New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-11-17
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Horrible Case of Parental Brutality In
Illinois.

Horrible Case of Parental Brutality IN
Illinois.
Jonas sill, a constable IN the town Of Blooming
ton, communicates to the Paragraph the details
Of most horrible case Of parental cruelty. Mr..
Sill says:
Permit me to give you and your readers one of
the misunderstanding instances Of parental cruelty
that has ever come nnder my observation. I'm
the 30th Of August 1860, visited MIR. l. e. Talbert
and wife, formerly from Ohio. living nine miles
northwest Of Bloomington, who were known TO
have i've children, among whom was son, VINO, II
was thought, must be about years old. This
child had not been seen for the space OF three
years. Suspicious arose in the neighborhood that
the child had been waylaid SO /, an officer of the
town. was notified to make search for if. On the
above named day went there with two persona
to investigate the matter.
On arriving there asked the mother how many
children they had: the answer was, four, all Of
whom were in our presence entIrely denying the
existence of her second child. theH stated TO
her that the Tum0r was that they had 1--WE chldf64i,
and that had come to make search for that child.
These words thunderstruck her and she then con-
fessed they had FIVE but that they sent one Of them
off to Ohio last spring, year ago. / asked her
few more questions about the child and then asked
her again when they had sent it off, The answer
was last spring. THIS satisfied me at once that the
child was not sent off at ALL BY this time the hus-
band came in, and / stated TO him my authority
and my business concerning this child. This
prcked him to the heart, and he said that they had
such child, and could not deny it. said that
wanted to see the child. He said the child was in
a bad condition. and requested me to call in the
next day and / should see it, answered, no:
shall not leave until have seen the child, where
it was and In what condition it was kept.
When he saw was determined not to leave
without seeing the child he got up and started for
a smoke-house, which was a few rods distant from
the house. We followed him; he went to the door
of the smoke house, and, turning around, said !:
You shall see it; but is it necessary that those
other persons should see it," 1 told him it was as
necessary for them to see it as for myself. So he
opened the door and went in, while followed him.
There they had curtained off one corner, and upon
slipping it to one side q most heartrending scene
was revealed. There the child was sitting with its
little legs tied together, in its filth, and without
having shred of elothinguponlits emaciated body,
/ requested him to bring it to the door. So he
united it and stood it on its feet; it could hardly
walk. Oh, what heart-sickenng scene it was.
ordered them to wash and dress the poor suf-
ferng child, and place it in the family, which was
Immediately done; and the reader can better i'm
agine than can describe the excitement it created
in the neighborhood. The cry was, Away away
with him!'' But no doubt the reader would like
to know the result. In few days he made pre-
parations to leave for parts unknown, and was
again notified to have him arrested. So on the Sd
Of September, between the hours of ID and | at
night, / had them arrested, and, to our surprise,
we found them all ready to leave, his brother was
to take them to the railroad. Many Of the neigh
bors had gathered together to watch them until
came; but they were not to escape. We brought
them forthwith to the Justice of the Peace, the
cause was tried q commitment was issued, and
forthwith we lodged them in the county jail of
Bloomington to await their trial. The only reason
the inhuman wretches gave for maltreating the
child was, that it could not speak, and they were
ashamed of it,.