Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-04-24
BRUTEs AMONG CHRISTIANS.
The Horrible Torture of u Child in Civ
lied France.

The Horrible Torture of II Child in Civil
lied France.
A Paris dispatch to the London Neacs
says: A horrible case Of child torture
was tried recently before the Seine assize
court. The accused parties were two
Spaniards- and Vega-whose
calling is to speculate on public charity
through the fundamentally of mutilated
children. The special charge against
them was having-with vitrol or some
other corrosive fuid-made artificial
sores on boy named Manuel Santon
They were denounced by the landlady
of a low lodging house named Cabrolie7.
In the month of May, 1885, Vega, with
woman named Antonio Rodrigues and
several children, the youngest of whom
was Santon, came to her premises in a
showman's van. They hired of her the
right to live in this vehicle in her yard.
The children were sent out every day to
beg, and often had to stay fourteen hours
prowling about the streets. One of
them, aged nine, was twisted into posi-
ton on a board set on rollers to simu-
late cripple. Three grown-up persons
held, twisted, and strapped him on the
board, which had on it covered pad.
This child became nearly paralyzed, and
was often left black and blue from
furnishings. The landlady one day when
he was by himself in bed took him out
of the van, and found that he could walk,
although losing the use of his limbs
His owners caught her, and beat the boy
mercilessly for having obeyed her in get
ting out of bed. In the month of June
her other tenants were kept awake by
the cries of Michael Santon, but were too
much afraid of the Spaniards to go and
ask what it was that made MIN scream.
Nine. Cabrolier went. The child said
that he had cramps, but she saw that his
arm was in sling and bound up
Watching her opportunity she was able
suddenly to examine the member, and
found on it horrible wound like can
Ger Of great size. She wept from pity.
The young Manuel then told her that
last year his leg was burned in the same
way at Montauban, and that little lep-
rous girl, dressed as boy, who had been
similarly treated, was abandoned there.
The youthful victim was examined as a
witness, but was in such fear of his tor
turers that he hardly dared to tell how
they operated upon him. He said that
at Marseilles he was burned on one instep,
which left his foot a mass of putrefaction,
both by Vega and Gonzales. The two
also burned his leg at Montauban. He
had been at both places strapped to
board on rollers, and sent as cripple to
beg. In the Paris lodging place Con-
zales alone operated on the arm, but
Vega was close by, and knew what was
being DONE Naturally, the torturers
said they were innocent, and that Man
uel strapped himself to the board ON roll
ers, he preferring mendicancy to being
apprenticed to sweep. However plausi-
bic this might be, the jury did not be-
lieve that the child from the same motive
vitriolized himself. They were con-
demned to two years penal servitude.
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