, 1869-05-04
FIENDISH OUTRAGE.

F,on, kAs o."aha i!stt.l HtraA. ApriIso.


Information, yesterday forenoon. WAS left at
police headquarters thar carpenter na:ned Hail,
residing IN South Omaha, Was cruelty Abusing
Little girl whom he c!Alulcsi to he his niece. The
informant OF tile outrage va, nelgnbor whose
attention had lecn atttactcl By heafng loud cries
arising from uals tenement as from child In
great distress Knowing the man Hall lie living
alone with q little Etr1, be Immediately suspected
foul play, hence bis appr.in1 tht authorities Of the
circumstances.
An officer as ,le,sile., 10 work ur the case. AMI
the result Of hs inquiries eliclteti the lolwt1g
facts; Hall. the carpenter has been restlta! VI
OMAHA, for little urcr two months past, having
come here from Chicago with HIS 6lstsr, Mr+.
Richards, and her little daughter Carrie, n CHILD
aged r. ytn1s~ during the latter rtrt Of Fehr1arg
!ast- Shortly after lhe!r arrival Hrs. Richards,
whose husband formerly Chicago banker, Is
now either In California or While Pine, o"talned
employment fof her loarl and lodging In tho
family Of relative OIL Twent1eth street. The mau
Hall hired harm and spnlt 6hauty ad}OlnloH il on
a vacant lot west OF Thirteenth street iu South
Omaha. The barn was lifted up with a Bsoye.
aha aas u1e G1sn
Little str to keep him company, the mother being
apparently satisfied with the arrangement. No
eooner h1d this fcnd In human shape gotten the
ahiid in his power thal. as she sxscIss-and such
II her Intelligence and arttcss7esR AZ ~ leare
tcarceIJ shsdow Of doubt EeGas1ipg the truth
Of her statements In the minds OF those who lrayu
her ssorJ-hc commenced by 'ttahocaI arts,
thEeatcn.9ss and force t. encompass
isc and inhuman designs about f.,ur weeks asT,,
md Since thea, with a barhat1ty utmost nnparll-
ieed, he haA kent tho chilli In worse than Essp-
tan bondage to minister to his dcrrare1 AL
tca,tlE dtslIrs II she offered the slc.trs res!s-
t4rce 10 sls wi9hcx- blow 1rllcd her to the ear.
H. notwtthstandinE tho terror he tnapTesi w.sh
maldenlJ resolution, she still opposed his desires
and ta1tal TO d!sot,ey hIs 0sdefE hand-culIa Iron
chains and ropes we7e brouGht !nto reguIsKtoo 10
brcak !;er spirit and bend her to hta wit.
The police oiticeF yesterday, found this tHleera-
bic victim Of 1n2n q Inst scrurely hand cuned anti
ehalEcsI TO an Iron bar. which had been fastened
from tho floor to the ra1tc1 of the Workshop ADORE
described, especially 70! the service for which IT
was then beng used The child w1s sitting on Al
upturnn box, with her eboNa on her 0ces,
s~a, Ing 70 and fro End talking TO herself Ike one
in great di& srcss. Her person was enyeloped in a
horse blanket, the folds Of which were kuottel
over her mouth to keep her cncs, as her uncle
the eiua1imlky Of tht nelgaborH. The poor
creature, on being released frun her bharkles pre-
serted most pIttablc appearance Her n,ir, ali
unSe1npt and nstted tel IN dEshcEcllel mnsses
ing; her hps md chin swellei 10 proGiltoas stze
ts tloWs from tho cruel hands Of her w1cScd tor
mentor, and altogether 60 helitsa anil successful
Lad been the work Of tho reourdret shas hat teA
TRACES Of thst divinity, which Is said to be dscov
efab1e IN the human fate, wc1e d'5ccsnlhle n the
ccunteuanee Of the abused on'1 outraged child:
IfT 1rctE, 0eTctd Of k9CEretJ EAa In tAHcrE. not
eren covering her refsoc Gs much - decencJ re-
9NIrE-
while the o1Fcer questioned the chlld, who toll
her plain, unvatn1shel talo nf suffering and wrong,
tn ! straightforward manner.
Hc atteurted eeretA dlocs to explain away nct
allegations and Asserted that the punishment In
f1tr:ci upon her WIS called for by bad ctrduc! and
III behavior towards her mother. But hts state
ments Involved. mluy contradictions, and hia
craven heart mAndestu eauk within him When he
found himself asfaigned br his victim before an
Officer OF the law.
The chIiti state.l Tint SHE ISL made complaint to
parent treated the matter lightly, telling her taerr
WIS 70 harm II IT.