The Vinita weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1905, 1904-08-25
'TWASAN AWFUL CRIME
II Belief Of NeighbOrs Be True
ACCouchement in the
Yard and Infants
Body Cannot Now
Be Found.

Regaining standing position from
her accouchement bed ON the grass ii
the lot about her fathers farm hous,
near wyandotte, Emma Humble, SUI
fering bodily pains and awful menta
anguish because OF her shame, stag
gered wildly through the darkness ot
last Thursdays midnight and, hall
crazed, threw her newborn babe into
pen Of hogs that evidence OF its birth
would be concealed by the rayenous
brutes.
Such is the picture drawn by four
women and two male neighbors who
were here yesterday afternoon waiting
from o'clock until after nightfall 10
testify at the preliminary examination
of b. C. Humble and his daughter,
Mrs. Beard.
Humble is quite an old man, a typie
cal honest, hard working farmer,
With his daughter he patiently sat on
the wooden bench in the corridor Of
the Hall Of Justice for upwards OF five
hours, not seeming to realize what il
was all about, but obeying orders to
wait there until the court gets
ready" The commissioner was busy
with other matters 50 Humble waited
The warrant OF arrest charges Mr..
and Mrs. Humble and the two daugi-
ters, Mrs. Beard and Emma Humble,
with concealing the birth OF a child |
This the Law says, is felony, and the |
punishment made to fit the crime by |
the wise lawmakers IS term in the
penitentiary, the same penalty being |
prescribeda as In the case Of manslaugh-
ter.
The old man aud Mrs. Beard were
brought TO this city by Deputy Mar
shal Prater while the mother was
permitted 10 remain at the bedside Of |
her daughter, Emma, under guard OF
a deputy.
Late last night II was determined
not TO hold preliminary examination
until these two coGid also be present.
and the two prisoners we're each. re-
leased on 800 bail.
The story as told by the witnesses Is
that Emma went into the yard during
the night and gave birth to child:
that the mother vas present at the
time or few moments afterward:
that evidence Of the place Of accouhe-
ment near the hog pen were plainly 10
be seen. The next day the girls sur.
ierings became 80 intense that Mrs.
foungblood. midwife OF the locality.
was sent for. She asked the where
abouts Of the baby. both Mrs. Hum
bic and Emma denied that there had
been a birth. So pronounced we're
the evidences however. that Mrs.
Youngblood declined to have anything
20 do with the case until after Dr.
Dumiller arrived from Wyandotte.
Then the young mother was attended
To- and IS now suffering with fever
consequent upon her exposure.
DR.. Dumiller and Mrs Youngblood
made complaint 10 the officers, with
the result that warrants we're Issued.
That there vas baby born appears
positive. Where the body Is nov can
only be surmlsed as the two women In
sist that there vas no birth
q.
II the baby was fed to the hogs Il
viii not he known unless one or the !
lther Of the women confess. If the
BODY was unfeellnglY and inhumanly
thrown among tho beasts II cannot be
lscertainsd whether II vas dead or
alive at the time. J
Old man Humble says he was IN bed
NJ Thursday night, and did not know
hat anything out Of the usual was !.
transpirihg about his place. lie had
10 idea, be says, that his daughter
was IN trouble. This seems to be gen
orally believed b. those who heard his
story, aud much sympathy was ex-
pressed for him. II
Without some evidence of tie exist. h
,nce Of remains, ora confession Of one pl
u the parties, charge Of lnfantlcIde e
'annot be maintained af
Wanted Liesnas. ~