Daily Republican., 1890-05-15
THIRD EDITION
Children Heaters.

Yesterday the REPUBLICAN had the
account OF couple uf little girls having
besn cruelty abused by their parents and
that Frauk Stout, agent Tor the Soc .ety
for the Prevention OF Cruelty to Children
had tho cases iu hand and would have
lhe pa'ents arrested and punished. Since
then James d. Hart, agent for the Metro.
Yollian Lite Insurance Company, resii-
ing at No. 8 East Second street was ar
sested and taken before Magistrate
Smith, where he was accufed ol cruelty
beating his liitle daughter Eunice. .
years OF age, with strap until she was
nass of blue, black, treen and red
s'ril es ON her shoulders to her legs.
The child gave her testimony in a clear
Straight forward manner. the substance
OF which wss stated in the REPUBLICAN
OF yesterday. In addition to being ex-
cas- vely cruel, tiart was represented as
man given to dissipation.
He could offer no defence except that
he had risLt TO correct his own child
bat In ths case he might have gone a
little too lar. The chi d Stunned him
and was very much AFRAID OF him, and
did not want to go back home any more.
The Magistrate, after severely lecturing
Hart upon his cruelty, tned HIN S35 and
costs, which he said he thought he IVES
perfectly justiiable in intlictiug, but the
people present nearly all thought the fine
should have been much more. In default
oi tie pay ment OF the tile Hart was COM
mlited 10 the police cells ior the night.
The other Gaze was In the municipal
court this morning, the deten iunts being
william Hopkins and his wife residing
on Maryland avenue. They were also
accused of cruelty abusing their daug Ter
Martha j. Hopkins, also about years
OF age. This little girls statement was
given in yesterdays REPUBLICAN, The
child, extremely bright and intel gent,
told . straight forward story, and in
addition to beatings and being ki,kct.
ard put out OF The house with the ad-
monition never to return again, told how
her father took her to bier saloons on
Saturday evenings where she dAucel Tor
the am usement OF the crowd and for
which they gave her money which she
g.ve to her father and mott or. Both
parents got drunk every Saturday night,
but ths M thef seldom getting too drunk
- look after ltr children.
Mrs. steubner corroborated tie little
GnPs testimony, stating how she came to
hsr house on Sunday morning. She
told her TO 20 back home aad she started
but came back in the evening, haying
spent the day at siverbrook afraid to go
home. She again started iier home but
IN the night came back, and out OF pity
abs kept the CHILD until the morn NJ
when she reported the case to the police.
MIRA steui ner sad they formerly lived
ne,gh' )re. Sue believed the children
ssven Of them, of whom Martha was tLe
eldest, got enough to eat, sut NO
enough clothes to wear. Martha hersel
said she got enough 60 eat
Officer Scott testiiied that he was at
h~4rscted to the rear OF Hopkins residence
By drunken Iioting in the bou.e. lii
had TO threateR them to keep them frl m
annoy ng the hel .hborLood. He fire.
quen ly saw the children on the streets
the objects OF pity on account oil theiI
limi;ed clothing.
Hopk' and his wife ,tcutly denied
thr &c us ,tions ard requested an oppor-
tunil, 10 eel d for Witnesses III their be-
hall, whi.h WAS graLtei by the court
aud the further hearlAg was postponed
pntl Tomorrow morning. Hopkins wat
led under 500 bail, but the vile wa
s.nt home to attend to her children, ou,
Of them, the youngest, being very sicl
sna not expected to live.