The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-03-18
BEGAN HIS FIENDrsa WORK.

First, he ordered one of them to sit down,
drawing knife and threatening to cash him if
he offered to move. Then he commanded the
other unfortunate child to strip, urging him to
obey by jabbing him with the point of the
knife. When the poor trembling infant had
stripped off every article of clothing, his tor
mentor unbucllled q leather strap from his
waist, and fastening it around the chd's body
drew him up to the rafter, and made the strap
fast. Here the victim hung at the mercy OF
the young ficnd, not daring to utter cry lest
the knife should be thrust into him. The exc
cutionef then procured the Stat of a fence, and
beat the screaming child until his flesh was
discolored and bruised from head to heel While
this was going on, the other little fellow made
his escape. When the fiend had glutted his
appetite for cruelty he lowered the child tsld
him to dress, and threatened to come back and
kill him il he attempted to escape. Then he
quilted the hovel and the yard Soon after
ward, fifteen year old lad who worked On the
place went into the shanty and discovered the
poor child lying on the floor almost dead. The
big hearted lad heard his story, and nnrsetl
and soethed him, and then carried him home
iii his arms to his mother. Her feelings can
not describe, and the effect on the poor child's
nervous system was such as to induce.a fear
that he would become q hopeless imbecile.
The facts were made known to the police.an
the most strenuous exertions were used to dis
cover the perpetrator of the outrage. The
children described the young fiend as we'll as
they could. Every school in Chariestown and
Boston was visited by the police. The boys
We're drawn out in line, and the two decoyed
children passed down the ranks, but could not
single out their assailant. Several mouths
elapsed, and the thing was almost forgotten,
when sudtenlyethe horror was revived in a
fresh locality, in q new form and with increas-
ed atrocity. An eight year old boy, noted for
his loveliness-all the victims were remarkable
for their beauty-Was met on Broadway, South
Boston, by
BIG, BURIY LAD, WITH A WHITE EYE,
who asked him whether he wanted to earn q
quarter. OF course the child said that he did.
and was thereupon told that man wanted
him to carry bundle, and that il he would ac-
company his new friend he wonld lead him to
the man. The unsuspecting child went on
with the big boy,who led him out to the marsh
es beyond the Boston and Hartford railroad-
When he got him there he threw him down in
a rut and threatened him with knife. Then
he ordered him to strip, but, fortunately for his
victim, a man appeared in the distance and his
assailant decamped. The police were inform
ed, and from the description given there was
no doubt in the minds of tile authorities that
the perpetrator OF this last outrage was identi-
cal with the young fena OF the Charlestown
brick yard. Search was again made, but no
clue could be obtained to the whereabouts OF
the 10y with the white eye.
Before many weeks had passed. however, the
community had good reason to know that he
was still around. and successfully practicing
his unequa[ed atrocities.
TIE SCENE IN TIE OLD sCew.
On the beach. a short way from South Bos-
ton. lay an old scow high and dry. Thither
went number of children one fine afternoon
to play. Having had a good romp, they re-
turned home. About O'Clock in the evening,
while it was still Light, one of the clildren--a
girl OF OVERWHELMING missed handkerchief,
returned to the old scow to look for it, She
clainbered abroad and went down the scuttle to
the small cabin below. As she reached the foot
OF the ladder, sight met her gaze enough to
curdle the blood of a more experienced adven-
turess. Bound with ropes to the handles OF
the lockers, was the naked body Of little boy.
The head dropped forward. and the blood
streamed from gashes in the face breast abdo-
men and legs. The brave little girl, young as
she was, and Mortified as she must have been
at such spectacle in place in which she had
been playing only few hours before, did not
lose her presence OF mind, turn and flee in
alright. She fastened to give what aid she
could, and finding that the boy was still alive.
speedily unbound the cords,
WASHED THE BLOOD FROM THE LAcERArED
BODY,
replaced the chld's clothes and carried him to
her mother. The police were Informed, but in
the meantime the child had been identified and
restored to his parents. Wien he was suffi-
GENTLY recovered to be able to talk, he told a
narrowing tale. He was met that afternoon on
the street by a boy, who told him that q raan
wanted him to carry a bundle and would pay
him twenty-five cents for doing it. He con
sented, and his aceoster bid him follow. lie
10 him toward the beach, and told him, thai