The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-25
HER S7EPMOTHER Is HOT TEMPERED,
Aud Little Mary Mccarthy Bears Many
Mnrka Of Hintml l.mmlshme II.

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| For some time the tenants o! 26l East Tenth
street have been shocked by the cruel treat
ment OF lO-ycur-old Mary Mccarthy. Finally.
| they complained to Mr.. Gerry's society. and
| Agent Becker made an Investigation on We'd
! nesday night Nearly every tenant in the
house told him instances Of brutality on tho
| part of Marys stepmother
"Rut you can't get any information from tho
poor little girl" said they she's afraid of
her life to say anything. She knows it only
means another whaling. She's got to carry
big scuttles OF coal from the cellar way up to
her rooms. and carry down big tubs Of ashes
aad garbage. It's all n man can do. and she IS
SO weak she can hardly walk"
When the agent entered the Mccarthy anart-
mont he found Mrs. Mccarthy scoldng Mary,
who was trying to set the supper table. Mary
could barely crawl around Mrs. Mccarthy
was put under arrest and Mary was taken to
the societys rooms. Later Ma,y's father was
arrested. Yesterday the three were taken to
the Essex Market Police Court.
The child had to be carried before Justice
Taintor Her lips were cut and pulled up.
Her hair was thin. and in places seemed to
have been pulled out. while ugly sores. some
fresh and some old. could be seen plainly. She
appeared TO havo been deprived Of proper
nourishment and was thin and emaciated.
girls story only after con siderable conXin..
81 She toll Llm that her father had married
stepmcthcr would frequently seize her by tho
hair anu hold her while she beat her over the
she suilei water while washing tn" dish ie
down her neck. Once recently when Mary failed
SenE p"M {! efE n aat
stepmother struck the child across the mouth
with an iron lemon suucezcr. She was also
tiatlron. and Club. Agent Becker tod ;i jns
tice Taintor that the neighbors had told him
stepmother The child never cried no no matter
a renort Of Dr. ". Travis Glib. who had ex-
The child is In An extremely emaciatel nd
merous 'over twenty recent and old scars and
s G ssr'ealiy nnmsrEr; uron the lnSs Of
and abr!.sions duo t" scais.
49, Her face was bruised being black and blue.
The left eyo was blackoncd. tpon the right
sions. causi ing the arm to he very much
swollen. and there are numerous burns upon
=, The left arm Is very much enlarged and the
elbow joint ia badly bruised. The Joint is per-
tense suffering. Her back is Very mmeh bent i
and and sh" !. unable to retain an upright posi-
ti1n extent for very short t tina ,.n,,o
everybody in court by their a appearance Mrs.
Mccarthy is IL slight. pleasing looking woman
- years, old. She has light complexion, and
and held her four months baby in her arms.
She wept when the Justice ask cd her what sho
had to say.
Its a! my hot temper" she said. II didn't
mean to hurt her. but can't control my tenn
Yer; She would steal cako and sugar and |
aamcs A. Mccarthy. tho husband is we'll
built. good -nhturcd looking man. lie has Leen
many yeals Il. was not a chnre sddT wth r t%r
snnnlly abusing his child. but there was owl
donce that he had frequently been appealed to
by tho neiEhh ors to restrain his wife. and had
refused to interfere.
He and his wife were held In $1,000 hail each
70! trial Mary was removed to u hospital
She may never recover from the effects OF the
hoatings. as bone disease has set in in some OF
tho joints.