"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Tuesday, April 2, 1912 NARROW ESCAPE FOR MAXWELL Maxwell LARKINS, 3 years old, looked out the window of his mother's room in the Palace Hotel on Minnesota Avenue in Kansas City, Kas., yesterday and watched the crowd moving up and down the thoroughfare. The door stood open ever so little and he slipped quietly out, down the stairs and into the big street. No one noticed the blue dress of the hatless little boy as he threaded his way among the crowd looking in at the shop windows. He reached Sixth Street, the busiest crossing on the Kansas side. Despite the watchman's signals, he started to cross the street. A street car rounding the curve struck the boy, its fender pitched the little blue object to the fender of another car. Both motormen applied the emergency brakes. The crossing policeman picked the little fellow up and carried him to the station a block away. The police surgeon found the lad was badly scared, but uninjured. They asked his name, but he could not tell. He made his way into the office of H. T. ZIMMER, chief of police. The chief is fond of children. He placed the little boy on his desk. When the boy's mother, Mrs. Harry LARKINS, arrived half an hour later after a search of the hotel and stores nearby for her little boy, Maxwell -- that is his name -- sat on the edge of the chief's desk. In his hand he held a policeman's club and on his little blue dress was pinned the big gold star which the chief of police wears. ====================================================== (I have no connection with this person but I'd appreciate knowing if you found this posting helpful.) ======================================================