Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-08-14
THE ITALIAN SLAVES


Th~ Hsrb&rities Praefice.l On she Ltt'
tle SaalnIsss.
'bi Says the New York Times. The
following advertisements, all of which
have appeared in the daily papers of
this city, will show the impunity with
/, which this inhuman traffic is carried
on, and the utter disregard the pa
| droni have for American law:
Thirty dollars reward will be paid
for the return to their parents of two
Italian boys, Joseph Cherub, aged IL,
and Frank Briglia, aged seven; both
play the violin. Chernb has fair hair,
thin face, cut on upper lip, blue eyes,
corduroy jacket, black outside cape,
black and white vest, gray pants.
/ Brigiia has black hair, round, plump
face, black eyes. small teeth, cut on
upper lip. black jacket and vest, gray
!, pants. Both boys had ON winter caps.
Send information to Anfonia Briglia,
No. As Croaby street, New York.
In the advertisement it will be seen
that they are both described as having
q cut on the upper lip. This circum-
stance led to an investigation, and 1t
has been discovered that but few Of
the boys are without brand OF some
kind by which they can be recognized.
Many Of them wore dag onal cut on
either the right or left side Of the up.
per lilo, which had been purpOseiy
made and scwed up again in a rough
manner, so that the scar will always
remain. Others have their under lip
n 1avpt
scar is secured in the same manner.
These cuts about the mouth are the
most preferable style Of brand, be-
cause to the casual observer they pre-
sent nothing unnatural, as the m arks
may be readily taken rs the result of
an accident or natural hare-lip. As all
the slaves, however, belonging to diff
crent masters cannot be branded alike,
many will be found to bear the marks
Of knife or caustic upon their arms
or other parts OF their bodies, and by
this they are recognized. The inhn-
man treatment is practiced in this city
every day, and yet, with all the pub
licity that has been given to it, no one
in authority has been found to raise
hand to save the innocent victims. In
New Haven, Golone, alias Glione,
was arrested for having four children
in den, but in this city the same man
might have held twenty children in
the same manner, and no one would
have been the wiser, because no one
would have troubled themselves suf-
ficiently to have discovered the fact.
There are places in Crosby, Baxter
and Mulberry streets, where more
than twenty children are held In dens,
where the most infamous brutalities
| are practiced, and it is the prevailing
opinion among the Italian residents
hero that, II man can be arrested for
holding four children in New Haven,
there should be some way of reaching
the man or monster who holds twenty
children in New York. 1t will be
econ from the advertisements that all
| the children called for are to be re-
turnod to No. As Crosby street, and
| investigation has shown shat this
house contains at least 100 children, all
OF whom are held as slaves, awaiting
emancipation. Their condition is
worse than that of the negro, for
whose freedom q long war was fought,
t~1-Aass~ 2Ssss>--As al.
lowed to suffer and die without the
remotest aid being extended to them !;
and. In fact, their lives are in the
hands Of their maafers, who have no
further consideration than the amount
Of money they can make from their
victims ....5