The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-29
THIS, IN A CIVILIZED CITY,!
SOME TESTIMONY mar WADE ETEN
STRONG MEN SHUDDER.
Whv New York should support the Society
for the Prevention Of Cruelty 10 children
An Astounding Case Before judge Bnrrct.

Whv New York should support the Society |
for the Prevention Of Cruelty 90 Children |
An Astounding Case Before Judge Bnrrcti. |
For many months the residents of the
brick tenement at COO East Thirteenth street
h We been annoyed 10y the moons aud cries II a
little girl, tho sound of falling blows, aud the
shriil tones Of a woman's voice In the rooms Uc-
cuuicd by John Connors. a coal beaver, who
lives I'm the Third story Of the tenement, and lately
compl Int made to the Society for the Ire-
vention Of Cruelty to Cnildien. detective,
Mr.. Alexin1cr Gerncr, was then sent to the
place, but he found the door bolted and
unable to enter lie called repeatedly, and
until thursday evening he was unable to gain
admiitance ON Thursday night he found the
| door unbarrcd. lie introduced himself ns
school teacher ana asked whS the girl had lccn
! ab. ent from school. lie was told by Mrs. Con
nors :that Ellen WAS sickly, ana that further
| more she had no clothes suitable to wear away
| from home. The CfIcer was unable 20 pursue
his investigation further at that time, and
hc went away and Procured warrant for tho
nircst OF Connors and his wife Of Judge Dona-
hue pf the supreme court.
At about o'clock Yesterday morning Mr..
! GeIner, accomp. .uicd hy Nj T.. L. Jenkine, secrc-
nv Of the society, and policeman. entered the
| rooms of the Connors, VINO were sleeping IN
their beu chamber Under the window Of one
aim II ked form of thc liitle gIfl Ellen. Only
a Tit of rag covered h0r waist. Snc shivcfcd ~
the chilly morning air; she wa- nlihN ana un,
kempt. Her face WIS covered win b.ui,ys and
her ewes were black and blue. There were many
sores on her head, anu her left rn stoud strhgnt
out from the BODY figid ana paIalN led. ne Of
hcers arrested ConnOrs aud MS wife. aud as the
party went into tue street crowds uI ucighhnfs
locked around expressing their satisfaction.
Eight women volunteered TO give their testl-
IN NY IN court regarding the prisoners brutality.
The ease was called by judge Barrett Yesterday
af. ernoon. Mrs. Connors. VINO - a stout, nngd,
lar. rawboned Irsh woman. between Mt, and
siAty years old. with cualae ugiN lace, sat lrln
ami siieut In corner 81 the court room. In
reply to the charges ~ brutality Mis-. Cunnors
-aid ia the gifl II uniuiN and reheliiou-, mat
she lies and ste"ls, aud that she VIII weld L"
Oul, the ~tNcrest treatment. sue desired lli.v
and CON ul'niioh WIN counsel ara MI W W m, ~
. Gih-ot. attorney Tor The humane socictN, com
. scented tO Adjourn tho hearing unti Monday
The cnild, In giving her testimony. shrank from
her mother and snudd"rtd, sANiug. unn l
Al leusth She made Iartigl recital ~ the abuses
that sne has suffered. ana her story corroborated
q euLrd that Ellen J. uot her oNa daughter. and
said tnat She ohtaned sse--lon u her IRON "A
Chambers street LAWYER about four years ago,
r when tue piri vas only four years OLD. Cunn"rs
anu his wife weie. released on their 9wn i,ecog-
t nz nee. The II tie airl wa taken 70 Mrs. Ncbo,
the mutron OF the Police Central once.
one OF the COuuors' noignbOrs, n gentleman
me9ts Of Mr.. ComnoTs. saws why. IL w. : tor.
: tufe continuslly CRYING and groaning' ana beat,
: ing and ,trapping. Many umeS | nave started
:, nalf way up the stairs determine 10 throw the
brutal wretch out OF the window. but stopped
: before l got TO her door. often could tell
hy the noises that she had thrown the girl on the
hoor, ana wac Jumping upon her, ana coulu ~
any s hssI ths erSH S oi IN ,e " sTN nf rs
assaults the woman In jumping upon the hoor
. Knocked eight OF ten ieet Of plaster from the
ceiling OF my room. 1t s not new thing IL
. has been gong on for year, and has grown
u wore lately Before the old woman came here
. she lived IN the tenement Of a butcher on the
nrst block above here, on the avenue, and shc
- was 70. ced to move out ON account Of her cruel
c Mrs Tsre said 81 have known that woman
T. beat the little girl vi h CHAIR rung aud with
J, ON Chnstmas Day sns beat her severely
n uOundine ner for mole tn an half an hour, that
= she crushed her arm with heavy stone. ano, ot
n account Of NEGLECT OF imt roper treatment ths
Ia will ne cripple for iie.
l. 1he little glti, Ellen Conncr-, was petched OF
l. a window sill in Mis-. Webb'- pleasant front
= room In the Police Central Ohce 81 evening
p she wss dressed In bright led Dress; she hao
IF been washed, aud the marks OF dlshguremeh'
on lace auj head had been partially concealed
Is Her par lyzed arm could not be discussed. On,
n OF her ears is 80 badly swollen that II has lost
J. ts natural shape and her nose l. nattened. Ih'
% unnatural appearance OF her ear Ellen ta1s' Wa
" soc ia an intelligent little girl with sad Grsi
Il eyes aud an urnalur lly old Look. sne talks al
O. wisely as a,grown woIn.n. In speaking Oi he
al treatment bv Mrs Connors, she sad;
n &" she used to beat me all de time an trow me
o. upon dc II lor. and when couldn't learn NJ
sr lesson she slapped me over de head and Guy i1
# with rope. Once she told me 10 - down IN d'
l. cellar aud get some wOOu, anu tnon she chu'
A down after me and asked me what mIO'
[ ne so long. Then she said, Put your frm oi
nj the floor so,' an dld 50, and she picked up
IS heavy stone an uowed It down On my ann IN
ie smashed 1t. Then de doctor came an liked I
IN an II got s'n an he say dat he'll have to cut
10 on this summer, but guess not for don't ex
Or pect viii be home then, DO you appehlih
Id 10 Mr.. Webb, who spoke d vigorous nor Mhel
of | get to court Monday. spuse III tell de Judg
f. all about II, and all de res Will have 70, too, an
n, then ,hey'll know, now she almost killed u,
r. sac made me coll her mother, but guess she
not my mother, Tor my mother came once q ION
time ago. ana then she went away an neve
came no more. / spOse she Is dead, an III
father too. | never saw him.
&c Mr.. Connors. at the time OF her arrest sna oh
ed a sharp knife from the table and conceaied
m her bosom. but the officers detected he
- movements ana took 1t from her,