Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-07-12
died at about II o'clock.
HUMAN FIENDs.
Who Either Beat Their Offsprine to Death
or Leave Them to Starve.

or Leavo Them TO btarve
CmC,ao, July l0.-Cases OF extreme
cruelty 20 children are getting to be OF
freauen, occurrence in Chicago, and the
police, spurred on by the agents OF the
illinois Humane Society, have become
extremely active in prosecuting this
class of ohenses. To-day Mrs. Hattie
Wade, a respectable woman, was arrest
cd upon warrant charging her win
cruelty To children, and locked up at the
Armory. She had beaten her boy Harry,
ten wears old, with stick in the most
brutal manner. The child's skin, from
the neck down to the waist, Was black
and blue with mass OF fresh bruises,
the arms and shoulders especially bear
ing the marks of the blows that had
been inflicted upon them. The leit arm,
Just above the wrist, had the appear.
ance vi having recently been fractured
hy blow from some heavy instrument.
The right hand was swollen To twice It's
natural size, and the face showed traces
OF heavy blows. In reply to quest ons
pnt by Judge Wallace, the little boy
said that Yesterday afternoon his step.
mother sent him out To get piece ol
wood 10 place under one OF the Windows.
He brought her a stick, which he indi.
Gated to be two feet long and one lnCh
thick, The stick, he said. didn I suit her,
and she took and beat him with 1t until
he could hardly stand. He said that she
had beaten him almost twice a. bad
about three weeks ago.
4 warrant was taken ont to-day Tor
the arrest OF a German named Holen
aud his wife, who lett Tuesday for parts
unknown, taking with them one child,
bl Lawn. th, il our yonngesI. 'hildr, n
alone in the deserted house with moth
iny io eat but one loaf Of bread. They
were discovered the following day by
the ncighbors. Attempts were made to
ind the parents, but they have 80 lar
proved tntil, A warrant was Ia
ken out this morning for their
arrrsi. and the Humane Society Will
prosecute them for cruelty and neglect.
To-day the little ones wer. sent TO the
Home for the friend.ess. There ages
arr right, six, four and two wears.
j. Kapp, Alderman, to-day was ar.
rested with his wife on complaint oi
nrighbors. who charge them with cruel.
" To their little child in whipping anu
starving il. Justice lngersoll put them
under bonds To answer on the l'th. In
the mean time the case will be carefully
investigated 10y the Humane Society.
A Romans, King KILLED BY Falling Tree
PH.LADELrHI,, July l0-News has
been received here OF the death oi
Matthew Lynch. BONANZA king oi New
Mexico, who MAS killed Al Elizabeth, IN
that Territory, n few days ago, by fall
ing tree. lie was experimenting the
workmen preparing the Aztec mine lot
f.opening. and while pushing one ot the
men out ot the way OF danger received
the fatal blow himself. Mr.. Lynch va
a man about IS years Of age and Wal
born in ireland. lie came 10 this coun'
try when boy aud lived in this city al
the corner Of Eighteen and Christian
streets till the breaking out OF the
war, when he volunteered ior ser
vice. He received an honorable dis
charge at the ciose Of the rebe!lion, and
in 1857 moved TO New Mexico. He had
worked in gold mines in California, and
thus obtained the practical knowledst
which was so valuable to him in sfIsI
life. Several years ago he bought ioI
SIS, 900 canal ~ miles long which sup
plies the miners OF Elirabethtown viii
water for their work. This price wss
1.-THE Of What the structure original,
cost, and wss the means OF starting hin
on the path 10 wealth. Later he discov
essd the Astsc mjsQ which yelAed 20,
% 8 gsu1h. b o. dqe q - dsstl
! - AAc6nmulG1s1 hstooo $500 90