Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-03-10
BRUTES.
IHhuman Treatment OF HOy-The
RnOut Introduced as MOraIsEer.
From the Buffalo Express.

IHhuman Treatment OF BOy-The
RnOut introduced as a MOraIixer.
From the Buffalo Express
Lewis W. Crandall, a farmer, aud Gusta-
vus Skene, shoemaker, both residents OF
Alden, were yesterday arrested at that
place by detective Frank Myers, on charges
of the moet sickening and inhuman treat
ment of boy aged sixteen years, named
Albert StearUs charges which, ifsustained,
should secure for them the most summary
and coudign punishment within the prov
ince of the law, for men capable of such
revolving atrocities as they are alleged to
have practieed on this unfortunate lad are
not fit for the society even of the wild
beasts of the forest
About the 1st of December last the boy,
who is a son of Mr.. Eli Stearns, bartender
at the United States Hotel, was placed un-
der the charge of Crandall by his father,
with the understanding that he should
work for his hoard, or if his services were
not considered sufficient compensation, his
board should be paid, o. he cent home
CrandaIl had been in the city several times
since, and has always reported the boy get
ting along well, but it now appears that
all this time he has been enduring unheard
of cTuelties. He is anything but bright
lad, but this only helps to stamp his perse-
cutors with still deeper infamy. A smart
boy would have either ran away from his
tormentors or devised some scheme Of re-
taIiation, but this unfortunate could do
nothing but endure.
j. On the 1st of February, as near as we
can ascertain, Crandall, accompanied by
| Skene, the shoemaker, took the boy into
! his barn for the purpose of beating him.
| He was ordered to lie down on the floor,
| and refusing to do this, Crandall tied his
hands together, and mounting TO the plat
| form above, drew him up nearly of his
feet, and Skene, armed with rope doubled
| together three times, and filed with knots,
beat him numerically. He was fearfully
lacerated and torn, and since that he was
20 neglected and ill-treated that on his
body and limbs came the most horrible
sores.
| At length Mr.. Stearns received intlma-
tons that all was not right, and on Friday
last he, accompanied by his wife, Wentto Al
den for the purpose of bringing Albert
home. He found him at work shoveling
snow. On entering the house the boy es
saved to take eff his boots, when the flesh
faxed of with them the feet having beer
frozen by the exposure he had been fsrcec
to undergo, and yet that very morning th'
fend Crandall had beaten him over The
head and back with the butt end OF a black
snake whip for obieeting to put his boot
on. The poor victim was immediatel!
brought to his home in this city, where h'
now lies in a critical condition, his wound
and bruises having been neglected so lon
that his whole body is almost mass
corruption.
1t was at first feared that his feet woul
have TO be amputated, but the Doctors nov
think that they will not be obliged to re
sort to that alternative, and with the sc
iicitous care he is now receiving he ma
vet recover Great excitement preyalle
at Alden on the development of these ou
RACES and the perpetrators were th'eatene
with summary punishment.
These are the alleged facts az stated I
u.s. but we hope for the sake of humanIt
, | and civilization that they have been owe
drawn.