The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-05-30
CONFINED in A SCON.
Disgusting Case of Cruelty
Comes From Long Island.
BODILY Asp MENTALLY AFFECTED.


AII Through the Winter Woman Lives I'm
the Cabin of a Disused Boat, with Little
to Eat, Little TO Wear and No Fire.
Covered Wagon Necessary to Transport
the ChiIdren-Her Husband Fled.
NEW York, May Authorities of
Jamaica, l.. L, are investigating case
of cruelty of which the annals of Long
Island appear TO hold no equal. All
through the winter woman was con-
fined in the caiin of disused scow
which rests in the mud in an arm of
Jamaica ay. She had little to wear.
little to eat and no fire. There was no
bed ON which the woman could rest.
The cabin was in almost perpetual
darkness. AID tie sudden glare of the
sun Y hen the unfortunate woman was
taken out almost blinded her. She Is
bodily and mentally affected, and Is
n in the Emergency hospital in
Jamaica, and her husband IS belt g
sought for by the authorities.
Ine casv was brought to the attention
of Deputy Sne4iff Sebastian Hestach, Id
he started nj once to investigate the re-
port. The story was that the woman
was confined III an old scow which lay
in the mud of Goose. C. eek, near what Is
known as 1.-The stuInps III the bay. the.
place is occupied by hshe men of the
lowest class. In one of the oYels lives
Paul Kemn. He is a fisherman, ~ years
of age. His home is dirty and dark, but
still as good as any of those in the vIcln-
ity. There kemn lived with his six chill
dren, all girls. The eldest, IS years old,
Is married.
Deputy Hestach walked to the house
and saw the scow to which his attention
had been directed. He accosted u man
who said Kemn's wife was in the scow
and could not be released, as she was
violent. kemn made living by fishing
and was away from home most of the
time. Hestach boarded the scow, broke
in the cabin door with couple of vigor-
GUS kicks and stepped inside.
He discovered the woman lying on a
pile of damp rags in the corner, She
was almost naked. The rags on which
she lay were damp, where the water had
soaked through the bottom of the Loaf
and down through the roof and sides of
the cabin during the rain of last week.
Hestach procured help and had the
woman carried from the cabin. She was
hurried to the Emergency hospital, and
was too weak on arriving there to per-
nit thorough examination.
The woman had evidently not been
washed for long time. The condition
OF her body was beyond description. Inc
hospital nurses and doctors Were sick
ened by the sight. To all app arances
the woman was black when she entered
the hospital. The application of warm
water and soap resulted in showing that
her original color was white, but the
filth had so worked into the skin it was
impossible to get it all out.
The woman became insane two years
ago. During her illness she has neyer
once had the benefit OF doctors attend
ance. She was put into the cabin of the
scow about SIX months ago, and re-
manned there through the winter. She
was fed twice day, and was provided
with nothing to drink except what was
carried to her with her meals. The
woman is SO years of age. Her oldest
daughter is Just half that age. The
other girls are IA, 8, 8, 6 and 3 years re-
overseer of the Poor wyckoff took
charge of the children. 1t was neces-
sary to procure covered wagon to
transfer the girls, as they had on little
clothing.
A warrant was sworn out for Kemn,
but up to late in the evening it had not
been served. The officers charged wit
arresting him wait-d until dark for him.
1t is thought he learned of the rescue of
his wife and fled.