Wilson - George Victor
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Thursday 16 April 1891
George Victor Wilson, a youngster of 12 years, attracted a large amount of attention and not a little sympathy from the ladies at the Big Four Station this afternoon.
He was in the deepest despair because he had to go back to the Guardians’ Home at Indianapolis, from which place he was taken six months ago by Mrs. S. P. Hoefgen to her home northwest of the city. When the train pulled in and Mrs. Hoefgen escorted the boy to the conductor, his grief became uncontrollable and he implored her to try me once more, just once. “I’ll be good.” Mrs. Hoefgen told him he had made too many promises and broken them, but she might take him back after awhile if he was very good. The boy, however, seemed overwhelmed by the immediate prospect and as the conductor hustled him into the car he cried, “Oh, will they kill me?”
Mrs. Hoefgen says the boy’s mother is dead, but he had a good home with his stepfather about forty miles north of Indianapolis. He ran away to Indianapolis to become a hoodlum and was taken to the Guardians’ Home where she found him. - s