The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-09-25
BOY KILLED,
BABY DIES
IN C|STERN
Child, 3, Left in Brothers
Care, Falls Into Water
and browns.
TRACTION STRIKES LAD
Was Gathering Coal to Pro-
tect Family From Cold.

"A yOulH, 10, anu bdpS, o. lilCN
accidental deaths here today.
While his parents were at work
in the Kingan & Co, plant, Willie
Williams, 3, fell into the cistern in
the yard of the Williams home, III
Bright St., and was drowned.
Charles James McHone, 16, of 1926
S. Mount ST., was killed by T. H.,
l. & e. interurban, as he was gather
ing coal near his home to protect his
five younger brothers and sisters
from the cold.
In Brothers Charge
The Williams boy, son Of Edward
and Nellie Williams, was left in
charge of his older brother, Jimmy,
6, when the parents went to work
this morning. The two children were
playing in the yard. AT o'clock
Jimmy went to the house Of neigh.
Dor and said that his little brother
had disappeared. They questioned
the boy and he declared that Willie
went out the gate"
Police were summoned and Motor
Policemen Van Hoy and Coleman dis
covered that the wooden cover had
been off the cistern. They started
searching about with pole and soon
drew forth the little body, which
had been in the water for some time.
The weeping parents came home
from work. Coroner Paul f. Rob-
inson ordered the body left at the
home.
Carrying Coal
The McHone youth, us view OBJ
structed by the rain aDl a sack of
coal he had picked up the Penn
sylvania Railroad yards, stepped
from behind a pole into the path
of the interurban before Earl Bundy
Greencastle, Ind, the mptorman,
could sound a warning or stop the
car.
Charles, his mother and father,
James McHone, a junk peddler, and
five younger children lived in two
room house in the rear Of 726 S.
Mount st.
Friday the family had celebrated
the first birthday of the baby, Ber-
tha.
To Work m Country
Today Charles and a chum, Earl
Ea1er, of 500 Sadie ST., We're to have
gone into the country to work for
a farmer and earn SO apiece.
The Eaker boy stayed all night
at the McHone home. This morning
when they arose, they volunteered
to go to the railroad yards a block
away to pick up coal to keep the
mother and children warm during
the day.
Charles was carrying the coal
about ten feet ahead of his chum
when he stepped onto the interurban
tracks.
The left front part of the car
struck Charles and threw him from
the tracks. The train crew and his
chum carried him to his home.
Dies in Home
He died a few minutes later,
The younger children of the
family, Robert, II, Viola. 8, Martha,
3. and Jack, 5, grouped about the
door of the small room, scarcely
large enough for bed, in which he
lay.
God have mercy on me and spare
my boy" the grief stricken mother
moaned.
Spot" the boys dog, pushed
through the children and walked
along side the bed, pushing his nose
into the bed clothes.
What shall we do with the body"
Police Lieutenant o. d. Thomas
asked the father.
what can we do, have nothing
to do with" the boys parents re-
piled.
The mother was taken to a neigh
bors, for the home was too small to
accommodate. the doctor and police.
Coroner Paul f. Robinson ordered
the body taken to city morgue.