Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-01-09
MALICE INTERNAL.
Almost Incredible Atrocity Per-
petrated by a Tramp.
PRINCE OF INGRArEs AND FlENDs

He Mangies I'm IA Spirit OF Apparently
Pure Diaboiism the Babe Of the Woman
Who Fed Him The FrenyIed Fa-
Their Hunting the Spawn of Satan to
Mete Out a Punishment That Is Only
Infinitely Too Mild.
CHICAGO, Jan. 9.-Sitting beside a cradle
In an upper fiat at 3S4 North Clark street
young Mrs A. Reinert is watching her
4-year-old baby moan its little life away.
The father of the baby girl is a crazed
man. He is hunting down brute, whom
he has sworn 10 kill Sunday afternoon
tramp hammered loudly with grimy
knuckles on the rear door of Mr.. Reinert's
cafe and restaurant. which stands on
Clark street, beneath his fiat. The tramp
was tall and a.tenuated. His face was
long and sinister His hair was light and
he had small scraggy mustache. A long,
scorched Prince Albert coat curled about
his worthless frame. Big shoes with
buckles ratified on his feet.
His Wants Generously Supplied.
The maid who opened the door TO the
tramp. frightened by his evil looks, shut
it sharply in his face. Then he tramped
up the long stairs to Mr.. Reinert's home
apartments There he hammered loudly
again with his gnarled and grimy fists.
Mrs. Reinert invited the man into the
kitchen and set before him a good meal.
Tie golden-haired baby, who may die at
any moment, toddled into the kitchen,
placed her little hands on the table, and
from beneath her gold-washed curls peei ed
with the curiosity of child into the
tramp's face. the tramp ate ON with the
smoking lips of the vulgar. Mrs Reinert
left the room
Devilish and Dastardiy Deed.
Then the migrate grabbed his cap, and
winding an arm about the baby, fled with
her. Down the winding stairs he rushed,
three steps at time. He held his hand
over the little ones mouth. When he
reached the sidewalk he ran across the
street toward an unfinished building. Four
stories had been erected, and stretching to
the top were two long ladders. Up the
rungs the tramp climbed, holding the
child in his arms. He reached the top in
safety. and hurried to secluded corner.
The helpless child struggled and cried.
The brute sank his longer finger nails into
her cheeks, stripping the baby's skin. He
cut hii hSE G4btLiNE Oh WIFI q sharp hullc,
and pulled away her curls.
A Fiend in Human Form.
On one of her fingers the little girl wore
a gold band her mother had put on the
year before The brute took the finger be-
tween hi- teeth and tore the ring away.
lssceratug the finger horribly. The baby :
cries could De heard for blocks DR.. Red
Itch, in his house next door. heard the
cries, and rushed into the street Before
he could reach the building the tramp had
descended the ladders and escaped. DIR.
Redlich went to the top of the building,
where he found the little girl lying on the
floor, unconscious. lie carried her TO her
crazed mother, and another doctor was
called in.
Death Too Goo d for the Villain.
When the father came home and learned
of the horrible affair he was crazed with
grief aud rage. He declared that he would
hunt down che scoundrel and lii him on
sight He placed reyolvers in his pockets
and left the house. Since that time be has
not tasted food or had a moments sleep
He has deserted his business and from
place to place he goes with the greatest
determination, seeking the tramp.
Police on th e Look Out.
A roll-call last night each police officer
was given a description of the tramp, and
instructed 20 keep a sharp lookout fol-
him. Mr. Reinert has only been to his
home once since sunday, and then he WIS
hurried.y driven there in a cab 10 see hi.
child a moment lie says he will never
rest until he kills the tramp, IL it takes q
lifetime. The child is in amost precariou,
condition. aud the doctors despair OF hel
recovery.