Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-09-28


rHB CHILD BEArER-
One Sawselle, at the head of q wander
ing dramatic troupe. which gave enter
tainmen.s in Eureka last week, has
gained some notoriety by reason of his
brutal and inhuman treatment Of .
little girls member OF the company,
just prior to departing for Austin. The
circumstances Of the outrage have been
given in detail In our local columns.
The facts are even worse than have
been reported. The affair 1t the resi-
dencc Of Judge Hubbard. on Spring
street, was scarcely worse treatment
than the child had been subjected to
for the week previous st the Turner
House, where the parties domiciled
while here. We have 1t on the most
indubitable testimony that the inhu
man beating Of the child was OF almost
daily occurrence. Mr.. and Mrs. Saw
telle claim to be the rightful parents
Of the girl. We can hardly credit this
statement; preferring to believe that
she II some poor unprotected
waif whom chance has thrown
In their way. We cannot imagine
how natural parents. animated
by ordinary feelings of fllial affection,
could find it In their hearts to so cru
ely msltreat their W offspring. 1t
u unnatural, and We therefore conclude
that the hspless victim Of these re-
pested assaults and outrages is not the
fishtsnl daughter Of this pair of mon.
sters, their story to the contrary not
withstsnding. This is not the first
case OF the kind that has come
70 public notice. Several iden-
teal with it have recently claimed
the attention Of the authorities
In other parts Of the country. The in
FAINT acrobat and contortionist rescued
from an inhumant theatrical manager in
San Francisco last spring, and returned
60 his friends in New York. is a case
directly ia point. Others of the same
class have called for tie intervention
of the officers in some of the leading
Eastern cities within the past year.
The theatrical profession is a hard one
demanding constant study and appli-
cation, and the waits and orphans that
are picked up to I'LL 10" are generally
shown but little mercy, especially in
the hands of an inferior itinerxnt
troupe like that under notice. That
there is abundant evidence on which
to convict the man Sawtelie of every
charge preferred against him by the
SENTINEL, does not admit of a doubt,
and We are glad to know that Captain
Hubbard yesterday lodged q complaint
for his arrest and punishment. And
I'm this connection it is pertinent 10 say
that the SENTINEL has no other feeling
or motive in the premises than . desire
10 redress the wrongs OF the weak and
oppressed. Sawtelle, while here, treat
ed the SENTINEL, in the way Of patro-
mage, more than fair. We enjoyed al
most a monopoly of his business. and
he settled his bills in full. 1t may be
said 70 his credit also that he possesses
more than average ability in his pro-
Iession. But these ere matters wholly
distinct from his cruel treatment of the
poor weak creature confded to his
care. No amount of patronage, nor
tho lack of it. can influence the SENTI-
MEL 10 depart one jot or title from the
course which it has always pursued. Of
treating all Glasses Of people, and SUBJ
jects of Legitimate newspaper criticism,
with perfect fairness and candor. In
pursuance Of this policy, totally free
and independent from any tincture or
admixtuTe Of prejudice or malice. we
presented to the public an array of
facts which clearly said, as plain as
Language could say. that Manager Saw.
tslls is brute of the toughest type,
and We shall adhere to the same esti-
mate Of him until the impossible task
Of controverting the testimony Of .
half dozen witnesses of the highest re-
spectability shall have been accom-
plished.