The Mena weekly star., 1920-09-16
new BORN BABE
FOUND BY TRACK
Male Child, Born on Passenger Train,
Thrown From Car Window Near
FoRei-Little One Survives
Mother Sought.

A newly born boy baby, found
naked but alive along the Kansas
City Southern tracks near Fogel Sun
day morning, is the leading character
in one az life's tragic dramas, that
has caused stir in Mena and vicin-
ity.
That the child was born abroad
passenger train No. /, to some unfor-
tunate mother and was thrown out
Of d window to hide the evidence of
sin, Is the belief of authorities inves-
tigafinx the tragic affair.
At least three women are believed
to have been implicated in what came
near being a heartless murder of an
unfoftunate child. 1t is considered a
miracle that the baby survived its
fall from the car window onto the
rock coated roadbed.
TO the watchful and keen eyes of
Engineer WI. A. Carey of the Kansas
City Southern, the unknown child
oxcs Its life. Engineer Carey in
charge Of the engine on freight
train No. 81 saw something unusual
lying beside the track while ap-
preaching Fogel, early Sunday morn
Ing. He stopped his train, and with
Conductor Edge went back to inves-
tiEafe The trainmen were surprised
TO find the baby lying naked in the
ditch beside the right-of way. They
fif5t tho< the child was dead, but
when il began to kick and squirm
tAe4 <sa.hered the little one up and
carried it to Fogel, where it was
$t:;:s:=:ss.<=4. <7ssess to Walter Breeding iier-
chant at this point.
AZ the latest report, the child was
well and apparently none the worse
for its terribly rough entrance into
"A Incssage was sent from Rich
Mountain by Conductor Edge to
Sheriff Thornton, telling of the find
ing of the child, and as soon as pos
sible the sheriff went to Fogel and
started TIE investigation, which he
hopes will result in the finding of the
persons responsible for the heartless
abandonment of the child.
Sheriff Thornton made the trip to
FoEel or1 a railroad motor ear driven
by Frank Philpot. He found the baby
ait the home of Mr.. Breeding and
found Il alive and well. A few bruis-
es abouA The little head was the only
evidence Of its rough treatment. The
child w8S weighed and its weight re-
corded III Twelve pounds.
The tEainmen who first found the
child discovered the newly born had
never received attention from either
doctor az midwife and they perform
ed first aid obstetrical operation
which was later improved upon at the
Breeding home. Sheriff Thornton
went to the place where the child was
found by the right-of-way and dis
covered pieces of glass, exactly SINH,
Ier q that used in the windows of the
tcIl<14 IA the passenger cars.
III j0<ation of the pieces of glass
of ~ With the blood stained spot
N round where the baby was
|icated that a window on a
1t< hound passenger train had been
tlc o Md the child thrust out.
zkI1 No. / having passed that
0< Et short time before the
0S1X W<0 found, leads to belief that
f1e fx@xe<Iy had it's inception on that
train. Eurther evidence to corrobor-
ate this belief was gathered from the
passengers on No. /, who told of the
suspicious actions of trio of women
who. kept close watch on the toilet
section 81 the chair car after leaving
kleaE&R&k
sheriff Thornton and railroad Off
Oil ~ still at work seeking to dis
cc%1E tue Unfortunate mother of the
Qe&1[<e baby and the women who as
Als691 "A its brutal abandonment.