Daily Republican., 1880-05-11
NEGLECTED CHILDREN,
A Father and Mother Accused e1
mot Taking Proper Care of their
Onsprfng.

mos Taxing Proper Care of th0tl
Onspring.
About the saddest case ever tried be
fore Mayor Almond was one last even.
ing, in which John and Elizabeth Dough.
erty were charged with cruelty to theil
children. Austin Harrington, Esq, con
Quoted the case for the s. p. C. G..
The father Is tall man, apparently
about forty years of age. His face wss
besmeared, his hair uncombed, and his
appearance indicated a brute rather
than a man.
The children have an intelligent ap.
pearance. Their names are Patrick,
John, Owen, Mary, Cahal, Ellen, Susan
and Catharine. They were very poor
ly clad. Nearly all of them were shoe
less. The babs which the mother held
was bare around the shoulders, one
boy wore no shirt and another was in
his SKIRT sleeves. They had been
washed since they had been brought
to the hall and looked a little better
than at first.
Officer Brickle testified that the pris.
oners resided at No. 10 Logan street,
Hedgeville. The house in which they
lived was a disordsrly enc. The father
had been drunk since Thursday, and
the mother had been intoxicated fol-
two or three weeks.
The officer, continuing, said he had
intended to 60 to the house before but
had RETAINED as the neighbors did not
wish to appear as witnesses. On Sum-
day there was sach wrangling in the
building that he entered. While there
be noticed Mr.. and Mrs. Shields and
Robert Campbell. The children were
lying upon the floor and the babe wore
only nightgown.
One lad told him he had nothing to
eat since Saturday night, and when the
children had been taken to the City
Hall they ate as though they had
had nothing for several days. In
bringing the smallest child to the Hall
he had to borrow q shawl to hide her
nakedness.
Mr.. Harrington stated that the en-
ployers Of the three larger boys were
willing that they should resume their
work to-day, and their money should
not be given to the parents.
DR.. Howard Ogle said that he had
visited the children in the Hall. The
two larger boys looked better than the
ether children. The babe's stomach
looked swollen, and it evidently had
marasmus.
The neighbors said that the parents
were frequently drunk and were unfit
to take charge Of the children.
The Trustees of the Poor had offered
to give a certificate for the admission Of
the neither and the five smallest chill
dren to the Alnshouse. Bishop Beck.
er had offered the seclusion OF the Or
phans school as refuge for the chill,
dren.
Mr.. Harrington eloquently pleaded
the case in behalf of the children, and
the father unsuccessfully endeavored
to place the blame upon the shoulders
of the mother.
The Mayor fined each Of the prisoners
twenty dollars and costs and remsnded
the children to the care of Chief Of
Police Maxwell until proper disposi-
ton had been made OF them. The
three largest boys were released this
merning in time to resume work.
SENT TO THE ALNsHoUsE.
Mrs. Doughsrty and five children
were taken to the Almshouse this
morning between ten and eleven o'clack.
The children will be cleaned and given
suits Of clothing and will remain at the
for several days. Mr..
Do oagherty will resume his work and
in a short time his family will be re-
stored to him.