New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-22
Gross BRUTALITY TO A CHILD
HIS nFATU- ARREST OF THE PERPE-
TRAITOR.

TRAITOR.
c,.one, Him YES, sresy bed an inquest at No. -
Ca niDs street upon II, body of Chss. C. H. HsnSy
a child between four aud FIVE yesrs OF sge, shcss
death caused by Gorge uion OF the ora n sape'"
duoea by lLtrestmeet q, L We hNnas Oh sPios''s
nsmsd CathaIne PsTkhust Vi wa7se cars !. asa
been placed by its father the l. >olhsr having dles
few months ego. The evidence bowed the child 70
have hem of very weak and n agile constitution,
and TO have been beaten in the most cruel manner Tor
hours at time b. its unnatural gus disni soe when
i,s body was examined there vas st. up OF sk'a tss
ia Chez in length ard two 10 bresdth eund to have
bee torn from the bsck, and there w "a scsIcey
spot on the peron of the child but b ssee by sae
flashes it had received We give the e vrSsmoe al
length Cf ne Of the Witnesses and that Of aheFs IN
crest oegree GRO Grated IL:
Mas sTet Yese, sworn, seys-I reside IN ne neuse
with Hiss PSlkhGTst; she apie5 fhs back VSm Oh
the second story snO occupy the Fort room 81 tne
sane floor; kew decee1ed, who app a cd 10 70 "a
delicate kealth; Miss T. has occupied her room ao,ai
ty nc Dths shs bought deceased with her WI @sos
moved iu, aao then be was in gooo heahbi WEI
was aware tha. be was siek have never seen hin
beaten bat have repeatedly heard his cries. eoui
three weeks ago heard him cry from beins bsa tsn:
Il wa in the Lieh time, and his cries awoke INT y
heard the voice Of Mise p the deceased slept Uo
her in the back room could hear some one beat og
hitn end il sounded IL done with tue open hand; ~
appeared NE that tue child was beaten very sevestt
y at his lime; hOOut ulOntn dSo, WuhV wa
stairs heard Miss p. beating dec'ased this was o.
FRIDAY evening end the following SUNDAY she told
me she bad beaten him at that time fer three hours
ste aid she beat him with piece OF wesieoonei
don't think n Il sbe beat bin the OCCASION spoken
OF as long the time che mentioned; u might have
been two hoais instead of three hours she sould beat
awhile and then stop, snd arer snort interval soua
commence again; she tod me that tse reason
Of her beating him was that he was =" sun
rocked" that Is to ray wond not ans wa
queeors which size put to bini s'er Ini' oea-
ing noticed deceased hsd marks on bis sras; saw
him In the ysrd days after this when no appeared
as well ss usue; about two weeks age s1e pear MN
for about half an hour; was sick ana 70 oea o. me
tine IN room in NEE lately under that OF Mis-, Pc ans
II sospoed TO m a. il he beaten with Strap sue
beat hun 90 severely that thought she would XII
him; this was about o'clock ~ the afternoon ana
about o'clock that evening" two straoge ladies' On ms
iniotbe bouso and irqui ed for Miss Pr they cane
into u V room and said that some one next door hsa
told thtm of tte manner in which the chid nan oeea
beaten that they had examined his body and ioundu
coye,ed with mar ks Mss ives out at the VI ne bat
the child was It home; ladies did no say who they
were or where they iVed have lot heard dessesed
beaten since then tor have often seen INN sncei %
Vas In hs room tcost Of the tmei saw bin Ia ths
ysrc ON Thursday last when be appeared 70 % wel;
NJ We had DO quarrel 9th Me- P.l 90 last Monday
right hesrd deceased cry an hour fer onok; tue
6rsi Of his desth on last Wednesday evsa-
Ing; be was n en- isfo did OF his being
sitk; one Of the lsds who eahed to see me, s1a Of
whom have epokeD csl cd IL my room on Wednes-
day afternoon sDd SCI ed me il the ohid rad b8oR
beaten shce she bad last called told her that had
not b. ard BIN be s'en she "a that she HAD been in
10 him and that he would not recover che did not
say What az 90 matter with him; this was the fist
1 knew Of bic being sick.
Other wtuesses-ncstly persons resioipg In the
sane houfe or Leishb0rbood-were exsui ed, and
their estimCny was borstive Of the above. DIR.
Msabeti tttiied that he ATTENDED the deceased Tor
osIrteE, tut Cio not examine the body, and conse-
que1 ty saw arks Of violence upon It. DIR Thos.
Finr eli testified that he bad maze post m0r'em ex-
al nation Of the body snd found tie body, arms and
legs covered with bruises There was cut oo tho
top of the head half inch 10 Length, extending to
the bOLe; tire large and small ines ices showed sgas
of recent inasmns ion; the cutics on the back was
removed for tie space Of ten nohss Ia length and two
in breedih; the brain wss intensely coDgested, and
ibis in biz opinion, was the csuse Of ceathi the In
hammatiOn Of the bowels had nothing 10 Go sith
the death, OILY 20 far a. IL weakened the de-
eessed the Injury on the back seemed to have been
there about two weske, but had nothing 70 do with
death further than the weakness Il might have pro
euced; The came is The VITA reference 20 tins
bruises very slight you'd produce the bruises
Oh deceased; ire Injuries the back Did no. extend
be meath the az IA; be vas frb feeble child what
ever pro0 need the biury on the head produced the
congo son Of the bra the uIee on the bofs were
of such tbarace Ell that satisfied be severely
beaten ihefe Sond lead to pr6srste MIN, ou' ooala
not of ihenstlvts produce oes hi think the wound
on the head was sufficient 10 cause Death Independent
Of TIE Injuries Tire bOoy falling against the edge or
ooner OF e trunk would Pioduce wound on the heaa
slmusr 10 this.
Jane We land, servant ia toe employ Of Mis- p,
testified hat 90 Monday last the deceased umDied
and feli against trunk Ia the room, and by tas
means received III cut 10 question; never heard him
CO mplAin of III Miss p and myself were In the room
wien he ie l..
The csss ives then given to the Jury who rendered
The 70 loving veroict
"Death by copzes'ion OF the brsn supennaucea
by iLtreatnient at the HAMS OF Catherine PH1-
hurt"
Deeesred wss q native Of Csnads, and four years
az Lire months old. Miss Parknurst Tss committed
20 prison to await examination.