The herald., 1896-03-17
yHOCK|NGLY MUT|LA|ED
TERRIBLE VENGEANCE OF AN INJURED
FATHER
With His Brother He Takes the Alleged
Perpetrator Of a DastardIy Crime Upon
His Boy to Barn and Mutllates
Him Most Horribly

The particulars of horrible case OF
nutilaton, which occurred last Friday,
but which has until now been suppressed
by the police, were made public yesterday
by the arrest of Il. w. and j. 5. Wilde on
complaint charging mayhem. Friday
afternoon last man giving the name of
Charles Wheeler applied at the county
hospital for admittance. Having no order
from the supervisors he was refused. He
made his way to the medical college dis
pensary, where he was taken in and cared
for. 1t was found that he had been gashed
with knife, and partly emasculated.
Word was sent to the police station and an
officer was sent down for the sufferer.
Taken to the receiving hospital he told
his story. On Friday afternoon he was
sitting on bench at Washington and
Figueroa streets when two men came along
and ordered him to go with them. They
accused him OF .outraging boy in a terri
BILE manner, and, said Wheeler, "told me
they were going to take me to the police
station.h
Arriving at the house of j. T. Wilde.
father of the injured boy, Wheeler claims
he was threatened with knife, rope was
produced, he was tied hand and foot and
taken to the loft of the barn, where the
cutting was done. After finishing the
operation 10 cents was put into his hand
with the advice to 60 to the hospital. He
went TO the infirmary, as above stated, and
started for the dispensary, and reached
there after fanting once on the way from
loss of blood.
j. S. and 4. w. Wilde are brothers, and
we'll and favorably known in this city. j.
5. Wilde is bookkeeper for Off d Vaughn,
while his brother is a music teacher. Mr..
James Wilde is the father of several beau-
tlful children, one of whom boy some s
years old, is the one upon whom the out
rage was committed. He came home and
told his father of the actions of man who
had enticed him off and maltreated him,
and said he was to meet him again the
next day. A physician was called who
examined tho child and found him badly
injured.
Taking his brother and his boy with
him. Mr.. Wilde went to the spot where the
child was to meet the scoundrel, and the
lad pointed out Wheeler as the man. He
was Immediately taken in hand, with the
consequences as stated. Wheeler claims
he protested his innocence, but the boy
positively identified him to his father.
Upon complaint being sworn to by
Wheeler. the brothers we're arrested and
taken before Justice Rossiter, who fixed
bonds for each in the sum of $500.
This was promptly secured, Messrs.
Howes and Off going security for Il. w.
Wilde and Major Bonebrake and Mr..
Vaughn for j. S. Wilde. Time for exam
lnation has not yet been set. While
Wheeler protests his innocence it is prob
able that the father would not proceed in
such manner unless he was assured that
ne was Furnishing the right man. 1t is
claimed that Wheeler admitted to the in
jured parent the facts of his bestial crime,
and that he had previously been guilty of
the same offense. If MIR. Wilde knew pos
itively that Wheeler was guilty the only
wonder seems that he did not kill the beast
outright.