The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-09
CHAIN DOWN SON
ANHJMAN PARENTS PADDOCK 4
CRIPPLED CHILD TO FLOOR
AND THEN STARVE HIM
HIS OFFENsE WAS SLIGHT
Owner Of Broken Glass Demands 10
Cents and Enragcd Father Man
RcIcs Boy ana Throws Him an
ola Coat for a BED.

NEW YORK, Anil S.-Chained like n
dog to the floor. weak from lack of e55I
ana drink, and moaning with the pain OF
me shack!es around his ankles. the police
cf Perth AnDoy ". j., discovered VaHsof
Saorniski, o ten-year-old cripple
Policeman McDermott was passing the
SabrmlsH house when he heard The bows
cries Of pain. He knocked at the door.
and asked Mrs. Sabriniski what the
trouble was. She told him that she had
! been compelled to punish her son. that was
| AZ. Ofhcer McDermott was just about to
leave when he caught sight Of the poor
NIUE fellow walloWing IN the filth ana
| squalor Of a Russian peasants kitchen.
In spite of Mrs. Sabrinisli's vehemen+
| protests the policeman entered the roam
and spoke to the boy. Then it was thar
( ne realized the awfulness Of the fortunes
TO which the little cripple had been SUBJ
jected.
Too Weak to Stand Up.
A heavy iron dog chain, about two feet
IN length, was fastened to the floor i'm
one corner Of the room by an iron st5pla.
Inc other end was wrapped around tho
! ankles Of the boy and fastened bv a pl.i-
| lock so tightly that the iron links had
worn into the tender flesh "A In plate
| containing piece Of rye bread covered
! with a watery stew lay some distance
away, and on the other side was an old
coat, evidently the only bed the 10y was
allowed. He was in O semidelirious con-
dition.
Officer McDermott did not wait To
! arouse the child, but demanded chat
| MRS. Babrinsh release him at once She
angrily refused and roundIy denounced
me poHcemdn for what she called his
! interference" When she was threaten
! ed with arrest she insisted that it was
| impossible for her to unlock the paddock.
/ as the boys father had the kew and ho
/ 10 Toe OF Ia.
| smith We're then procured and after ten
! minutes work the chain was filed I'M
/ two.
| When the boy was released. he was w
| weak and his legs were in such Il crip-
| pied condition that he was unable 10
| stand. Policeman McDermOtt picked
| him up in his arms and carried him into
! the next house and physician was
| summoned.
Kind neighbors prepared hot broth.
which the boy raVenously. swallowed
/ and pleaded for more. After hc had
somewhat recovered he told the story of
| his tOrtures.
1T was six or seven days ago" he
| said, that l broke a glass in a window
| down town. / have forgotten just how
long 1t was, for ] got sick after tho
first day or two and then L could not
tell wher day came around.
Roy Tells Of His Torture.
Anyway, after l broke the glass the
man came around and wanted my father
| to pay ten cents for another. Then my
| father whipped me so hard that L
couldn't stand it, 50 I ran out of tho
house. He caught me and carried mo
back and said he would see that ! didn't
| break any more windows.
HE got out the chain that we use for
| our Newfoundland dog and nailed IL
down to one corner Of the floor Then
he wrapped the other end tight around
| my ankles and locked 1t with a paddock.
AT first 1 didn't mind it for / thought
| he would let me 20 in little while. But
when supper time came and dldh EeL
| anything to eat and when II came bed
time and he threw me an ola coat "
sleep on, ! got scared
"The chain hurt me so I couldn't sleep
| and I was so hungry 1 thought I'd starye
to death. When morning came / was sick.
! My sister gave me something. but
| couldn't eat it. Then I went to sleep. I'd
| sleep a little while and then I'd wake up
| again. After two or three days ny legs
| got numb and they didn't hurt me.
| my sister would give me Htue 70
| eat every morning and then / would foze
| off all day. / liked to sleep then for j
had such pleasant dreams. It seemed to
| me that had everything that 1 wanted.
| All the cake and pie L wanted and
| big chicken.
HeartIess Mother Refuses Ala.
1T wasn't until I had been there four
| or five days that my legs began % hurt
| real bad. Then every time ] moved 10
| seemed like they were going to fan off.
| My arms and my back got sore. too. and
| had an awful headache. After that /
don't know just what happened Ny legs
hurt me all the time, but that Is about
all that I can remember"
Mrs Sabrinish insisted that the boy
| deserved all the punishment he got
why" she said, he won't mind his
| father at all He runs out on the street
all the time and is breaking, other peo-
| pies windows and things like that T
! don't think the police have any right at
all to interfere in such a case as this
The boy wasn't really sick. He was only
| shammlng. Why, he was only tied up
two or three days. And he had all he
wanted to eat. I know his father viii
| be angry when he finds him gone"
| The father Of the boy. Albert Sabriniski.
| Is a Russian. and it is said by his friends
that he had been a Nihilist, and has serv-
ed Imprisonment in Siberia. He is sup
posed to be working in one Of the fac
| tories near Perth Amboy now. A war
| rant has been sworn out for him and he
win be arrested as soon as he can be
| located.