The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-11-21
Brutal Child Murder,

One OF the most horrible cases of child
murder it has been our lot to record occur.
red ON Sunday on what is known as the
Waterloo ridge in Wisconsin, about six
miles west Of Potosi, near the Waterloo
mills, twenty-five miles west of this city.
About two weeks ago Jacob Sickle
farmer residing on the Waterloo ridge, came
to Dubuque, bringing with him soldier $
widow named Annie Field, who was seek
ing employment by which to carr, support
for herself and two small children Mrs
Field had been at work for Mr. Sickle since
the death Of his wife, which occurred about
fifteen months ago In this service she had
been employed not only in the house AS
housekeeper, but in the field as farm hand
receiving in compensation only board for
herself and little girl, aged three years -
Farm labor being nearly over Mr. Sickle
had no further employment for Mrs. Field,
and she came to this city for work. Her
little boy had meantime been taken by her
brother, Morgan Reed, and Mr.. Sickle
promised to keep the little girl Ellie Field,
while the mother was away earning live
Iihood. Jacob Sickle has a daughter about
fifteen or sixteen years of age said to'he
the unfortunate possessor OF bad temper.
On Sunday Mr.. Sickle was away from home
About IL O'Clock of that day the daughter,
LIZZIE Sickle, for some cause unknown as
yet fell upon the little girl aud beat her in
a most brutal manner. When the child be-
came unconscious and was apparently dy-
ing, she became alarmed at the result of
her brutality and called in neighboring
woman TO her she told story improba
BILE on its very face She said that the
child had fallen from chair by accident
and hurt its head But it required only a
glance at the nlutilated body to show the
falsity of this story The body was one
macs of bruised and broken flesh. On the
head was q frightful wound, giving every
indication of broken skull, and one of the
hands was crushed so badly that, 1t is said,
not bone in it remained unbroken. A
physician, Dr. Graham of Potosi, was sent
for Immediately, and everything possible
was done for the little sufferer, but to no
avail, the child dying at 2 o'clock on Mon.
day.
Mrs. Field, the mother, had been employ
ed in the family of Mrs. p. Quigley, in this
city. Monday afternoon messenger was
DISPATCHED to her bearing the terrible news
Of the death of her child, and she started
Immediately to take last look at the face
of the murdered innocent and see the IMAM
gled body laid away in the grave.
Such sorrow as fell upon the heart of this
poor widow comes not to other mothers.
Death in any form is terrible, but to think
of her child tortured to its death must have
been a burden without the possibility of re-
lief
Our Informant had heard Of no confession
being made by Lizzie Sickle, the murderess
She probably holds to the lying statement
first made An examination Of the body OF
the murdered child shows that it was first
beaten until the flesh became black, and
then the elimination of the barbarity war
reached in throwing it upon the floor end
stamping upon its head. The skull Yves
broken, the forehead being smashed III EVIL
IDENTIFY by stamping it with heeled shoe.
The hand may have been done by stamping
or may have been broken by pounding.
The child bad also been violently kicked
in the stomach. and received injuries there
which alone would have caused it's death
An officer was sent for immediately Il
arrest Lizzie Sickles and she will be placed
upon trial for murder The case justly ere
] ates great excitement III the neighborhood