Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-03
AN INHUMAN BRUTE.
A Case of IncestuOus Intercourse with
out a Parallel-A Rhode Island
Farmer COnfesSes to Having
Persistently Debauched
his own Daughter.

Providence correspondent of the Boston
| Herald: Two weeks ago, In the quiet hamle
of Rocky Brook a portion of the town O.
| South Kingston, babe was born. Such In
| stances as this are of everyday occurrence
| but few, if any, are attended with such pain
| full circumstances as this. Not a word wai
| dropped concerning the paternity Of the babe
| and were it not for the Herald perhaps The
responsibility would never be discovered
Before detailing the last event, 1t would bt
we'll to ventilate certain things previously &C.
curing. Prominent in the settlement OF
Rocky Brook is one Christopher A. Whaley
Whaley il the special constable OF the place,
and is also one of the trustees OF the school
district. About five years ago his wife died,
leaving a son twenty-three or twenty five, a
daughter nineteen years old, named Hannah.
and girl still younger. Mr.. Whaley, at
that time was captain of a vessel, and made
a trip to the West Indies and returned
the same year. Next year he went to
sea again, visiting the same port. Be-
fore he left he was asked if he in
tended to leave his oldest daughter at home,
and made the reply: mo, | don't care to
leave her IN such a place. About every girl
here is getting into trouble and having lille
ultimate children" He took his daughter
with him. Better had she remained at home,
for the day she put her foot on board her
fathers vessel saw her embarked on a life,
the details of which are too horrible to be-
lieve. On the voyage, the crew say, Captain
Whaley and his daughter occupied the same
STATE room. He seemed to have a strange
hod on her, and they wondered at her sub
mission. Little dreamed they of the crime
enacted in that cabin. The ivessel returned
to this country, and the captain and his
daughter came home. Soon after their arri-
val the daughter gave birth to child.
Neither the father nor the daughter could
tell who the father of the babe was, but the
circumstances warranted the neighbors in be-
hevlng that Whaley had committed incest,
and that the child was thedoutgrowth of the
sin. Two years and half had elapsed
to the house of Mrs. Eggleston, a mid wife,
and asked her to come to his house and see
Hannah Mrs. Eggleston had before this
noticed that Whaley's daughter eI,ciente
She went prepared to see his daugh-
ter pass through an ACCOMPLISHMENT.
Going with him to his house, he
opened the door and said: "You will find
Hannah up stairs Passing up the stair
way she found herself In Whaley's chamber,
leading from which and approached only in
that way was another chamber, where she
found the daughter. Soon Whaley came up
stairs, and at his daughters request sent for
DR.. Merritt, of Wakefield. The physician
soon came, and the child was born. Not a
word was said by Whaley or his daughter
done all in their power, departed. No sooner
did the birth become known than the lndig-
nant populace talked of mobbing the beast
Whaley. Whatever doubts there have been
concerning the first birth, they were removed
by the second, for Whaley had not permitted
any young men to come near the house or al
lowed her to go out much. His violent tenn
per and liability to do ugly work kept his
neighbors from troubling him. To-day the
Herald reporter, hearing of the affair and de-
termine6 to sift the thing to the bottom,
made a visit to Whaley's house for that pur-
pose Whaley's son came to the door In re-
spouse to the rap, and at the reporters re-
quest called his father from nelghboring
field. Bearing in mind the ugly reputa-
ton Of the man he was about to
see. the reporter, for safety's sake,
put low fence between himself and the front
door. Whaley looked to be fifty years old,
had grizzly beard and wore a rough suit
his general appearance being that OF a des-
o ,rado. To make the interview short the re-
porter said: MIR. Whaley, there are very
hard stories ahoat concerning you; answer me
yes or no. Your daughter has given birth to
4 child, and folks say you are the father of it;
IS that SOP"
Eyes, am the father of it, said Whaley,
and then, swearing like pirate, he vowed
vengeance on the one giving the first lnforma-
ion to the HerGld'S representative. He |
seemed to think nothing Of the terrible crime |
le had committed against law, but to feel in |
,ensed that it should become known. He |
aid: "Pve had trouble enough in my days |
before, and it is a shame people can't keep |
heir mouths shut Whaley also indirectly
confessed to the fatherhood of the first child,
md, as he was growing more and more ugly,
md handled an open knife rather freely. the
Exporter left Whaley's antecedents are bad.
lie is credited with having, under the guise
# friendship, on voyage to this country, Sc
Iuced German girl, and she. becoming en-
iente, he married her she being the mother
f the daughter he has So terribly wronged.
Is vet no steps have been Esken to arrest the
nhnman monster, but, by the time his con-
Grafton will follow