Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1909 — EMMET ROBINSON FIRST VICTIM OF SPRING FEVER. [ARTICLE]
EMMET ROBINSON FIRST VICTIM OF SPRING FEVER.
Three-year-old Emmet Robinson finds life in a north side restuarant too monotonous for one with his taste for travel, and donning his overcoat and cap he informed his mother Monday evening that he might take a trip. He walked over to the depot and unnoticed boarded the rear end of the milk train. Conductor Shields failed, to see him until the train was 'past Pleasant Ridge. The boy refused to disclose his Identity and when asked where he was going would only reply that he was taking a trip. Dr. John Hanssdn at last recognized the boy and took him over to Monon with him. The boy made friends with Doc’s big St. Bernard dog and was loathe to return to his home Tuesday monring. His parents were Informed of his whereabouts by telephone just as they were about to organize a searching pyty to find him. <
