Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-10-26

against Carr by means OF the rope. II ~
used for clotheslines The sheriff said last |
night he was glad that Carr had been
of mob law. There, is now very bitter
feeling against fharderers IN Clay eouh.s; h.i
Officer Boyle was of the opinion that nal inri naa
night he would have been lynched before
morning. He said that when he !, startsa nrnts
of men could he seen about the streets con-
versing in low tones and pointing know
inGly this way and that.
Major woodson ON Deck.
While Carr was I'm Chief Hayes Office
Major Noodson walked into the station and
rushed frantically into the chiefs Office Re-
porters had been excluded from the CHIEFS
office. but upon the appearance OF MAJOR
Woodson. focked in after him. The ma
jor, however. only spoke a few words to the
chief and that through a crack in the
door and then hurried away. When asked
if he was to take part in defending Carr he
replied that he knew nothing whatever of
the case.
Carr IS a native of Harrison county. Ind,
where he has a sister and brother living
His parents died when he was very young
and he was adopted by Mrs. Andy Ste
phens. who was then Mrs. Fishburn., They
moved to Brookhed: Mo. in the early ~ ss:
and later to Mitchell county. kas Three
, years ago Carr located in Hiawatha. HAS;
He left there subsequently, and re!nl.,su
He had become a widower IN the mean
time, having while In Mitchell county mar
ried a Miss Robertson. They had two chill
the 'ii little giri who he is dead. A year ago last
February Carr married Mrs Bette .snse S.ee
name was Brost. and II is said her parents
are well-to-do farmers living near Liberty.
Carr has a sister-in-law. living: in Hia.
| wstha. kas. She was sister OF his nrst
| wife, and her name Is Laura Robertson.
wrapped about the Carr baby when It was as
found dead on the sandbar The rest OF
John Frazer. a shoe dealer at Liberty;
| the dead baby. 1t Is a Az c. stock number
| Sill, and was made by Ewail Bros, ut
"The baby had boil on its head as well
ox On .s SAID ms TO bra6er
Ben opened the boil upon its leg, but the
one upon its head had not been attended to.
| 1t had a bandage about IT. however"
| When the body was found it was sup
posed that the head of the baby had been
fractured by blow from an aarsd ak or sc some H..
examination. The wound left by the boil
ugly looking opening. The coroner's in
! quest over the body Of the baby will he re-
4 sumed tomorrow. and witnesses VIII De
| here from Liberty.
Where VIII Carr Be Tried:
The question that now arises in the
minds of the officers of the law is. wnere
| should Carr be prosecuted? The theory is
that he threw the child into the Missouri
river from the Milwaukee bridge. one end
of which rests on Clay county soil, the
other end touching the border of Jackson
county. The body was found at the mouth
of the Blue, on the Jackson county side
of the river, but the rivers wash would
carry the body to this side. no matter on
which side it was thrown in. The cost of
the trial will be considerable and one or
the other of the counties will be called
upon to defray the expenses of the prose-
cution. II the body was carried onto the
bridge from the Clay county side, it may
| be that the contention of the officers that
| Clay county should bear the burden of ex-
pense will he upheld. Carr is a citizen OF
Clay county. Just now jackson county Is
ptling up considerable expense trying to
. | convict its own murderers, without being
| called upon to defray the cost of trying
! murderers from adjoining counties
stories of Outrageous Cruelty.
The following special from Liberty to
: The Journal last night tells a story of ter
r.bIe abuse to which the dead child had
been subjected:
Liberty, Mo-, Oct. 25.-(SpecialO The Off
GERS here are in possession Of an abund-
} ance of testimony to show that Belle Carr,
, the murdered child. was cruelty treated
for over year prior to her disappearance
! Stories of abuse that was heaped upon her
during all the time her stepmother had
: her in charge have been easily found to-
day.
Mrs. Lizzie Carnahan, in whose house
3 the Carr's lived and who lived in adjoining
rooms with them for year. says she ha.
I. seen Belle when a score of big bruises
: showed on her body and when the chilt
q was lame with the beating.
1.-The child was terribly abused" she sait
\ to a reporter for The Journal tonight. II
4 was pretty, sweet baby. but have boti
mimic It's cries. 1 have. seen her whip i
every eve day. I have heard her say she hater
= always nagging and scolding it, and dit
@ not care for it at all when the weathe
4 was cold"
y beatings 1t got said Mrs. Carnahan. g
3 have known when they would hit 1t a
many as twenty times and then choke
e to make 1t stop crying. VIII Deavens wa
It at our house one evening when the.
n whipped the child outragcousy. He go
d mad and wanted to interfere and l finall
k called to them for Christ's sake not 10 xii
= the child and threatened to go after tn
35 officers. / have known Mrs. Carr to pu
the child out of doors in bitter cold wealth
Is er when it only had on a calico slip becaus
It she did rot want to have II around.
have carried it in when 1t blue wit
e cold and have seen them whip 1T becaus
e it cried from cold. / never knew her I
a speak to it kindly"
,t Mrs. Luke Estes. who lives next door I
4. | the Carr house. will be an important wit
II ness. She says the Saturday before tn
child was taken away she went to Carr
house. The door was open and throug
the screen she saw little Belle sitting O
re head and she was staring about in a vacaT
" | way. She did not look up when spoken
> and the affair was odd Mrs. Estes aske
1t Mrs Carr what allied the baby.
9 oh Bellies got boils all over her hea
8 and j had to wrap her head up replie
9 Carr when asked to-day. said there wa
nothing wrong with the child,s head whe
r he took it and gave it to BIZ Jones. TT
n impression prevails in some quarters th;
- the child had been struck heavy bio
so and was perhaps fatally injured whe
.+ taken away from the house.
- Mrs. James Viles and Mrs. Jake Clar
n Mrs. Carnahan and Mrs. Estes said. II
u Carnahans offered at one time to tai
Of Belle and give her a home; but Mrs. Ca
IN objected. Last spring while Belle WI
=" staying. with Mrs Mary stephens, who
III Carr to let them have her. He consent'
vi and for two days she was with ther
rs Then Mrs. Carr sent Mrs. Carnahan a no
he demanding the child. and to avoid ro'