The New Orleans Democrat., 1876-08-10
INHUMAN PARENTS.
THE DRUT/L TREATMENT or THEIR
LITTLE DAUGHTEK.

LITTLE DAC0HIEH.
rhe guilty ea,r Brsusht 70 ,Justioc.
Much has been said about the NAL
treatment. OF the little girl, Minnie
Chamberlain, by her parents at No. 1e2
Julia street, but the terrible cruelty
practised upon this little creature by
her inhuman parents outdoes the pa
drones OF New York or even the cruelty
visited upon Arab children, THIS child
has been led from the path or virtue
and truth and maAe - deal In 10
ALL SORTS or VICE,
such as lying, stealing, etc. She has
been In the habit OF starting out, IN the
morning and stealing tobacco samples
from the warehouse, bringing them to
her father to make into cigars, and then
Minnie was compelled to peddle them
to raise funds to purchase
risdi Is lliu5 nf1e WHISKY ~ IN
for her Idle father and mother TO Inn
bibe. 6houldsst.os 6eil to dispose Of the
cigars ske knew tie penalty, Aateefiole
beating awaited her at home. A few
days ago, when she failed to dispose OF
the cigars, she returned home trem bling
like an aspen leaf for she we'll knew
the doom that awaited her.. She en-
tered the rat hole-for 1t cannot be
called anything :else-and her father,
who wass bsastly drunk, became 30
~9 r3n1 IA ENRAaED
at her not having disposed Of the
cigars, he grabbed q pail OF water and
doused her with Il. allowing the pail to
strike her on the head; he then kicked
her several times. .sa sa
Rf Yfa HER MOTHER p}H
stood by, ready to take her turn, when
the father had finished.
Minnie states that her father and
mother have frequently taken the last
picayune II In the house to purchase
liquor with when they and her sick
brother were nearly starving for bread.
A FEW DAYS AGO
her brother Eddy, who had been living
with his sister In Mobile, returned home
and stayed at the station house two
days before his father brought him
home. The little fellow when discover
cd and reported was suffering from q
chill, and lying on q damp mattrass
that the rain was trickling through the
roof upon.
ksN EDDY STATES STEyT
that when he left Mobile his sister Atted
him out with . fine wardrobe, but his
father and mother had sold all Of bis
good clotheO to purchase whisky with.
The father and mother OF these two
unfortunate little ones have been sent
to the Parish Prison in default OF bonds
NJ THE CHARGE
OF hahltual drum keness.
This leaving the children In a starv-
ing condition, gentleman repaired to
the house where they resided, and plac.
ing them in a carriage, conveyed them
to the Home OF the Aged and Infirm, q
place where they will be properly cared
for. aat t . ~
Other afidarits have haon made
against the parents, Catherine and John
Chamberlain, charging them with
brutally beating their children.
The self-saoriflcing disposition OF the
little girl was most touching-.to see hel
weep FOR her undeserving mother as the
court officer Gagged her up in the
Black Maria for transportation tc
the Parish Prison. Minnie, on being
questioned by our reporter, why she
wept for a mother who had " brutally
treated her, said that she knew hel
mother had always been mean to her
but, then, she was her mother, and die
not want anybody to treat her bad y
She said she did not care What they die
to her father, ssft ~ ~ sss ssss ss 4 {sGfFzsg