The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-04-30
Atroclous Torture of a child.

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+ At Warsaw, Indiana, about six weeks
ago, one Lawrence Hart took from the
poorhouse, boy four years old, named
Wind6eld Hines. Three weeks after.
ward the child was missing, Its mother
made inquiry as to what had become OF
it, a nd was told that it had been given
away to man living in Ohio. Not sat
.isfed with this she succeeded in inter
esting some. prominent citizens in the
matter, who began to make an investiga-
Etion, whereupon, Hart having fed, after
a long search, the mangled body Of the
child was found IN an old we'll.
At the corners inquest, Harris wife
testified, aud 5others testified, that from
the very first, Hart's treatment of the
child was brutal and cruel in the ex-
treme; that he whipped and beat it with
out mercy almost, if not quite, every day
and that, on one occasion, he spent near
ly whole day in torturing in every way
the most hellish wantonness could sug-
gest, first whipping it with leather strap
then with strip Of board, until it was
not able to walk, and then put it down
in the cellar. where it laid down in the
damp and chilly air and went to sleep
Then he removedit from the cellar, took
it out of doors, and plunged its head in
to cold water, and compelled it to re-
main out Of doors until its feet were fro
zen; then took it into the house, hung
it up by the stairway by means of a strap
passed around the body, and held Goals
Of FIRE on shovel under its feet. After
torturing in this manner for "a while, he
took it down and made it walk the floor
backward and forward occasionally strik-
ing it with plated leather horse whip,
until it fell at last, exhausted and sens
less, on the floor.
1t further appeared that the day the
child died Hart whipped it first, out Of
doors, with stick of some kind, until
1t was SO exhausted that it fell asleep at
the table while they were eating break
fast. Upon this, Hart few into rage,
and said: "D--n you will see if l can't
keep you awake, " and thereupou seized
horse whip and whipped the child for
some time. and finally struck it. severe
blow on the temple, either with his fist or
the butt of the whip, and knocked its
head against stairway causing two more
Esevere bruises on the back part of its
head. He then allowed his wife to put
the childsto bed, and she states she tried
to restore.it, but it died that night, when
Hart took1ths body away. There was
great excitement in the neighborhood
and public meeting was held, and a
committee appointed to secure the demon
The county commissioners offered a re-
ward of $500 for his apprehension
Hartwas arrested on Friday at Inde-
pendence, near Mount Vernon, Ohio, and
has been taken back to Indiana sssss;s
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+ 1t is calculated that this year in Rome
there have beer 2l,000 Americans and
1000 English. 'sssI s
The Democratic gain at the municipal
election just held in Chicago is seven
teen hundred over the last preceding
city election. = s1soaA ss.se's' oaF
Feniauism is very quiet at present on
both sides of the Atlantic. Ccrrespon-
dents in Ireland, however, report that
the people Of that country anticipate an
other and more extensive Fenian rising,
and that the British commander is for
ced TO keep fully prepared for active op-
erations at any moment e.sl
At an election for Mayor in Huntsville
Ala, recently, the negro vote assisted to
defeat the Agent Of the Freedmen's Bu-
reau. N fsas w68 s{i
Mr.. Charles O'Connor, an eminent New
York lawyer, has expressed the opinion
that the Supreme Court will grant an in
junction against the enforcement of the
radical reconstruction measures.