The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-30
Threw Child on Sofa.

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were down. f3.5 18E
Threw Child on Sofa.
She opened the door after some delay
and we went IN She did not ask us In
naked on the floor. She picked UP the
child in quilt and threy him on the
sofa. His head waggled about. She said !:
4 think the child is sick said:.I think
SO too. She said: Put you hand on ms
hand hand on al his se heart and said he IS gone
I said Srhe, have you been beating me
child for? She said: For dlsobedience..
n said what are them bruises doing on
said: did YOU whip him this morning Z,
She sald:'I whipped him this evening.
I said 'We neighbors heard YOU whipping i, ):
him this morning she sac L. o o., :, .n u
was he at work? She said she thought
he had gone to Norfolk. / said Was I,
she sure. She said II she knew she WouId
me- and went over and beat her HANGS
upon n table and fell into a chair, the
most object picture Of misery lever e, say = ::
walked oyer and say Dq nbn, on h e,e
lis only that In 1t. have been bathing :;
him with it. have been bathing him
In camphor and water as I've ever zone.
done Il said I must call doctor. What
I for, she said said because the BOY
Is dead
Stick Lying Nearby.
II then saw stick on the floor and J. It
looked like pine wood. It was about 1l t s;a
or twelve Inches long i mao q nan o.
TAI lust about an inch thick. tMr; II, NJ.
Smith enquired for s!ck) picked Up
stick and puttt behind the child on Z, me !1.s
sofa. she said she had whipped child
With razor strop. but did not see the
''s ashe had a perfect right to whip I, the !,
child to dea stG por G ,nt - ~ sayany
thing except what Mrs. Smith told her.
You are not to state any of5your own
opinions
~ STAYED until the coroner came, ana
when the coroner came she crossed over
to the lounge She told him tina the emu !. u
been sick feua no. ho ot Nm have
Edidn't say anything about whipping N, ne
whipped tho child. She said yes, m a al. an
z I whipped him to-nig ht.taIF (,
"I saw a bottle Of ammonia on the
ia ble / took 1t UP, and II was IA p n.t;a
Ammonia" and the mouth Of the bottle
was wet, It was t g bott'o IKE 'na' tpo'As
II examined the bsdy OF the child, and
II was terribly bruised up There were e,re
bumps as big as marbles Al oyer hd,o ms Us
head and ny finger ger s ere Was N cnt his
neck ,'.s WAS was bruised up. Blood was all oyer
my hand Two bruises We're over ~
heart, Over his left eye was hrni Sc.
7 turned oyer the ch iat u, usu hack a. was
cnvercd with bruises and sca5s On his
left side was a cut. His little stomach
was bruised green, and his legs were
bruised all the May eew nas eight o'clock
at night when Mrs. Haynes and went
to to Mrs Mrs Smiths. The door was fastened
and the curtains were drawn down.
.'She never invited either or us ~, IN !;
didn't even speak to either Of us. The
child Yns naked on a quilt on the floor
She took the child up and threw y on me Inc
lounge. Mrs. Haynes caught hold 81 the
much much force that tho Quilt was pulled out
II said.HDid you whip that sh!ld know Y.
Ing it was sick? She said, ! didn't 3k l,ass
Il that n' she had whipped It that night. she
ga i'd the reason whythe child was naked
was because she had undressed, him tor
bed, There was q cut oyer ms rle 6 7 n
child's nose was turned to one sde 81
"Otilcer Wright came In and put the
stick In his pocket and went with her
Smith hack r Was b 70 git nt 1ne
u9 lis this the stickg asked Mr., Page;
"That's the stick or one exactly Ike
u
III said. what was all the noise This
morning? The neghbors heard ~
H"shn said, I don't know, ] WHIPPED
"He, the other child, Carol. is about
two years old. and can run about ana and
talk, 4 (, la N !, II Z -
hour after we got there; We got there nel I,
about five minutes past eight clock. The
body was lying on Its right side,"..
What was Mrs, Smiths manner Z" ask
.she showed no grlef;5she said nothing;
she did not say that she was sorry or
nothing Of the kind"
Mr., Smith Takes Witness.
ss-examined by Mr.. II, NJ, Smith
for the defense: 30 II
"Did Mrs. Haynes come after you?"
.LinWood Turner came after me.
Didn't you get information that Mrs
Smith called q 8 H s5if
"You dldn't know why Llawood came
after you?'' ,,4
3 ,,fSIi nj nj come ono send him3,