Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-07-17
T'HE TERRIBLE CHARGE
Against Nine. BOjSOn, Who Appears
to Be a Sort Of 0greSS
THE CRUEL TORTURE OF A CHILD,
By a French Woman in New York
Who Bit, Scratched, Beat, Inn
prisoned and Otherwise Tor
tured Her Little Six-year-Old
Stepdaughter Nearly to Death.


as merry little sprite as one could find
in all New Jersey. Julie is pretty, too,
with great brown eyes. Her hair, that
is dark brown now, will some day be as
black as the raven when Julie grows up
to be the beautiful woman her childhood
promises. The cheeks, with coquet-
tish little dlmple in each, which year
ago were like apple blossoms, are now
of the pallor OF the lily.
The past year has been sore trial 10
little Julie, for nearly two years ago
! her father married second vile.
Andre Boison is the engineer In the SILK
dye house Of Charles Vermorel, on
River street, Patterson, \. j. He aed
his second wife and their children lived
at No. 81 Arch street, Patterson. 10
house belonging TO Mr.. Nermorel.
Nine. Bolson was widow with chlld
when she married Boison, and since
then another child has been born 10
her. When the Boisons first moved
there Julie was the gayest OF the gay
little elfs that frightened the neighbor-
hood. Soon, though, her playmates
began 10 miss her, and the big folks too
began 10 wonder. No, Julie was not
sick, her stepmother said, but she
must not play in the street too much.
JULIE TERRoRIzED.
Both Mr.. and Mrs Boison are French,
and Julie can prattle in the language
as glibly as she can in English. That
ia. she can talk, II she were not TOO
much afraid, for in the last few months
the child has been so frighteped that
she scarcely dares TO smile. Little oy
little stories began TO circulate that
Nine. Boison was terrible ogress. Ihe
other people Ia the tenement said tnat
she beat little Julie, that she pinched
and scratched and, yes, that she even
bit the poor child and sucked her blood
like veritable vampire. No wonder
the child was pale, they said; her young
blood was being drawn TO give sns-
tenance TO the unnatural appetite OF the
ogress.
Old Mr.. Blochter, German, lives In
the house, and he told awful tales OF the
crueltles practced npon Julie. Then
other neghbors began to watch, and
continual espionage was placed upon
the Bsison apartments, with the result
that more incredible tales were circulat-
ed. Blochter declared that Nine. Boil
son was worse than Mrs Montagu, who
was confined In an IRISH prison last year
for causing the death OF her daughter
by her inhuman punishment. Finally
all the other tenants waited upon Land
nj
would not remain in house where such
devillsh things were practiced. linen
Mr.. Blochter and Mr.. Vermorel went TO
the Paterson police station on Thursday
and swore out warrant for Nine. Boi-
sons arrest Mr.. Boson had been III
formed OF the alleged cruelty and ex-
pressed surprise, but he concluded that
IL would be better to take his children
away from their stepmother. He did
this when Nine. Boison was arrested.
She was released on 500 bail, furnished
by Mr.. Sweeney, neighbor, and she is
living with only her son by her first
husband and the little one that Is the
result OF her marriage to Boison. Her
husband has abandsned her.
JULIE TELLS HER STORY.
Julie was seen yesterday by reporter
| at the house Of Mr.. Petite, dry goods
dealer on River street, Paterson. Mr..
and Mrs. Petite and Miss Petite are old
| friends OF Mr.. Boison aud knew his tirst
wife. They have kindly consented to
care for his children until he can pro-
vide a home for them. With her eyes
distended with alarm and her lips quiv-
ering Julie stood by the reporters knee
and allowed Miss Petite 10 show the
marks OF stepmother's alleged cruelty.
| The lower part Of the child's face was
covered with blotches suggestive OF heal
| ing bruises. Under the chin and down the
neck were numerous scratches as III the
flesh had been scariied with thorns.
| The slender, white arms were discolored
with black and blue spots, and here and
there on the body were sores caused by
the cut flesh not being properly healed.
| The little frame of the child trembled
as she underwent the ordeal OF inspsc-
ton. She could not be induced, though,
to tell how she received her bruises.
At every mention OF her step-mother's
name she would become stolidly silent.
Occasionally she nodded her head In
assent TO question, but accompanied
II with a wild look OF entreaty at Miss
Pltite.
..Did she scratch you there, Julie, on
the neck?" nod.
"Did she pinch you here and make
this naughty bruise?" Another nod
and sigh. ,
"Did She lock you up In the closet?"
A terrified look came into the child's
| ewes. and she began TO culver IKE
reed in the wind.
"It Is strange" said Miss Pitite, who
Is a cultured young woman, that sne
| cannot be induced to tell anything
| abont her treatment. l know nothing
OF the facts, but Mr.. Vermorel ana the
neighbors all say that the caild was
most inhumanly tortured.
"Do you wish to go back 70 your
mammal" was asked.
sNoi Nor' and the little girl rushed
20 Miss Pitlte and buried Der head In
the folds of her friends dress.
MR. BLocHTEB's CHARGES.
Mr. RIochter says that Nine. Boison
n,nched. scratched and bit the child,
md almost every day the little one was
lacked in the dark bath room or clothes
cIosat Tor hours. "When she was re-
1eased.p v said BIochter, 'oefore her
fs,ber came home, she would stagger
.hont ike drunken person and seemed
,o he dazed. Her eyes would blink In
.ha light and she seemed 70 oe
;dso,,c There, see that. Nine. Boison
wouId say 70 her husband. See how
foolish she acts. Why should not cor
rect her? Take that ssd that me-
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