The Turnbo Manuscripts
by Silas Claiborne Turnbo
1844-1925
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ROBBING AN INFANT CHILD OF ITS WRAP
By S. C. Turnbo
The cruel war as it went on give a number of men a chance to show their
true disposition. I never contended that our Civil War made rascals but
those who were inclined that way took the advantage under the cover of the
war and willingly accepted the opportunity to pursue what they desired to
follow. I was informed from a reliable source that on one occasion during
war times while John Stone’s wife who lived on Pond Fork of Little
North Fork was riding along the road one day with her infant child on her
lap which was wrapped up with a warm shawl she met a robber on horseback
who stopped and without the least warning the wicked man made a desperate
grab for the shawl. The mother was taken by surprise not expecting such
ill treatment and did not have time to clasp the innocent babe in her arms
for, protection when the scoundrel jerked the shawl from around the baby
and the child was snatched off of her lap. The infant had on a long dress
and the mother in her frantic efforts to save the child from falling on
the rough stones caught the tail of the infant’s dress and kept it
from touching the ground. But the baby’s head struck against the horses
knees as it swung down head foremost before the frightened and astonished
lady could pull it back on her lap. The heathen man took the shawl and rode
on.
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