St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1902-04-26
A Poor. Orphan hoy.

Esq, TOOK into CUSTODY nenFy hi-
der, the nine-year-old charge OF
Johnston Carriere, the barber.
The reason for this action was
the alleged brutality OF the foster
parents toward the boy.
For some time past the neighbors
have been telling stories that SEEM
ed incredible, and few would have
given them credence had not the
source been SO reliable. The jew
eler Dietlefn, Felix Chachere, clerk
at Winsberg, Mr.. Winsberg him.
self, and others, would tell Of the
inhuman treatment the boy Henry
was beingsnbmitted to. They said
that not only was he required to
perform the task ofa child twice his
age, even to the family washing,
but on the least provocation, he
would be set upon and beaten with
sticks, stove wood, or anything
handy. These tales finally reached
the ears of the District Attorney,
with the result before stated.
The boy was found on the streets
by the gentlemen above named,
and taken to DR.. Shute's drugstore,
where he was Invested of his tat
tered and dirty clothes and exam
ined. A horrible sight presented
itself to the indignant crowd as
sembled there. Both arms were
black and blue from shoulder to
elbow. His back was a mass of
scars, old and fresh, from neck to
buttock. The left arm was SO stiff
that he could not raise it or use it
it measured nine inches in cir
cumference, while the right arm,
normal, measured Il inches. His
right hand, from knuckles to four
inches above wrist joint, was swol
len to almost a fostering stage.
His right eye was black and sWol
len, and his cheeks had pieces OF
flesh gouged out of them, evidently
with finger-nails.
The boy was taken by Armand
Dejean, and is now at the latter's
home in Opelousas.
Little could be learned from the
boy, as he seemed afraid of his
foster parents, and did not put
much faith In the assurances that
he would not be given over to
them. He said, however, that his
foster parents had caused the
bruises and scars on him.
The Clarion man called on Mr..
Carriere, and asked him for state
ment, which he readily made, as
follows:
II have whipped the boy, as I
would my own. / did not brutal
ize him, or ever struck him with a
stick. My wife is high-tempered,
and / know Of once when she struck
him on the head with a stick. I
demonstrated with her, and often
prevented her from unnecessarily
Furnishing him-I even threatened
to send the boy away. But his
present bruised condition was
caused by neither my wife nor N.Y.
self. His arm was caught by a
counter while moving same. His
eye is blaeked by q piece of wood
flying up and hitting him while he
was cutting wood. The scars on
his back can be accounted for by
fall from horse he received some
time ago. The raw places on his
face are caused by stick OF wood
flying up and striking him, and
the scars were aggravated by him
scratching them with his finger
nails.o
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