, 1880-08-14
A CRUEL CHILD.
How Mrs. Butler Abused and.
Starved Her Mother.
The Old Iady's Story oorroboratsa by
Several Reputable Witnesses. =;

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e,o Of .s ra ,ss", .be s.nns :. mD
otasse"ANo"t ~ n,,,r1iv hcnttnr. starrlnr. nn1
ioektnE UP her aged mother, Mn. Phillips. came
~ hoforo Justice Wnash In tho WcatrRido Police
nrp,rt u yestcr1ay morning, and wns taken on d
prisoner, WIN was dotcnaed y Mr. epaf!lns' naa
IN array Of witnessed on her behnif. aa had also
,ha prtMecution, whose interests wcro looked
sftar by Mr. Assay. 1r., and Mr.. Dudley. tho
..snt NJ tho Illinois Numane Booioty. at
asens sa ,n.tanco Tho arrost was mndc, Tho pro-
estdIngs opened With a motion by prtaoncr'a
counsel tn dismiss thu case. on tho ground TINT
IN child could not lrgatly DO considered tho
suardian Of te parent unless !esal process bad
provided hcf WIN s''ci aatnoFnys oat ING "o"F'
held ha while ths m19hs 10 ;as eRss tho war.
which would hold ,,|ar,en nsainss her even though 'h'
II The taxing Of evidence was accordingly pro-.
cceded With, ah1 tho first witness examined was
"s''N ' pn J. Q. wm7xronp,
ONO. at West Man1olnn m t,1 stfoet' WHO sn'a tnat
be kucw both Mrs. Phillips, tho complainant,
NJ s','r En- tho r, defendant, . To ,',,,s WIS her
dauantet' auo nnu mu .reot Wrass hn. ."rars;
" North fcorla s.reeE Witness IN nas ,1.s,, 1evorai
naS ~, 1 ealIed at bis storo md asked for some
.hiss iii, .sd shch would make her "sleep away
she explained that she meant 70 COM
nj, suicide. .sho showed bruises which .sne
a'd had heon ;la t|cted ted by hor atKter who ia,l
tEe nvain canic and complained Of her tlntiRIl-
ier having beatcn her, AZ that tln,c ahc was so
s4sssobllsed s4s to make hor stay ia tho stable. sho
,s3sFy sq intelligent end SeiI:read +, xoaaa; snd g. bs
her, Ssis Vs. "''''
On cross-examinaticn Tho witness statea that
se%pfnaH weh
Sai,eh,ns, i but sho dld not havo It Whilo ho Know
Ser -,
sae ssaTSs1 ono e
cs nfter sh5 Ind called upor1 him aud told him
that 40 was being benton ct nt !, hcme: she haa
Ind RIyeu her.
ia tho retross- examination witness stated thnt
r. H. Frqndless: i si,s ~ sa,as ~ Iaef very soYn.
thf NQiton nastnA lurnc9 ne[ out oecAute sne
ackHowledgod that nor daughter bad bone
md that 81 nag slcenlng- ro9m th9ro' a ShoIn-
daughter o. aeeonnt Of b, her Ct cruelty: .,..,
Dr.. Burns, ,i 9lso , 9l No. = ~ west nanaolGh'
corronorntea . tlio saltoneo @ or inc previous W.T.
Old lady's body and facu which looked as though
they we're e. ne results Or kicks. blows, aud
Flnehes tio ahonlu sar that she showed sgna OF
hayIng bcen Ill-treutcd and starved. Tho
plnches, which Wero marked " onusons o. blood,
were secn several times OIL tho u1dcr part 81 tho
afu, lii such places ns precilldcd tho possibility
of tho marks bc!ng caused by fall.
ln ncross.t1anlinntlon tho WttncsS said that tho
!a%tet.ect % e. the olu woman M was noe imPGlrcd. r
sho trouble a1ectlng PEE was removed m sho would
nervous cxoiteu,cnt was not old 9Fe When her
mind wes remoye1 from the Consideration Of her
cruel troatnent gho was calm And wei! balanced,
He Judged from her appearance that
elIE WAS 1HSuFs1c1HNrLY FED.
Thu cnmplalnnnt ,yns then ,,lnce1 unor tbc
stsnd. iIer sinry wns tn tim efrent I'M }sn,.
daughter struck .hor, i,tlltea her hair, starved
Sst H. rt - n vcor ror nv n,'h,nr ,s,, a
not S;re hnr hniY cnn,,1n 70 nsst' ""o sh"
"a fnckci in fhn 1arrat ~ "" n,,niahD
n sct hot wntnr Ynr hnr cotYc Gha ,.fi ~ ~ ~
& w.. tnn @ r,,h. m ~. ~ r nrl W., ~, ~ ~