, 1877-12-06
An ,nhuman Female Arrested in
st. Louis Yesterday.
rhe Tortures Which She Visited upon
a Little Girl Nine Years Old.
Farther Concerning lilo Murder OF tic
Aged Minister In Kansas.
The Man Arrested gtrivoa to Lay tho
Crime upon His Brother-in-1aw.
}tems Concerning Rande the blatant
and MoGill the Dastardly.

lNIruSf.AS THEATNEST.
Srtrfdi sasDasch 10 fae Lhica7e Tittunt.
= sr. i,or1s, Dec. "a horrible cnsc Of cruelty
"a, brought to light tut1ay, the perpetrator bc-
Inc Mrs, kato Henncssy nnd tic Victim Anna
Boslc, an ORPHAN girl o years of age. Mira.
Hepucssy is the l,o,lsckccpcr for Father Reilly,
The prleat In charge of tho Catholic church In
thc suburban Town of Cleltanhan,. and the
ct,l has been In her possession about year,
sho having obtained her for tho purpose
.; e,ItcatIn1 her and teachtng her sotI,o
nsetul occupation. For some time the ncich-
hnrs living next door to tho priests residence
hare complained at tho evident harsh md In
human treatment OF tho little girl, who vns
from day to day force,l to perform tho l,asd atl
rough work OF stout tnctlial, clothed In rugged
apparct, and frequently whipped With great
severity. No formal complaint was male, how
eycr, and tho truo state Of the caso was
not made known until today, when
Tie girI ran away, Appealed to q police officer
for protection, and told lser story. slic was
,aken to tho Four Courts, and there tlcvclop-
n,ents wero 1nalo tl,at put Mrs. 1Icanessy il,
tho light of a 1end, utterly tlcyn!d of the quail
tt7 Of mercy. Tho little wallis ciothlng was
scarcely more than il'thv rays, which hturk
closely to tho numerous sores on her
t4IYs DlG HAH b%l!pEa AIo" LIaA ~
foot With laslcs, evidently made
by a keen cowht1c, cutting tlccp !nto tho flesh.
Some Of these were old anil some new. Showing
that she llasl bccn haEltnal1y whipped for long
time. No nari Of tho body had been. exempt
jfom these cruel cuts, and her l,ark anil limbs
for them to heal. Tho condition u
ihe wrists showed t!lat the victim hal
bss EeaqsaSty aSsy thu tied . n nora 1'Iss ISrrs o.
~, L. Is
ser 1sfm'. sie tod enrf,'i story ot I!er WRONGS
relating 1ow Mrs. ftcnucssy had whipped her
from dnY 10 day from no cause whatever, Elyvii
her work 10 do bey0ntl her strength, refusing
shr .saii that Mrs. licunessy init often tied her
wrists, aud, after bcatiltg her severely, allowed
bcr to remain III tlis condition until silc would
Be almost dcat from cxhulistln,i:. Upon llcar-
ine her story the arrcst OF Mrs. He'lnessy WAS
ssrusity was accordingly brought to 1aii and
placed In o cell. The little, girl Is greatly
emaclatctt, and can 0arccIy walk. Site tIls hcen
placed In q comfortable home, under medical
attendance. The police snv 1t III the worst casc
oteruelty to child they hayo ever tnct with in
st. Louis.
ACCUSES Ills 1itsOT1IER-IS-LAN.
8pectaf Dts,sftrh tn The Cafraga Tribune.
LAwnracE, Kan, Dec. 5.-Tho young man,
lohn 3. True, mentioned In ycsterday's Thin.
hs. @ rnale the following statement, motwitl,'
nAs uaoo .ae t"''o"'ns n'a'o't,' -,
Standing which tho authorities still believe htui
To be tho only purity engaged In tho murder:
49,. 1a,.,sy,,,r IT. vov m 1Y7- In
,uee 10 mIssf ey tho loo%ns LIT ngt
~ S III IL ,ra ,s
%nsde1cd near Wameuo' o. Tho wny ascertai"sd
tae ,,n ~ M ~ "hssS th ~ opo' WV
boarded " iFan A. asars H.. VIII LINZ me 1m.ecn an o.
SS,nSG e. r9r. Sso y hIts III tot mn *. h.
~ n,1nn r. snn'.,iar IA Or. Into tho arrcui.
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sasa ssaon. ~ ~ ~ -os aTs .ss 49, ~ XII t,,,n
psocafc sIam u 9 am ~ MA' T ~ ,.nw -.
aaa usa ny my ,ian ~. -, Nv W., ~, Al
- ~ W. ~. ~ cct ~ ~ t;n.sr,io ~ snf
al NE III G ny him IN snnd II hr ut tram
. III i.n. ~ - th,,, A ,roiln T-nn, tnssyiiir
"a IL, IL ~ ,u, t,i,. mi ~, shant t,yn mie,
~, u4 ~ ~ .rxs "'4 maj nm viii, tcnr, liz,
Them. but moi ID thy way Intended tn, had Il
do some dirty work." lie told inc about killing th'
old man, but he 4'd not know hs nams. ~ tott
frsm ohsoryation; plso telling ,,ic Landmarks Il
thai I would know whers Ac was, and not,cet
particularly ~ paaae0 thc r4oco Ac uetcflhcn