The New York herald., 1871-09-19
OUR LAST HORROR.
All About the Man with the Iron Jaw
and the Strong Woman.
Nhn;~ C. = - - ~ lSttt W. Z
tnolr career 3! Guilt. With Some Account Of
Their Former victims-s Starvation Under the,
Pressure Of Theatrical Necessity Their
- Previous Escapes from Justice.

pu' Psgu account OF the shocking result OF the bru
fa Gnumanity OF couple Of performers in O'Brlens
menagere, known to the theatrical world as the
Man with the Iron Jaw and the Strong Woman. In
some OF the feats OF strength and skill, by the per-
fOrmance OF which these inhuman wretches gained
questionaDy respectable livelihood, the assist
ance OF a little boy was very useful for
the purposes OF dramatic effect, If not
mperatively necessary for the success of
the tricks This boy though mainly instrumen.
tal in procuring them profitable and lucrative en-
gagements, they have, for purely selfish motives,
systematically kept down at the point OF starvation,
lest he should grow bigger and heavier and thus
become useless Tor their purpose. One can imagine
the ilendish complacency with which these heart
less scandals upon human nature would watch their
poor little victim growing day by day more
sPECTRALLY THIN AND EVACUATED
under the influence OF scanty regimen and physical
Ill usage.
"He weighs three pounds less than he did month
ago. might have beeu remarked every week or so by
this handsome and nendsh French athlete to the
partner oil his fortunes ana his crimes
Little, indeed, did these monsters reCk the peril
that by their cruelty thus daily menaced the young
life c0nlded to their charge; little pity did the
depressing shadow Of coming death, as 1t clouded
more and more distinctly round the form OF their
victim, awaken In these hearts, which are indeed,
harder than the neither milestone. SO. at last, the
end came. The poor little fellow whose young life
blood they had coined into dollars died of the most
sad and terrible OF all the maadies In the long cata
logae OF human ailments-inattention. Far from
the loving heart OF the widowed mother who hac
with tears and prayers surrendered HIN to the pro-
missed affection of his murderers, without one mer-
ci1ul eye TO throw glance Of Kindness and sympa-
thy upon his deathbed the unhappy boy left forever
world that to him had been for months
AN ABODE OF TORMENT
and heartsickness ana misery beyond oil power Of
human tongue to TELL
fortunately, however, his assassins have been
arrested, and will, 1t Is 10 be hoped, be held to
stern and rigorous responsibility for the enormitles
they have inflicted upon him. The arm OF Justice
will be nerved against them, too, by the fact that
this s not their first victim Indeed, 1t seems more
than likely that they have for years practised the
Same revolving crimes and that many young ME
has withered and darkened forever in their
DESTROYING CLUTCHES
For their conviction the best witness OF their deed
1s the silent corpse OF their latest victim The doc
tor to whom was entrusted the charge OF the post.
norton examination has already declared that the
Ondoubted and indlspuable cause Of death was
starvation. The penalties for such indirect murder
are perhaps, altogether too light for the magnitude
OF the offence; but such they are, they should be
enforced to the letter, with the utmost severity that
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thls tragedy may arouse the public mind to the pos.
Sible frequency OF such hldeous outrages upon hu.
and conSented people are ali sTeat bess
ings; but 1t Is well to pause now ana
in the millennium. ana THAT this species of social
crime Is Just as possible among u.s. and Is even more
erty permitted TO the citizen, Than IN those old des-
potlsms OF Europe where the finger OF the law
s aSes Of oass
Of tne subject There Is only one way OF counteract-
s ss fu ~ aas s eAsm s $
ns oa gnoIs WfGm ayarSs sc crimes to passyey
'1"N' ACCUSING WITNESSES
have begun throw their testimony into tho scale
oI guilt against this man and woman one OF them,
Mr.. II. d. Guon, OF the Globe Theatre, wrote to tne
formed IN Inc same f' COMPANY with MonseSr and
Madame d. D'Atae--the Man with the Iron Jaw and
the Strong Woman-and that he was, therefore. able
TO furnish some information upon the subject OF
their crimes which might be OF general interest
theatre and after rehearsal mad quite an instruc-
tive conversation with this gentleman III this con-
.'Where did you first sec these people, Mr.
GuiOn a' inquired the reporter.
paged to perform in Spading & Bldwei's com.
pany, and ! was member OF the same comblna-
BOARDED AT THE SAME HOTEL
with them, the Sinclair House. The boy they had
with them then howeyer Is not the p Poor .n !lS le y,
the HERALD be true. as have no doubt 1t is.n
"What kind OF a boy had they anu how did they
''rney treated him very cruelty He was bright
little fellow, OF five or six years OF age, ana had
served an apprenticeship 10 misery ana prvation US
anewsboy. fused 10 often
CHAT WITH HIM.
and we became quite friendly. nc was at first
pretty careful IA TO what he would say being no
doubt fearful that 1t might make his place still
harder, If came to the ears OF his employers tnat
he mad been spreading abroad reports Of his III
treatment Still, little by little, partly from his own
servants of the hotel, l discovered that he was
shamefuly abused, ana that he was heariy starved
MOTIVE FOR THIS ILIrTREATMENT 2"
Il IS you wo wele 10 ses that e Wants
man man anone ohsr ieass is raised to the roof Of tho
BY MoLAR rowER"
''MOlar pOwer--what is thatr'
"By the power OF MS molar teeth. He takes rope
In his mouth makes the child who performs with
him take striking pose on his breast by means OF
leather strap, and Is then hoisted up to the ceiling
The efect Of the child Is very good; always brings
down the house; but always thought 1t burning
poor little creatures neck as well as his own. sup.
pose 1t wouldn't be any very great loss he were to
ought not to have been thus endangered. But you
can see that this trick could not be performed with
HEAVY INFANT
He is obliged 10 have child four or I'VE years old,
And, once IN his power, it is his interest to keep
OF training fresh subject. so he siarves the poor
little crcatures-staryes them Systematically, lest
they should grow 700 lnuCn lOr his Suen2tn IL IL u
hldeOus thing, but there can be no doubt that this
PAIR have been trading In that way for year5.o
'DO you remember any
SPECIFIC ACTS OF CRUELTY
iD1iCted upon this hoy T
''They all three slept IN one room, and the poor
little fellow had for MS only bed q pile OF filthy
linen. Even the cbamberinaids spoke OF IL. Then
he had nothing TO eat except few scraps from the
kitchen. They watched every morse he ate, and
were very careful That he never got square meal"
''what did the boy himself say about itPn
'He felt very bad, but said he would stand ~ a
little longer as his parents were very poor, and he
was willing to suffer while II they only gave his
people good pay for It, which they did. don't
think they beat this child much. Perhaps he was
AFRAID TO 60 HOME,
lest his parents should Ill treat him for throwing
up such good Job He would thus have stood be-
tween two nres0
"What kind Of people to look at ore Monsieur and
Madame DAtae ?n
.'rhe Man with the Iron Jaw Is one OF
THE uANDsoMEST MEN
Ihave ever seen. He IS q little above the middle