The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-22
Child of Actress Dies, Moth
er Leaves at Once For
Theatre.
SHE HAD TO FILL ENGAGEMENT
Couldn't Take Body so She
Left it in Marion
Sunday.
Mrs. WhitcOmb Changed Cars Here
And While Waiting For Train Guild
Suddenly DicS--Shc Goes on TO
Make People Laugh.

Compelled to leave her dead baby |
i'm the care Of complete strangers, !
only a half hour after death had
closed it's eyes. and hasten away TO
MI n theatrical engagement in Col
umbus was the sad necessity Of Mrs
Anna Whitcomb, Of chicago, who
changed cars for Columbus Sunday
morning, at the Union Station.
Leaving Chicago Saturday night at
eleven o'clock Mrs. Whitcomb. with
her daughter Rose, aged eighteen,
and Miss Florence Jenkins. a mem-
her Of the troupe. came To Marion
ON the Erie train which Is due at
about seven o'clock. The woman eS-
pected to make the change to the
Hooking Valley train south at seven
thirty reaching Columbus in time TO
nll a morning engagement.
When they arrived i'm Marion they
were compelled to take a later train
20 Columbus which leaves at 1880.
Before starting, the baby. which was
only three months old, had been
slightly aillng. and had cried almost
the whole night. After reaching Ma
rion. the women went to the Eric
Eating house for breakfast. and while
there the child became seriously III.
BY mistake. Mrs. Whitcomb and
her companions went TO the Penn
sylvania station, expecting to take the
Hooking Valley train from that place.
As the condition of the child grew
alarming, Dr. G. G.. Smith was sent
for. but before he reached the sta
tion house the child had died in its
mothers arms, at a little before 10
o'clock. Acute Indigestion was the
cause.
In spite of all the pleaGlngs of the
mother To take her dead baby with
her to Columbus. where II was ne,es-
sary that she should go Immediately
! In order to keep her engu cement and
at the same time her position. the
authorities would not permit the body
to be removed without due post NOR
| TEN examination and a permit to
leave the CITY. The train to Column
! bus was due in one-half hour.
Convinced that she could not take
| the child with her, and compelled
! from lack of money TO keep her en-
| gagement, the heart broken woman
| ana her daughter were taken TO the
| Gunder undertaking establishment
! on Blaine avenue, where the child
| was left in the charge Of NJ. II. Cum
der, who prepared IT for burial. The
| body was taken 10 Columbus this
| morning, where It will be left in care
Of the II. II. Shawn Co.. for burial.
Russell r. Whitcomb was born in
| Chicago three months ago. and was
the son Of Mr.. and Mrs, Frank whit.
comb. The father is in Columbus
! and was TO be joined by the mother
and her companions, at the Columbia
| theater in that city, Sunday morning,
| where they were 10 rehearse FOR an
| afternoon performance. Although II
was heartrendlng for the woman to
| leave her dead child and go away To-
| MI vaudeville engagement in which
she must appear before an audience,
| who expected from her only smile1
and laughter, still II was imperative
that she should do SO, for the COM
pany was almost stranded, and this
one engagement was IT'S only hope
The child will be buried at Columbus