Evening journal., 1890-03-14
EDITION
AN UNNATURAL FATHER.
DRUNK WHILE The CORPSE OF HIS
CHILD IS VET uNBURlED.

Judge Ball PLEADS as an Excuse Ihab /
His Nerves Were Unstrung.
Charles Moore was charged with as
sault and battery on his wife, Helen
Moore, on Wednesday, March 12 His
trial at Municipal Court this morning
4 revealed horrible case of brutality and
inhumanity.
4 The prisoner had gotten drunk while
\ the body of a dead son was awaiting
Il burial, and had threatened the life OF MS
wife Instead of showing remorse 1or
his foul deed, he seemed mere anxious 10
B escape just penalty. he was arrested
N Yesterday afternoon by Officer Richard
n Emmons but did not want to come TO the
# police station on account OF the iunerai
81 Of his child. His penitence came later.
He is of menium height, and was re-
Gently employed by the Remington ma, q
chine Company, where ne eSrneu 9loo "
II ner week He lived with his wife and
two children at No. 512 East Twelfth
81 street.
Helen E. Moore, wife of Charles Moore,
@ testified that on Tuesday night her child
8 died. Moore was drinking. The next
Nj morning he was drunk and sent for
# friend to come up and see him. The
III friend helped Mrs. Moore to lay out the
# body. On Wednes day night the drunken
III husband struck his m. urning wife.
During the night he got up and woke
III one of the boys and ordered him hunt
Is for his fathers pipe. The boy was so
@ frightened that Mrs. Moore went to his
# help. Then Mr. Moore picked up lamp
and told her that he would throw 1t at
her and burn her alive, that as he had
# one corpse in the house he would make
another. The lamp tilted and went on
#z% - Z .rrat11d no Y nlodpH
@ had not Mrs. Moore extinguished the
S@ fame. Mr.. Moore did not strike her
3 however at that time.
The prisoner said ia relation to the
matter, that he drank on Tuesday night
because his nerves were so badly un-
strung, he asked for the clemency of the
court Mrs Moore stated that he had
u often attempted to strike her, that he
8 was constantly swearing at her and-tht
children. The man showed little re
morse.
Milford Carey, the friend above men
toned, was sworn. He is machinist al
the Remington Machine Works, and b,
lent a helping hand to the bereavec
mother in her hour of sffiiction and dis
tress He testified that Moore came K
work at the machine works in December
that although a good workman he wa
often drunk
Il Everytime the prisoner left the plac
be would get liquor. On one occasion h
had boasted openly that he had tw
women beyond Market street bridge
Witness said that Moore would hav
been discharged long ago had il not bee
for his wife and children.
On Wednesday morning Carey was sen
for. As he did not know Moore an
better than he knew any of the othe
workmen, he declined to 60, thinking hi
assistance would be out of place. Il
was sent for a second time and le@rnin
a A. zs-4.-e~-~a eonulu1on OF MRS. Mooi
he consented to go.
The firm loaned him $12 to pay neces
sary funeral expenses. and he went
Moore's house. He made arrangement
for the funeral and purchased provision
for the family. All this time Mr., Moo
was drunk, and acted like q beast. Wit
ness returned to the shop and the work
men subscribed $l2 to pay of the loa
Then the firm donated $40 to the famil
The prisoner wanted to have ''gay O.
time, so he told the witness, while Il
child was in its coffin.
Judge Ball asked Mrs Moore wheth
she could get along If her husband W
put away. She replied that she cou
work, and had many friends who wou
klndly ASSIST.
Moore, instead of acting as if he W
sorry for what he had done, said he wou
60 back to work Immediately if Jud
Ball would release him. He would ia
the pledge for five years, he had ney
taken it before, but he had frequent
# stopped drinking for six weeks.
Judge Ball remarked that such men
he were always anxious to escape pu
ishment.
Mrs Moore said that she was able
support herself Mr.. Carey stated til
the woman had no money, but the VOL
men at the Remington shops would 81
her good start. At this point the pr
oner interpOlated that he could earn 20
wages and he wanted to return to wo
to support his two remaining childr,
whom he did not wish to see thrown ur
the city. Mr. Carey remarked that tn
was no more work for Moore at his q
place and the prisoner retorted Il
there were plenty other places at VIII
to get a position,
Special officer Frank Stout of I
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty
Chileren said that the society would
that the children were cared for and
thrown upon the city and that Mrs. Mo
would be assisted.
Before pronouncing sentence on
prisoner Judge Ball said that there
no excuse for his acts and 1t were bet
to put him away for time in hope t
he would come out a better man.
sentenced Charles Moore to pay fine
$50 and costs and to be imprisoned
six months.