Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-01-20
chlld nura.r Ia P.ps County, iowa.

Tho name OF the iend is Krughe; and
his residence Is in the country
about four miles from Clarinda. the
county seat Of Page county. For many
years he has been the pest OF the neigh
borhood. and the terror OF his family.
Frequently he has whipped his wife;
and his children whom he kept at work
upon the farm. in ignorance and rags,
were frequently beaten even unto main.
ing, for not performing tasks he set
them above their ability to accomplish.
Last Summer his ncighborhood collect
ell a subscription and presented him q
horse-less Tor his sake than his fami-
Tvs; but bsfors two months had passed
be had beaten the animal to death. A
few weeks ago the Winter term oil school
begun. Krughe began TO send his
three children to school, for the hrst
time in their livss-incited thereto by
the denunciation Of his neighbors for
allowing them TO grow up in utter igno-
rance One Of the three wa q daugh-
ter, aged ten and u half years She he.
can to attend school one Monday, n
on Monday evening. after supper, he
called the child to him and questioned
her, to see what she had learned during
the day. She saidshe had been learning
her letters. lie told her to repeat tho al
phabet 10 him. Sho said she could not.
lie fiercely ordered her to do II. when she
became frightened, and OF course. less
ablo to do so than before. krughe sent
another one OF the children to the wood
pile for n stick, with which he began to
beat the child. The mother begged him
to stop, which seemed to make him only
tho more furious. and flying at the child.
he tore off, at last, nearly all OF its
clothing. meanwhile savagsly beating
and kicking Il. Then he caught up n
stove-lid and struck 1t. This being an
awkward weapon Of punishment. he
changed for a lid.lifter. with which no
pounded It.. His wife attempted to leave
the house in order to alarm the neigh.
bors. when no threatened 10 kill her II
shs stepped through the door. Then he
picked up u stick Of stove wood. knotted
at one end-and while he was getting IL
the little one crawled under the table.
where it lay. bruised and bleeding. and
il il believed it had by this time several
Of its ribs crushed in by his kicking Of
il. But, with the heavy knotted club he
drove II out from under the table. and u
took refuge by crawling--for the child
was unable To walk or que
bed. He ordered II TO come ou' anu as
II did not he got down on ms hahus anu
knees aud deiiSereu dow M'eI o,oN
with all ms oru'a s'1ehs's' M.
time. u Is supposeu Que o' 'ne oiows
crushed IN 'ne skun JIss Owe, ono ~,
causing q dePreSs,on ,alse ouousn "
hold q hens eaS; IL M now, OF couise,
become unconscious pn.; se'Ains .hs
senseiess form oy one nnio no a,,sseu
II from unuer the oeu ,nto VA" miuuio y,
tho room and ciuooeu u, kiekea u, anu
stamped upon IL untii u tenuer Walls
OF the abdomen burst through n the
bowels absolutely gnshed ont fihding
il o had ceased TO moVe' even 10
shrink FROM his oiows' me- from
pure exhaustion, ceased his nendisn
work and went to bed. sun cursihS ana
swearing at his crushed, UNCONSCIOUS
victim, his other children n nus wiie'
The incidents We nave ueserioed,o
with what poverty OF iangnage!-ha
occupied three long and terrible hours
from before D till nearly midnight, AS
soon as she dared, Mrs hrushe iiiled
her dying child upon her bed and bound
up her crushed brow. Hut even a
mothers tender care anu prayers u
fears were OF no a,al,' Ior a.em n W.,
NJ ,hs manc,sI cornss b.oan 10 crow
cold, while the spirit He'd 10 a far kinder
parent than 1t had ever known upon
Earth. me mother wa,sneu yes'ue 'm9
hor,,r. and when iaylisbt arrived. sent
one Of the children TO a nsishbors to
give information OF what had occurred:
Other neighbors began to gather; ana
mortem examination. Drs. Van Sandt
and Barrett, OF ClarindA, who made the
eraminaiion' say "thal tue oouy was