The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1891-09-30
A FATHERS BEASTLY CRIME
RAPES Ms DAUGHTER, AND BECOMES THE
FATHER or HER C No.

1T OCCURRED IN DoUGHERTY-ANDTH THE
ANNALS OF THAT COUNTY ARE BLACK
ENEDBY THE RRUTE's FIENDIsH
Decide Is IN JAIL.
From the last Thursdays issue of the
Albany News and Advertiser, THE NEWS
gets the following particulars of horrible
crime that was committed in the eastern
part of Dougherty county:
B. F. Parker occupies cell in Dough-
erty county Jail.
1t would be infpitaly bettey--foY. Ais
family and for society if he occupied his
grave
1t is seldom that the News and Ad-
Vertiser is called upon to chronicle
such a brutal and fiendish crime as that
with which Parker is charged, but sad to
say the crime was committed in this
county, and the inhuman perpetrator is
now in Jail to await the stern deserts of
the decree of justice
Parker raped his young daughter and
became the father of her child.
In this age of civilization it does seem
increditable that such a crime should be
committed, but it was, and it happened
among Intelligent people, in an enlight-
ened community and within the sound
OF church bells, the very sound of which
should soften the conscience of human
being even though he needed not the
call.
But Parker seems to be devil incar-
nate, and his beastly and brutal example
finds no parallel in the history of this
county.
Parker lived at AGREE, having been
reared in Sumter county but moved to
the latter place sometime ago. He has
an interesting family, among them a girl
about thirteen or fourteen years of age.
This brutal father looked with unholy
eyes upon his daughter and his lust
conquering his affection he became init
mate with her in manner that would
shock the sensabilities of the most de-
PRAYED person.
Parker's son, who is near the age of
his daughter upon whom he brought
shame and degradation, says that his
father beat the daughter numerically
and made her yield TO his unholy desires.
This the brother says was done in his
presence.
Not only was Parker cruel to his
daughter, but he never missed an oppor-
tunity to vent his wrath on his wife. To
her he was anything but human, beating
her numerically on the slightest provo
cation and making life miserable for ev-
cry member of his family
So cruel was he to his family that
about two months ago his wife swore out
a warrant against him for wife beating,
and fearing the penalty of the law he
skipped out. 1t was just about this
time that his daughter gave birth to
child, and the neighbors began toinquire
into such an uncommon circumstance.
On being questioned about the paternity
of her child the girl promptly stated that
her father was the father of her child,
and the community was greatly shocked.
AS the girl gained her consent to make
this disclosure she went much farther
and told a tale of
A FATHERS BRUTALITY
that absolutely staggers belief. She
stated that her father had been intimate
with her for long time, that on two
former occasions she had become a
mother at his hands, that both times the
birth was aborted and that the child now
living is her fathers third child with
her as the mother.
As soon as Mrs. parker swore out the
warrant against her inhuman spouse for
wife beating he made himselfivery scarce
in that neighborhood, and that is why
his crime has never gained publicity. he
doubtless was not aware that his daugh-
ter had become mother, and for that
reason returned home last Sunday. On
his arrival at the home that he had de-
spoiled and blackened by his villainy he
found no one there. His wife had sought
shelter at the residence of Mr.. Jesse
Land while the daughter, whose shame