Baby Girls, 1938

I know NOTHING about this and just happened across it while searching for something else. However, I do want you to see that this was not the first abandoned baby in the area so I’ve followed this with a couple of earlier posts.

The Caddo Herald

October 7, 1938

Three-Hour-Old Baby Girl

Found by Highwayside

A baby girl apparently three hours old when found beside the slab on Highway 70 six miles southeast of Madill, Saturday was alive and doing well Monday in a temporary home.

The parentage of the child is yet a mystery though officers have been diligently seeking to find the heartless mother.

The baby, wrapped in an old piece of underwear, a shirt, and a blanket, was found by Albert Purser, farmer, who was riding a horse along the highway.

The Caddo Herald

September 22, 1899

 

Mr. and Mrs. McIntyre, movers from Waller county, Texas, camped on the south bank of Blue last Monday night. In the morning when Mr. McIntyre arose to make a fire he discovered an infant apparently three or four days old in a box near his camp. Mr. McIntyre states from appearance it had been brought in a two horse conveyance, but could discover no tracks except of the vehicle and horses and thinks that the party who left it there set it out of the carriage without getting out. One of the tracks made by one of the horses indicated a broken shoe, half gone; another hoof has grown out in front; the other seemed to be unshod. Mr. and Mrs. McIntrye brought the child to Caddo and gave it to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. It is a pretty little girl and has kept quiet ever since it was discovered. When discovered, it was attired in a neat white dress large enough for a girl of two or three years and wrapped in a piece of red flannel. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have no children and welcome the little stranger to their home.

Tulsa Weekly News, Jun 19, 1900- Caddo Herald: - Deputy Wm. York went to Caney, ten miles south of Atoka, Monday and exhumed a girl baby that had been thrown from the early morning train that passes here going north at 5:17. The child had been found early Saturday morning by the section men and buried by them at the place where found. From indications the child was alive when thrown from the train. There was no clothes on it. Dr Ross, of Caney, was called and examined it and said it was living when thrown from the train. No trace can be found of the guilty party, but Mr. York is working on the case.

The Caddo Herald

January 15, 1915

11 Killings Last Year in County

An unknown baby was thrown from a Katy train near Colbert and killed, a mystery yet unsolved.

 

Comments

[Amy Coffin]

Wow, how sad.

[Nelda Gregory]

One of the stories of a baby girl born and left beside the the railroad tracks is true and happened in the Blakney family.
To not offend, fake names will be used. John Doe B and Jane Doe were together when her labor started, the female was born and wrapped and left in the vicinity. The two culprits went to a relative's home and it was discovered a birth had occurred. It was insisted that the sheriff be called and he gave the child to a childless couple in Caddo and it remained a secret for many years. A son of that precious baby girl, now grown and an attorney helped his mom trace the story of her birth. It appeared in several newspapers, including Durant and a "reunion" of sorts took place. As of 2010 all the participants are deceased except the attorney.