Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-06

On Friday morning Johnny put one stick of the mess down the child's throat. At the second paddle full the child took hold of the stick, when Mrs. Howe took the stick and jabbed it down the child's throat until the blood came out. She came in the kitchen and told me of it. She took the child in the house and commenced whipping it with switch es. She whipped the child more on one side than on the other. She took the child on the floor and commenced bump ing it's head against the floor, saying, You nasty little thing" She then took hold of the child by the legs and feet and commenced Jumping the little thing against the floor l went into the closet and remained there until she called me again When l came out she said that little Tommy was dying and l told her she couldn't expect anything else after beating it. She choked the child until it couldn't speak. The child died min ute or two after I got into the yOom. Mrs. Howe commenced rubbing the child with camphor and hot water One of the little boys sad: Mamma you have knocked a hole in Tommy's head" Mrs. Howe told me not to say anything about the affair. She whipped the child before she went away on Thursday. I told Elm ma Thornton Mrs Howe killed the child. Mrs. Howe forced the boys to put the dirt down the child's throat. Harry nor
  Howe came to me and asked me not to say nothing about her. The little boys slept with me. Mrs Howe told me she left her first husband. No doctor came to see the sick child while l was working there. Mrs. Howe choked the boy until his bowels were released all over the floor.
 R. w. Walker.
 The next witness called was R. W. Walker, who said: My name is R. w. Walker. I live at Green Springs. l know Ellen Moore She made the same statement to me on Saturday last that she has made before the coroner's jury.
 Sallie Bell.
 Next to testify was Sallie Bell, who formerly lived with the family She sald My name is Sallie Bell. live at MT. John Laids on the North Highlands. l knew MT Howe and his wife staid with them before Mrs. Howe went to the 1nflrmary. She was mean to the children. She whipped the baby the most. Some times she would tie them and some times she would not. She was very cruel to them. \ talked to her about 1t and she said she was put there to rule the children, and she was going to do it or kill them. l left on account of her treatment of the children. I told MT. Howe l could not stand to see her treat the children so badly. She whipped all the children se- verely. She whipped them with leather strap. I was there Friday to see the baby. I seen her take the mess the child had made and put it in its mouth. The mess was the discharge from the child's bowels I heard her tell Fred she would kill him if his father did not take him away from there.
 T. Walter Carter.
 the last witness of the day, merely cor roborated other testimony as to what happened at the house after the child had been prepared for burial. He saw the boy rocked away from home. He noti- fled MT Howe of the death of Tommy and stated that MT. Howe said nothing at the time about the unfortunate cir constance.
 This ended the days investigation and the two prisoners were sent back to jail, and the inquest adjourned until this morning.