The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-04-28
RESCUE BABY
LEFT TO DIE
IN DOWNPOUU
Year Old Infant Abandoned
at Roadside: Cries
Are HeGTG
FOUND ON THIRD SEARCH
Attracted by SobS, City
Man Fails Twice in
Hunt for Child.

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Abandoned in a pouring rain, 4
year-old baby boy was found at the
roadside at Bluff and Stump roads
at $50 this morning.
Apparently suffering little from
exposure, the infant was taken to
city hospital where measures t.
prevent pneumonia and illness we're
being taken.
Without single clew to identify
the baby, police and sherifTs de-
pended upon the public to identify
the child.
Made Ward of Court
To insure it a home while police
seek to trace its parentage, Judge
Frank j. Lahr this morning made
the child a ward of juvenile court.
When danger of illness passes the
baby will be taken to the board
Of Children's Guardians home. The
action was taken on petition of
Sheriff George Winkler.
Charges of intent to murder may
ing the child if their identity is
learned, authorities indicated today.
Abandonment of the child in the
lonely spot in the rain is declared by
court authorities and police suff1-
Gent basis for a charge of the kind.
General Wood said the committee
was favorably impressed with all
fhFno eiE -
cision will be reached until their re-
turn to Washington Thursday.
The officials declined to lunch
with local leaders in order to leave
Immediately for Anderson and other
cities offering sites. They will en-
train here for Washington Tuesday
at 2 p. m.
For more than an hour at least
the child sobbed in the rain.
Wrapped in a baby blanket, it
struggled from beneath the sodden
covering and was lying uncovered
in the rain when found.
Mrs. Fred Hoeltke, 35, of r. r. 4,
Box 297, awakened about 430 and
heard the cries of a baby.
Found on Third Search
She awakened her husband.
Downing clothing, he went into the
rain to investigate
The child, meanwhile, has ceased
crying and Hoeltke was unable to
find it. Fifteen minutes later he
made a second investigation when
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the cries. Again he was unsuccess-
full.
An hour after hearing the cries
for the first time, Hoeltke began
a third hunt for the infant, and
found it forty feet from the drive
way to his home and six feet from
the roadway.
The child was clad in only a white
knit jumper suit and black shoes,
No marks betrayed its identity.
Telephones Deputy Sheriffs
Taking the sobbing baby into bis
home, Hoeltke turned it over to his
wife and telephoned Deputy Sheriffs
Foster Raglan and Dale Brown.
Meanwhile Mrs. Hoeltke, recloth-
ing it in dry garments belonging
TO one Of her children, prepared a
bottle of milk for it.
you should have seen that baby
go for that milk" Deputy Sheriff
Raglan exclaimed.
Bundled in heavy army blanket,
the baby was carried to the sheriffS
office by Deputy Raglan.
Labeled as Murder Attempt
Hes Irish," was Sheriff George
Winkler's comment when the baby,
grabbing his extended finger at the
sheriff's Office later, decided the
finger was not acceptable and
showed it aside. Look how he
fights"
Abandonment OF the baby was
characterized by Winkler as def
mite attempt to end its life.
''This case Is in a different class
from abandonment of baby in a
place, on a porch or doorstep, where
it will be found without fail"
Sheriff Winkler declared.
Baby May Escape Illness
an this case the baby was aban-
doned in a place where there was
little likelihood Of it being found
and, in addition, 1t was abandoned
during Or just before the rain which
may have caused it to die Of ex-
posture.
This was a deliberate attempt to
murder the child"
Deputy Sheriff Dale Brown 1n-
gered his blackjack.
I'D like to have chance to use
it" he commented.
The baby may escape pneumonia.
officials at city hospital said, de-
spite its long exposure. 1t was
being cared for in a specially heated
room.