The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-01-19
WANTED a BOY.
GIRL CAME INsTBaD AND THE
FATHER GOT MAD.
Used Violence On His Unwelcomed
Child and is Held For
Trial.

Stephen Heinbold, OF New York
twenty. eight years old. was up before
the court recently on a charge of as
sa,.lting the baby girl that caro- ii
place of the boy he desired 80 much.
Mrs. Heinbold, a pleasant faced,
matronly young German was In court
with the baby. She said they had
been married three years and have q
comfortable home at 987 S G md ave
nue.. The husband is an upholsterer
and earns from 818 to $50 a week.
The woman said their marriage was
love match and that their home was
happy one until the birth Of the
second child, five months ago. Toe
irsGborn was girl. The father was
disappointed because the baby was
not o boy. His wife consoled him by
saying the next child might be boy.
Stephen was a good husband, as
kind and loving as a man could be.
an, l saw that he was greatly
troubled about son, "said Mrs. Helm
bold. Il told him tnat learned pro
lessor at Berlin said that you could
havea boy or girl by eating certain
kinds OF food, and asked him to Re,
me those things that are mostly what
the professor called clrbonf ous."
Then began the experiment. whiob
1T was hoped would bring an heir to
the Heinbold household. Mrs. Helm
bold had egg nudein at breakfast. a
luocheon she devoted herself mostly
TO pumpernickle and charlotte russes
and at dinner she ate schwerbrod un.
TIL her appetite ccaved for q change
of diet.
The parents were hopeful OF sue
cess until early In May they we're dis.
turbed by the published opinion OF
Director Smith Of the central Park
menaRer.e, who said that from his OBJ
servation of the animals in the Park
he believed that sex could be prede
termined but that hydrocarbons would
predispose to boy. Peanuts were
good for that. Bread and cakes an6
such things contained albumen and
predisposed to females.
The Heinbolds saw that they had
been working the theory upside down.
The food Mis- Hainbold had been eat
ting was considerably albuminous and
favorable to another girl. After they
got over their disappointment she
started ON the Smith theory and had
peanuts for dinner, luncheon and
breakfast.
Early in August the second child
tS 56fd Sas fS,lef Sil..S ssa ssss . &
news was rtc3ived without rel 9icing
According to The woman's story, ht
became moody, seemed to lose inter
est in his family and would not caress
the sc cond child IS he had the first
After while he would scowl every
time his eyes happened to fall on the
baby. The baby was christened Step
nanie, after It's father, but he was
never heard to mention the name. He
continued to hand over all his wages
at the end OF the week to his wife, but
he began to treat her codly and she
understood that the cause Of the
whole trouble was that the baby was
not boy.
She went to the court and com
planned that her husband had struck
the baby In the face with his fist, an0
nhe was afraid he might do 1t some
serious irj lry. The case was turned
over to Agent O'Connor OF the Ohil
drcn's society to investigate. OCon.
nor made an investigation, arrested
tho husband, and he and the woman
told the story to Magistrate Whitman
in court. Mrs. Heinbold said that the
blow from the mans fist made tho
baby 'snose bleed and blaokend It's left
eye.
Was he drunk?" asked the magis
trate.
No, he doesn't drink. His habits
are good In everything else, excep!
that he can't bear the sight Of the
baby" she replied.
That's very pretty baby. HI
ought to be proud Of it," remarked
the court as he looked at the unwel.
coined infant that the woman held In
her arms.
The blue eyed fat infant smiled
up at his honor,
What do you want me to do witt
your husband?" The magistrate
asked.
Something must be don0 to change
his mind before he gets worse It's al
because the baby was not boy" she
responded.
Heinbold was asked what he had
to say. He said he did not strike
the CHILD with his fist. He only slap
ped 1t with the back Of his hand
The woman said she had money
enough to get along without her hus
band for q time, and perhaps II
he was locked up for o while he
would became reconciled to the girl
hood Of the baby.