Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-02-03
SHOCKING.
AFiENDISI BRUTE D1SGRACES
TIT; NAME OF MAN BY
BARBAROUS MAIL
TREATMENT OF
A CHILD.
The MOST DAMNABLE OUTRAGE
EVER PERFORATED IN La
PAYETTE COUNTY.
No Words can do it Justice.

No Words can do it Justice.
Iie r"a't"rs Of til. ln'rll..enyrr wall r,mem.
Isl 'i't Hoohi TWO Years ago IA gang OF horse
t"'e''" was supplemented III this county, hesds,i
oE one "n. Wyker, a desperate and hardened
Villain, an! that among the number who We're
t"hv''t"! nni cent 10 Tie pen!tentlary was one
'AlLe7 Davis. II sesms that Davis haI a wife
and several Ctii,!ien and after his departure for
Jefferson city the children, with the execution
"t ne youngest. an infant, Were bound out To
various parties in the vlr,nitv of Wsv-rly. The.
vile ier nervous System shattered by the trou-
pea through which she hm! passed. became =
sort oil mouoinnnlac about her grI-f,. ami some
wh't dertnS"i IN mind. but not to such an ex-
tent that She could not gain her livelihood, aud
came 10 Lexington. where she has most OF the
Line s'nc' earned sunheIru: by her nec,t!e 10 SUN
l'rt herself and Little one. The child with
whom We have now to DO is a girl, Neitls Alice
Davis, II docile. innocent, Intelligent child Of
some siN wears o. age. At the time al her fathers
CONVECTION she was consequently about four
Years old. and one Louis Heron, who live, in
Ni"itiei"I township, near WaverIy, having no
c"!l'!feh oi his own. adopted her. The lie that
she mas iei since an untoward late placed her at
tue mercy OF this iirniish brute. must have been
''''ip!y horrible; no language can ITO Justice TO
'e ''c winch Tie stripes upon her suffering
''"t """S speak ihsilent tongues of el"quenrs.
-" ''"Hs OF '">t week til. brute, who, If one
N''''' 'ee'ihS could have found lodgment IN hi.
n'at'' would have answered helplessness aud
innocence with love and Kindness, brought the
mite "aii 10 Lexington, IN order that she mivl,,
ID" sent &" the poor house. Or. Russell. the
county physician. very properly refused to send
n" young = child there, a, Is hi, custom. but the
man INSISTED that he would not take her bach
win hi'il' mat hi vile WAS sick auI he'd be
o't ii he'd Keep her. aud that If the
'"ctor dtt not take charge of her he
would leave her on the street. The doctor
thCu sought policeman HllI. who is a man or
family, and who's" heart Is lull ct the milk of
litlI' one until he c"ul! lind II hunI. tor her.
This Mr. Hill gladly Consented Ia do. and ,be
child wa> thAeu 10 hi hru.r, where II received
ever! '''entl"n from his Iuo'iIrrIy wife. Sh.
WAS 'hIAci"Fe't, III, amt soon II Was evident
Ih4t sh" MAS itinlshsi-rci ". IN .lIs land OF
plenty. "htrc THOUSANDS. would ,:udly have fed
H"r' /" die III tinssr- Food WIS gradually
gwen her, an! ii WAS not until Sunday morn |
ing. WHEN Ms. Hi r,Inoved her clothing 10 |
wash a"i 'l"ihc her IN some OF her own
eh'iifrh : GARMENTS that the horrible condition
o' t"' t"ltA "a' made known to her. The poor
t''''' in'ts had NOT n'urniured: she ral been
|'"-"' IN n remoF~"ies. school, that II whlmprr
Drought dire punishment, and she feared "a
complain II WIS 80 N evident why Heron had
Drought the child TO town. He dread. a that sh.
n''sht die on his hands. and that u revelation or
Il cause OF her death would bring down upop
'S helH 'hii vengeance OF an outraged commit
h''S- When her back WAS laid bare, it present.
gi 4 alEg.nFI. thu r,.,,Il l.-
10 'Ae eyes OF the most hard -IrsrteL wretch
upon earth, II we except the monster who had
III" wounds. On stripping her entirely
'hete WAS one revelation OF horror after another.
fist Iitt.e back IS -';arred IN every direction with
ttc lash OF II COW hide. Inrrr 1, scar u,,n soar
scar cr"ssing another. Some healed snn,.
and =uGar cut deep Through the Ak.
~ ! fei ana gaping. Upon one side OF her hi
ne huttock there Is il scar, fresh ami sore clear
Inc -Ain anu Tissues, down to tue mus
&C. Two inches long hv une IN width On
ea'" 0i The calves OF her lille legs thrIr are
similar scars We have seen huE":rrds pG men
s''tet III battle. We have. on one or Two .cc.-
s!p"s, seen Tie grouut literally piIe.i VI IA sisip
We have seen tneu suffering eXcruclurluy ay-
'EirN-an" nIFs h.si in,rc than unv-tuur fellow
Is 70 III! hiln TO pan MN Uui OF his ruisery-
-u' '"e>e We're ulsn, and We can ren-mUeI no
scene oil horror mat has ever impressed n. as
id tbs littI: child lyIng NUT before u with
lF a'l!"= wounds 'eIing OF suffering aud
anguish 1.yund ~icacrp.tUn. Waeu ~. ,,.k
'er hA"i IN OTIS It was 80 thn aul SOFT thar I
!oub.ed up Al tae srntlr-r pressur. %.a,ke,
Ter vino whipped you 50. Uahy uni she told
~. WHAT dit he whip YOU for because
ie 10 d ne Ia do SOM work, and | coulin- .,
" orA' Great "od this poor baby WORK! Her
'rms but little thicker thau a stout man , t,y-r
f"F Ir:S scarce ab,e % sustain her body and
Hrr weight cannot be more than riIlri.-
I've pounds. AMI she must work what tri
4e "h'p yVI with "A cOw-hIde,' - and sh.
tHa' cow-hIie. too-poUr chIli. she l
'-' reason 10 know what ii was Ike, and 10 Z
4 many iurtIve slances AT 1t a IT huns up a
n III. Itchen. Dii the man > vile treat you ,
,ldIy, tous' No. cir. p ..prt ,L. wnIu -.
'"u,'' no, SIR What did she -, to III, :
nan when he whipped YOU .'-h. sand h.
'uGht 10 be ashamed at h,ms.lf' ''Dld they =
You enough 10 eat No, sir" .'i.td {
he woman want to fed YOU on, y-., sir; \
he man w"nidH't let her And thus she told =
Ter littir tale II there IS ua avenylng God. 4
We believe there is, the pi;i4Die. cuwardly '
wretch vino committed this da,tardly Grim. -
sainat one oi those whom Christ SAID cot such ,
; thu Kingdom OF lie .ven. will sooner or
lter feel the weight ut hi. awful hand. Dr =
t"tinI FOR The little sufferer home with ,
klnd nerinan couple, whn.e children have '
i"wn up and lett tneIr roof, and who ar, a, u
niI OF love ami sympathy for her a. If she yss $
tood "i their blood and bone Of ,nsIr bone II
ir. and Mrs Jno. WeIman. The constant and y
nTcn1ittIns care which DR.. Russell b.,,ovs r.
pom the unfortunate. child $ an evidence. TIM, -,
- "Nper!suce rs public physician has not hard :
ned his lie IT In. nervous system OF the child {
completely shattered; size has frequent head u
rhca, AMI Is generally 80 dsDlIitat.! that IL
not by sny means certain that she VIII re- v
over. n