able to travel. kilograms were sent
ba of hk IN
at 2:25 yesterday afternoon Mrs. Field
was taken from the train and carried into
the womens waiting room on a reclining
chair. City Dispensary physicians were
called. but were out answering calls, as
was the ambulance, and 1t was about an
hour after her arrival before they got to
the station They arrived to find the
mother dying and the three little chill
oren, broken hearted and weeping. gath
cred around her impoverished bed. She
was unconscious, and it was seen that she
was dying and nothing could be done for
her. The end was not long in coming, and
there was hardly dry eye in the waiting
room. The police were there, and when
the body was TO be removed to the city
morgue II was decided to send the be-
1eaved children to the police station to
| be cared for by the matron. Coming from
warmer climate, they were not possessed
OF clothing warm enough for such weather
as was experienced yesterday, and IL was
out OF the question for them to walk. 1t
was Su5ScStcu tiidI tley rue III the pdtrOl
wagon, and then 1t was that a man with
Kind heart and an appreciation of the
situation called a carriage and sent them
10 police headquarters in It, Another sug-
gested that a collection for the children be
taken up, and goodly sum was realized.
The coroner was called and to him the
| little girls told that their father, brother
and several other members of the family
had died in recent years of consumption,
and from the appearance of the dead
woman and the family record il was
thought there was no doubt that she was
also victim of the dread disease
Frank l. Brown, the woman's brother,
living at Hortonville, VT, was telegraphed,
but no reply had been received at a late
hour last night. The eldest daughter, who
seems to be very bright and intelligent
for one of her years. having had for sew
eral years the greater part of responsibility
in the family, said that as her father and
other relatives who had died were buried
in Arkansas IL would be as well to bury
her mother here, as Hortonville is twenty
| five miles from railway station and il
would be necessary to transport the body
the last nine miles of this distance on
horseback. The body was sent to Krege-
los morgue awaiting an answer from the
brother.
Though the children are young. alone
best of care, the police matron taking
great interest in their welfare. They are
| not without money and they have railway
tickets to New York. 1t is also said the
unused portion of the ticket on which the
mother was travelling will, If she is buried
here, be redeemed and the proceeds turned
over to the chilCren