Albuquerque morning journal., 1915-01-04
BIG FAMILY HAS
ONE BLANKET To
KEEP ALL WARM
Railway Officer Following Boy
Who Taxes Tie From Yards
Finds Mother and Seven.
Children Suffering,

Following hoy Who.wns dragging
Part u fofted ile from the santa
~ railway yards. station Master j.
I D Sinclair late yesterday afternoon
{ stumbled upon piilable case u sur.
iflhg from cold. sickness and plain
want Of proper food
sinclair fOiineed the boy TO go
8ohu street and there saw . sight that
caused him o. abaBdon al once his
intention ~ arfesting the lad and not
@nlt allie" him 20 70 unmoicsted Tot
iakinN the fie. bui called workmen
and had them carry more wood 70
the house
The boy "A years old. was the ED
80 ~ seven children The other six.
Hith their mother, Mrs Lucy Mine
hart who Us sick were all trying 10
ind cover under "a thin blanket They
didn't have bed They were lying
On the floor iu the corner Of one 81
their two rooms. little black dog
vas lying on top Of the blanket with
his paws turned under his body. try
ing 90 keep warm.
Railroad Men Bring Relief.
Men from the yardmastefs office.
the yards. the station aud Wells Far
80 a Co office relieved the condition
81 the family temporarily. but more
iH needed Blankets and bed covers
Marr obtained from several places /
snd "a large basket u provisions was
obtained az the AlYarado hotel. The I
family ate heartily until everyone I
from the baby ~ The mother Was sat I
iAficd They had plenty 0f bed clothes I
70 keep warm and o IRE IN their small I
stove
When the men returned later with I
more stun hxe dark little heads stuck 4
from under the bed on the floor.
ranged in rOw beside the mother.
Tho boy was up. and "a relative was
akine care Of another child. The sec
md eldest. a girl ~ - years. worked
ii the Harvey laundry whenever she
.ouid get work
NJ slloep 10 60 to Doctor.
Mrs Maria uabaldon. vino lives
leNt door, said the Muehnrt family
rad only cupfHl OF beans and some
biscuits yesterday That was before
heir condition was discovered The
ainehart familys greatest need Is
'i0thea and shoes Wen clothed. Mrs
dinehart and the two Older children
sin be- able ~ work. That is when
ho RECEIVERS She is suffering from a
eyefe cold that has caused some put.
HOnaFy affection that may develop
nio a serious disease If She is not
properly cared for Mrs GabnldOR !
old the men that her ueghbof had
ieon unable 10 SO % the cltg physi-
ian because She had 10 shoes 10
gear
Mrs Mluchart has been married /.
Hire All the children were born be- I
ere her frst husband died She WIS /
Married Tess than a year ago 10 the ,
seoHd. who promised 20 take care Of /,
er and 8ll the progeny of the FIRST, ,
be- said However, he could not got !
erk here at the beginning Of cold !,
Gather and WIS forced e. leave. y
0piug 90 find steady employment T,
lscwhere aud 70 bring her 90 him +
tie hoard from him from time to f,
me aud occasionally received some y
loney from bim. bur q month ago
b. letters stopped She does not
now where her husband ls and can
nly guess at what might have been I,
1e cause of the sudden interruption !,
his sp0ndcnee.
Ncighbor Has Zig Iamlls i
The neighbor ALSO has numerous h
imly having six children. and her n
uHuaud has gone away IN search Of u
'urk she only asks. however for O.
ibs Tor her two oldest boys. one 10 5
cars old and ihc other IA She was q
lmeH hat better prepared for the 81
inter than her less fortunate ncish- 2
on and she has assisted the Mine y
arts from time 10 time as much as o
er own resources would permit q
The Mlnohari family evidently was @
Fvrla0ked hy the municipal santa q
laus Possibly theN may have been !
fen some provisions, but IL So. they
ave all disappeared before seven u