The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-31
NEGRO BAsMI-BAZ0UKs.
Horrible TOrtures inflicted Upon All
Abandoned Child.
ATLANTA Consti u ioD.i

ATLANTA. Ga, March 23.-One OF the
most horrible cases of wanton and out
rageous cruelty ever known in this Sec
tion OF the South has just been taken
hold Of by the officers Of the law in this
county. The details Of the abhorrent
business are as yet meagre, but W Ill pc
fully developed upon the trial OF the
parties implicated, which will occur. at
the approaching term OF the superior
Court.
AS our reporter entered the Washing
ton street door of the City Hall yester-
day afternoon, about dark, he saw llV.
inc black object sitting in the cor ner OF
the doorway, half covered up with an
old dirty coat, and buslly engaged IN
munchiIe a cracker. The being hardly
looked human, and really resembled
monkey more closely than anything
mortal that we ever looked upon.
Its head was tied up in dirty nanaRer,
chief, and Its features were plncned and
full of the evidences OF all too early anu
acute suffering.
From an old colored man who had the
child in charge we learned the follow
/ ing facts concerning the wall: >,
The child is between two and nall
and three wears Of age and unusually
| intelligent for its opportunities. IL
| talks quite plainly and is observant OF
ali its surroundings. Its mother has
| evidently abandoned it, as she lett IL
| five months ago In charge OF ransom
| McElroy and his wife, old colored peo-
pie living near East Point, ID this coun
| ty. The mother went TO savannah ~
To take the child and raise 1t, their rea-
son being that the old man was getting
blind and wanted to train the child to
lead him about. Since that time 1t mas
been in McElroy's family, and, II all
reports be true, the house has proven
veritable hell to 1t. "a ,o+
The neighbors report that its almost
! hourly treatment was harsh ana cruel III
the extreme, and that the old woman
was daily in the habit OF whipping IL ia
! the most inhuman ana prutal nannet;
The child bears witness to all this, and
saws itself that every time it cried, was
hungry or sick, the old woman would
| heat and stamp upon it in the most un-
merciful passion, IN, ,,r
| hnrne5 and have been in such condl-
tion al to prevent its walking. The
| burning. it saws, was done with Goals OF
fire held to it's feet by the old woman.
The testimony upon the. commlttlne
trial. by an attending physician, went &c
corroborate the chIld's statements, ano
| it Is only Wouoel thsu aNS r. 80 ,I.o
testified that they tied the child up in
a ae sack and hung it up in the chimney,
Te S nearly smoking and scorchiing il
to d death, its agonizing cries alone alarm
;nr then, from their murderous WORK.
A Is a last act of brutality the little
creature was tied in a sack, carried to a
spring where the neighborheo.oodd WASH w q,
Ing was done, and there left tled IA en'
sack and sitting in a tub OF colu Waeer.
It was found there by MI. a Inae. ~ ~
and m After the trial, sent it here yester
dav 10 be committed by Judge Pittmar
to the poorhouse. "a ~. riff
we're arrested and tried before Justl :
Poole. &c East point, Yesterday ana a
q sent them TO jail here TO await Iriai De
fore the Superior Court where y