The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-12-06
lNHUMAN PARENTS
Burn the Hand Of an Eight Year Old
Child Both Arrested for
the Crime.

An AFFAIR occurred on Saturday oven.
ing last nj the residence Of George u
SeeshOltg, No 81 East Fifth street
which tends TO place that gentleman
and his wife In u very bad light before
the public, They have two children,
u little boy aged three, aud q girl about
seven, Saturday evening the mother
went away from home leaving the two
children alone, On her return she
found that tho boy had boon burned,
and hia aiaer said that he had fallen on
the stove. The mother did not believe
tho story and tho child was severely
whipped by the father for telling o
ialfeh00d,
Then It Is charged that the stove
poker WAS placed In the lire aud heated,
When II became sufficiently hot tho
father held the child while the mother
burnt IL on the hands ana fingers with
the red hot poker The cries Of tho
child could be- heard for some distance
from tho house, and the nelghbom
learning Of the affair made complaint
10 Humane Superintendent Charles H.
Frazer, who now has the case In hand
A reporter called on Mrs, Secaholta
this morning, and while she did not
deny that she administered the red hot
poker on the hand Of her daughter, she
claimed that the child deserved the
punishment aud that the little girl waa
not seriously injured, She said that II
was simply pltew0rk on the part OF
some OF her neighbOra who desired 10
iniure them. She denied that she had
ever been cruel 10 her children, and was
very much surprised that such q story
was In circulation,
Some OF The %neighbOra OF Mrs, Sees
h0ltz say that she ~ In the habit Of
abusing her children In q most cruel
manner, and that something ought 10
be done 10 put q stop toll. From what
could DO learned In the nolghb0rho0d
II does not look ag II IL was a matter OF
apitework, but that those who had In.
terested themselves Ia the case had
done 30 as an act of humanity, aud they
seem determined 70 prevent u repltl
ton Of a scene similar TO that which
occurred on Saturday evening,
Charles II. Frazer called NJ the East
Fifth street school and saw Annie Sees
hOlt1, the little girl who was burned on
saturday evening, The wound Is about
the size of a quarter OF q dollar, and
while not dangerous, Is far too severe
for a mother TO administer 10 child, |
The little girl said that her little broth
cr and herself were playing while their
mother was away, aud he accidentally
burned himself When her parents
returned home her father whipped her
and her mother afterwards used the
hot poker on her hand She ~ u
delicate child and something sh0uld.be
lone TO prevent her receiving such
treatment In the future,
The father does not deny holding the
lhild while the mother used the hot
ron. 10 certainly seems strange that
could po'aibly buguilty OF such
IN inhuman net, but IN THIS ClNe there
be no doubt OF II, as neither the
or mother denies committing the
lot, but clhm that the child wa8'un.
July aud had 70 be punished,
This afternoon warrants were Issued
'or the arrest Of both the father and
under q law which provides
hat "Whoever t%ortures, torments,
or unlawfully Furnishes any
,hild, shall be fined not more than two
hundred dollars, nor less thenten dol
AIRS, OF imprisoned not more than six
months, or both
The trial will take place this evening
VI 7 o'clock before Mayor Blake.