The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-12-21
The DOCTORS STORY.

Are you DR.. Murdock?" came q
child's voice.
Yes"
"rm-" couldn't make out the
name. t
"whoP,
Again the name was a tumble.
Speak louder" l said
Il don't dare. They'll hear me"
We'll, what is It? Why do you
telephone me?" '.s's
You're our family doctor. I've CALI
| ed you up for mother often. This af-
ternoon | was passing q carriage
standing by the sidewalk. Two men
pushed me in It and carried me on.
Come here and get me out" -,
WHEREOF 49,
81 don't know"
Cant you tell me something about
it?"
81 saw Washington street on
lamp post. The next street saw
was Burnett"
Repeat that" .-... &
"Burnet." x =
All rlBnt. 20 on"
I'VE didn't turn out OF Burnet. /
kept looking at the street names and
after we crossed Chestnut"
That was the last word got.
called again and again without any
reply, only the buzzing common In
telephones. II occurred to me at
once that a child couldn't tell from
the voice whether 1t was a boy or
girl-had been kidnapped and had got
hold OF a telephone only to be stopped
In time to prevent my getting definite
Information. | called up police head
quarters and told my story and after
few minutes consultation among
them they requested me to go with
them for search. A carriage con-
tanning three men in plain clothes
soon drove up to the house and we
started for Washington street. turn
ing thence into Burnet and, crossing
Chestnut, stopped to survey the local
ity.
Meanwhile we had come to the con-
clusion that the kidnapers must have
NN'''' NhAN NAiAu " Al uOuSt VI kOOu
class since it contained a telephone,
| The houses near where we stopped
were fine residences. | was request
ed TO ring the bell and ask II doc
tor had been called for | rang, but
received no reply. Again and again
| | pushed the button and at last the
door was opened and a woman stood
In the opening. | asked her II a doc-
tor had been called for, and she said
| no. .r.a
! The policeman in charge OF the
squad was with me, carrying my bag"
OF medicines. He pushed into the
vestibule.
Shall | strike light, doctor?" he
asked. And without waiting for a
reply he lit the hall gas jet. We saw
| that the woman was old and of for
bidding appearance.
Say" said the policeman, We've
been telephoned that there's a child
sick in this house and the doctor
must see him"
At the mention Of the child and the
telephone the woman drew long
breath. This was enough for the po-
| liceman. He ordered the house sur
rounded and. directing the woman to
follow, went upstairs to a bedroom,
where he found u telephone. | went
with them.
81 thought so.' he said at seeing the
! phone.
Taking up the receiver he called up
the nearest police station and In a
few minutes a couple more men re-
! ported. Then commenced a searching
of the premises. We soon came up
on a man in bed, who was routed out
and both he and the woman were tak-
en- along with us. We went from
garret to cellar without finding any
thing. We were looking about In the
laundry when II occurred to one OF
the men to raise the lid OF a station
airy wash tub. It was fastened. Tho
man called upon the old woman for
/ somelhing TO pIy II open with. She
/ turned pale. Two men grasped the
/ cover ana lifted it.
There, lying in the tub, was a boy
/ NHNNN 80 S'HiS SANs Aht "db lhbCub~
ible, having been given an anaesthet-
ic to prevent his crying out recoE-
nized Eddie Thornton. the child OF
one of my clients.
! took measures to revive the boy
and he soon came to his senses. The
man and woman. on being questioned.
said they had never suspected that a
boy of six would know how to use a
telephone, though they had forgotten
the phone when they put him where
IL was. The woman heard him, as
she supposed talking to himself, but
soon suspecting that he might be up
TO some mischief. rushed into the
room and took away the receiver.
| went upstairs telephoned the boys
parents, who were in a frightful con-.
dition OF mind. and told them the
news. Then | drove Eddie home. ltfc
Since this episode | have recom-
mended all parents to accustom their
children as soon as possible to the
use of the telephone. Eddie, a re-
rlya