Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-10-04
HISAUNT ABUSED HIM
Young James Gallon Handed Over to
Agent Deans Tender Care.
THE BOY GLAD TO BE RELEASED.
Cudgeled With q Broom Handle and Turned
Away From Home.
AN IRISH LADS TOUGH EXPERIENCE

A sensational case of cruelty was dis
closed at Alderman Porter's Office yesterday
afternoon in which Agent Michael Dean
prosecuted Mary Curley, of Carson street,
Southside, for abusing her young nephew.
The boy, James Gallon, is IL years old,
with bright, open couutenance. He came
from Ireland. His testimony follows:
81 have not been sent to school day
since have lived with my aunt. She sent
me to night school for few months last
winter. 1 wanted to 90 to school, but she
would not send me. She kept me away so
that l might do menial work about the
house. scrubbed the floors, cleaned the
windows, washed the dishes, and ran mes
sages for her. to the market and the stores.
1 frequently went to the store at her request
for groceries, misrepresenting who the
goods were for. l knew this was wrong,
and that was telling lies. She used to tell
me to say to the storekeeper that the goods
were for Mr.. King.
"She often beat me and threw shoes at
me, and then she would chase me up and
down the house, hitting me with broom
handle. One day she violently threw
rough stone at me and at other times she i'll
used me by striking me with her hands
and kicking me about the floor until cried
with pain.
CHASED HIM FROM THE HOUSE.
About o'clock last Wednesday even
ing my aunt thrashed me with unusual Sc
verify She kicked me out of the house,
and with curses threatened to kill me if
returned. She ran after me in +Le street. /
reached the house of Mrs. Kate McCarrol
and procured shelter for the night. Every
morning she made me get up at o'clock to
help her to get the breakfast ready for the
boarders. l never had a relaxation from
the drudgery from morning until night"
Kate McCarrol said: "Mrs. Curley
abused Jimmie Collins with great brutality.
She did not send him to school. When she
beat him she cursed him in a horrible man
ner, and have heard her say that he was
like his drunken mother, who is dead. Last
Wednesday night he rushed into my house
breathless and deathly pale, and implored
me to shelter him from the cruelty OF his
aunt. 1 assented, and kept the boy over
night. She made him get up at 4 o'clock.
She would send him to stores and make him
lie for her. The boy is an orphan and came
from Ireland"
Lord Mccain testified as follows:
81 have been boarding at Mrs. Curly's
house for IA weeks. have seen her beat
this boy with broom and otherwise abuse
him. She put him out of the house twice
after o'clock. She never sent him to school
while was there. 1 have heard her say
that he was like his lazy old mother"
HE DID A Girls S WORK.
Maggie Carney testified: 81 have seen
her make the boy scrub. wash and clean
windows; also saw her violently hit him. 1t
is the common talk of the neighborhood.
The treatment the boy received was most re-
pulsive."
Miss Mooney testified ''that she saw Mrs.
Curley kick the boy. She also saw him per-
form the work of the house, the same as q
girl"
Mrs Mary Curley in a very voluble man.
ner, testified: "The boy is the child of my
dead brother in ireland. sent over to Ire
land for him before my brother died. He
promised to send the boy. He also promised
to give me his gold watch and all his money.
The boys mother and father are dead, and
l care for him and treat him with motherly
love. He is a bad boy. l admit l sent him
to the store falsely, but if he never does
ANYTHING worse than that be will get along
fairly well. 1 have slightly tapped him |
with broomstick, but I did it in playful |
way"
James Mcbride, M. Maloney, Thos. Foley.
]. w. Hemmerlv and Walker Rose stated that |
they never saw Mrs. Curley abuse the boy.
Agent Dean scored the old lady in neat |
speech, and Alderman Porter imposed fine
of $40 and costs and handed over the child
to the care of Agent Dean.